Our top 7 tips for how to give yourself a clean tax bill of health.
Nichola's SME Tax w-update 2 August 2019
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This time: have you managed to file all your new Making Tax Digital for VAT returns for the June quarter? As more new tax schemes are featured in HMRC's spotlights, the Treasury sub-committee asks for HMRC to report on use of avoidance schemes. We also have a pick of interesting cases, consultations and much more.
Nichola's SME Tax W-update 26 July 2019
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This time: how did Entrepreneurs' Relief become quite so complicated? Company cars, gifting shares, capital allowances and VAT and special offers.
IR35 did not apply to TalkSPORT radio presenter
In Kickabout Productions Limited v HMRC [2019] TC7230 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) narrowly decided that for the purposes of the hypothetical employment contract requirement of IR35, that radio broadcaster Paul Hawksbee would not have been an employee of TalkSPORT. This decision was overturned by the Upper Tribunal in July 2020.
HMRC own goal on late capital allowance claims
In HMRC v Dundas Heritable [2019] UKUT0208 the Upper tribunal agreed with the FTT; Schedule 18 of FA 1998 does allow a taxpayer to make late capital allowance claims if there is an open HMRC enquiry into the relevant tax return.
Nichola's SME Tax W-update 19 July 2019
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This time we have an off-payroll working special, with a great new freeview guide. We look at the latest consultation outcomes, review some topical cases, there is more useful feedback on MTD for VAT and I have found that I was not operating my accounting software properly, were you?