The government has introduced new tax penalties, offences for tax evasion and new powers for data collection. All measures are included in the Finance Act 2016.
SME Tax News
The Finance Secretary has delivered his budget statement to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon and announced that the Scottish Income Tax Rate will be set at 10% for 2016/17.
The effect of this is to ensure that Scottish Taxpayers will pay tax at the same rates as their counterparts in the rest of the UK, at 20%, 40% and 45%.
HMRC have issued their Employer Bulletin for December 2015, and we have summarised all of the key content for you, which includes a number of tips from HMRC to avoid mistakes in PAYE reporting and payment.
HMRC have issued their Agent Update for December 2015: we have summarised the key content for you.
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HMRC published draft legislation ahead of next year's Finance Bill this week. We can confirm that the new dividend tax will go ahead as planned, and we now know more about the treatment of other forms of distributions. There is a new consultation on Company distributions.
The government's Cobra emergency committee has agreed that households and businesses affected by the severe weather and flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire will be given relief from council tax and business rates.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced that the government will publish its next Budget on Wednesday 16 March 2016.
The liquidators of former Rangers football club and the Murray group companies are to appeal against the recent decision of the Scottish Court of Session that found that EBT loans were actually remuneration.