May 12 2017 General Election and Tax Law Categories: Taxation With the announcement of a snap General Election on 8 June the time available for scrutinising proposed legislation was short so the Finance Act was rushed through Parliament. Many clauses have not made it to the final legislation due to time constraints. These include the provisions to enable Making Tax Digital, changes for Non Domiciled more
Apr 14 2017 VAT Flat Rate Scheme – Limited cost trader Categories: Taxation Changes are being made to the Flat Rate Scheme (FRS) which take effect from 1 April 2017. These changes may mean that the FRS is less attractive to some businesses and this may result in these businesses deciding to no longer operate under the FRS. In some cases where a trader has voluntarily registered for more
Apr 10 2017 Tax-Free Childcare to be rolled out from 28 April 2017 Categories: Taxation Tax-Free Childcare, the new government scheme to help working parents with the cost of childcare, will be launched from 28 April 2017. For every £8 a parent pays in, the government will pay in an extra £2. Parents can receive up to £2,000 per child, per year, towards their childcare costs making a total amount more
Apr 7 2017 Making Tax Digital – Could the Cloud be the perfect choice for your dental practice? Categories: HealthcareMaking Tax DigitalTaxation You may be aware, that in under a year’s time, if your dental practice currently keeps its accounting records manually, you will have to be up and running on a computerised system to be able to make quarterly returns to HMRC. If you haven’t heard about Making Tax Digital, then you can find out more more
Mar 25 2017 Minimum Wage Rises Categories: EQ Accounting The National Minimum Wage (NMW) or National Living Wage (NLW) rates are increasing from 1 April 2017. Employers need to ensure they are paying their employees at least the appropriate NMW or NLW rate. You can find the new rates in the table below. Going forward the NMW and NLW rates will be reviewed annually in April. more
Mar 22 2017 Are you looking for ways to save time in your business? Categories: EQ AccountingLeisure We have found that the level of automation available from using accounting software, such as Xero, benefits a business by reducing the time taken to process the books and records. Take Bank Rules as an example, they are an important tool when processing bank transactions. These allow the user to define how recurring entries should more
Mar 20 2017 Payroll Year End 2017 Categories: EQ AccountingPayroll With April fast approaching, time should be taken to familiarise yourself with Year End filing procedures and deadlines. HM Revenue & Customs have produced this step-by-step guide to follow. Please follow this link www.gov.uk/payroll-annual-reporting. Our dedicated EQ Accounting department can provide support with adhering to the HM Revenue & Customs requirements. Should you wish to more
Mar 15 2017 Spring Budget U-turn Categories: Taxation There has been much discussion over the fact the Chancellor had announced the increase of National Insurance (class 4) rates for self-employed people in the Budget last week. Mr Hammond’s Budget announcement would have increased Class 4 NICs from 9% to 10% in April 2018, and to 11% in 2019, to bring it closer to the more