Self-assessment tax returns

With the festive season and the new year just around the corner the tax season is fast-approaching. Now is a good time to get a head start on your self-assessment tax return. Self-assessment is a system HMRC uses to collect tax on income that wasn’t taxed at source. People who are self-employed, such as […]
2023 Spring Budget breakfast

We invite you to join us on 21st March at 8:30am for our traditional Spring Budget breakfast, held at 30 City Road, EC1Y 2AB. Unable to attend? You can request a summary after the event using the form above. As with any Budget announcement the devil is always in the detail, and this is where our tax […]
Capital Gains Tax planning webinar

We invite you to join us and our tax consultant, Tim Palmer, at our first webinar for 2023, when we will be taking a look at Capital Gains Tax and the opportunities that might be available to you. Date: 15 February 2023 Time: 09:00 – 09:40 Price: Free Location: Zoom We will limit […]
Pre-5th April tax planning seminar

We invite you to join us on Thursday 23rd February 2023 at 8:30am for this pre-5th April Tax planning session which will be held at 30 City Road, EC1Y 2AB and hosted by our team of tax experts. During this session we will be taking a look at the following areas of tax: The effect […]
Employee tax concessions

No-one is going to disagree that the last few years have been stressful. Aside from the gloomy economic indicators we have had to cope with, we have also had to contend with COVID disruptions. Which is why it would be good to relax and unwind, during the forthcoming Christmas, New Year holidays. To help, […]
Deposits, Christmas parties and VAT

Written by VAT Partner, Sandy Cochrane Most businesses who throw their staff a Christmas party, will have had the disappointment, and the financial hit, of having to cancel not one, but two Christmas parties, since the outbreak of Covid 19. This December, many employers and employees have been excitedly preparing for their first proper […]
Advisory fuel rates from December 2022

HMRC publish mileage rates, known as the advisory fuel rates, which can be paid tax-free to employees with a company car to reimburse them for the fuel used on business journeys where the employee has initially paid for the fuel. The advisory fuel rates are not the same as the approved mileage payment rates, which […]
Event – 2023 Review of the UK Economy

We invite you to join us for our 2023 Review of the UK Economy on Wednesday 18 January 2023 starting at 8.30am. This session will be held at 30 City Road, London, EC1Y 2AB and will be presented by Rob Elder who is an Agent for the Bank of England. Rob has worked with our […]
Autumn Statement Breakfast at Gravita

The UK Government’s new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced his first Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022, and we were delighted to welcome our guests to our Autumn Statement Summary Breakfast event at our 30 City Road office yesterday, 22 November. Our speakers for the morning were Tax Partners, Victor Dauppe and Nigel May. The session […]
The Autumn Statement: what were the big announcements?

It’s felt like a long wait since the last Budget was announced by the former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on 23rd September. And there were plenty of hints in the lead up to this statement that there would be tougher times ahead of us. So it was no surprise that Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was […]