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Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Healthy homeworking stations
Homeworking has gone on for far longer than many businesses expected. Staff working on laptops for hours on end presents a number of health issues. How far does your responsibility go and what office equipment is most missed?Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - PayPal’s flawed online marketing promotion
The Advertising Standards Authority has found that PayPal misled customers when it ran an online marketing campaign offering a £10 money off reward. Such rewards can bring in business, but what must always be clearly stated?Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Wrongful trading rules suspended
To help support businesses the government has temporarily suspended the wrongful trading rules. What do you need to know?Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Brexit - HMRC extends customs grant scheme
Brexit - HMRC extends customs grant scheme..Trading with the EU. Since 1 January 2021 businesses must deal with new procedures when trading with customers and suppliers located in the EU. The customs grant scheme can help towards the cost of the extra admin involved. Changes to extend the grant scheme were made in mid-December 2020. Do you qualify? The government is now allowing traders who are new to customs procedures to apply for grants of up to £1,000 per organisation to support the cost of basic customs...Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Fire safety checks for half-empty buildings
Many small businesses will have sites operating at lower capacity or been closed due to lockdowns. As this brings additional fire risks, what checks do you need to carry out to prevent a problem?Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Do you need to report staff discounts to HMRC?
One of our subscribers wanted to know what the tax position was if she or one of her employees receives a staff discount for goods or services provided by her company. Should anything be declared to HMRC?Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Incorporating a business: tax relief for losses?
Your recently transferred the business you previously ran as a partnership. It’s a sound business but its final accounts showed a loss. Can your company get tax relief for the losses?Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Student loans and off-payroll workers
Student loans and off-payroll workers..Q. When the new IR35 rules take effect in April 2021 we expect them to apply to some of our contractors who work through a company. This means we’ll have to put them on the payroll for tax and NI purposes. Does this mean that for those workers affected we’ll also be required to consider deductions for student or post-graduate loans? A. Your question seems to be a popular one as HMRC recently published specific guidance on the subject (see The next step ). HMRC says...Click here -
Tips & Advice You & Your Business - Have your say on unfair payment terms
Have your say on unfair payment terms..Debt recovery. The Office of the Small Business Commissioner (SBC) was established in December 2017. Since then it has helped small businesses to recover £7.4 million in late payments from larger companies. However, as of November 2020 £23.4 billion was owed to small and medium-sized businesses. With this in mind, the government is considering strengthening the SBC’s powers. On the table. The proposals are that the SBC would gain powers to activate enforcement mechanisms,...Click here -
600+ Business Solutions - Early Christmas payday?
HMRC is reminding employers that the usual payroll reporting rule is modified over the Christmas period. What do you need to know?Click here
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