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Issue 22 - 19.09.2012
- 1. Changes to distance selling rules
- 2. Directors - get on your tax-free bikes!
- 3. Loans: is the credit reference agency correct?
- 4. Warranties hidden in the (insurance) small print
- 5. Tax relief for personalised number plates
- 6. Next steps for new directors
- 7. Getting your company property back
- 8. Avoiding company identity theft
- 9. New vehicle log paper - have you got yours?
Issue 21 - 06.09.2012
- 1. HMRC amnesty for tax returns
- 2. Can you afford not to be insured for personal liability?
- 3. Banks to compensate companies over interest charges
- 4. Rent: can you deduct the cost of repairs?
- 5. Maximising business property relief
- 6. The benefits of share purchase agreements
- 7. Senior staff on holiday at the same time
- 8. Free local advertising with Priority Moments
- 9. We’re going back to fax
Issue 20 - 11.07.2012
- 1. Buddy up with the Taxman?
- 2. Tax break for “triangular” business trips
- 3. Parent company liable for acts of subsidiary
- 4. Would you like to be a non-executive director?
- 5. Is the cost of a director’s holiday tax deductible?
- 6. Demanding (company) overtime
- 7. Are your drivers legal?
- 8. Share transfers - new forms must be used
- 9. Does your company pass the pensions test?
Issue 19 - 27.06.2012
- 1. HMRC agrees tax break for investors
- 2. Who has the right to see your company’s records?
- 3. Tax and NI effects of unpaid holiday
- 4. Is your personal PC insured for business use?
- 5. Gross misconduct discovered post-termination
- 6. Make your business cards (get) work for you
- 7. Must we deal with this “subject access request”?
- 8. The “reset your LinkedIn password” scam
- 9. Sickness absence - it’s all fun and games
Issue 18 - 15.06.2012
- 1. Empty properties get a rate review
- 2. A director with(out) stated qualifications
- 3. Reduce your tax by changing your income pattern
- 4. Increase with the “GrowthAccelerator”?
- 5. EA gets tough on business waste
- 6. Offered a new contract: SWOT up on it!
- 7. Share capital or a loan - which is more tax efficient?
- 8. Free help with company documents and more
- 9. get in first with auto-enrolment
Issue 17 - 30.05.2012
- 1. New IR35 guidance
- 2. Should your company have trademark protection?
- 3. The Bribery Act: is £100 per head “lavish”?
- 4. Invoice financing - can it work for your company?
- 5. Break clauses and landlords’ tricks
- 6. Overnight business trips: (un)acceptable behaviour
- 7. Using your company’s resources for personal benefit
- 8. Companies House London has moved!
- 9. Sunday trading laws relaxed
Issue 16 - 17.05.2012
- 1. The “right” cookies or a £500k fine!
- 2. Avoiding tax on goodwill pay
- 3. Challenging a director’s remuneration
- 4. Buy-to-lets: new rules on tenancy deposits
- 5. Turning back the clock on company car tax
- 6. How to start a court claim
- 7. A resignation: but when is it effective from?
- 8. Company car parking regulations update
- 9. New incorporations service
Issue 15 - 02.05.2012
- 1. New Companies House services
- 2. Tax relief on loan to buy business premises
- 3. Health and safety regulations updated
- 4. Benefits - a tax-efficient alternative to dividends
- 5. Occupiers’ liability: (un)reasonable actions?
- 6. Unfair dismissal changes: is it a good thing?
- 7. Watch what you sign (it’s a personal guarantee)
- 8. Guidance on reusing a company name
- 9. Can staff recall your (website) details?
Issue 14 - 19.04.2012
- 1. Shareholders to vote on your pay?
- 2. Interview suggestion: who owns the idea?
- 3. Company car fuel - who should pay?
- 4. Should directors be securing their loans?
- 5. Directors: what’s your (service) address?
- 6. Stamp (on) price rises
- 7. New company tax incentives
- 8. Reminder service not working?
- 9. National Minimum Wage goes up
Issue 13 - 04.04.2012
- 1. New tax investigations threat
- 2. Save money with the power of “group buying”
- 3. Can you issue shares to who you like?
- 4. Bank charges - what are you paying for?
- 5. The perennial question - should you buy or lease a car?
- 6. Leaving early - is a redundancy payment still due?
- 7. Can you really prove this (court) claim?
- 8. Olympic road closures: be prepared
- 9. HSE’s costs recovery plans “on hold”
Issue 12 - 21.03.2012
- 1. Are you saving on legal fees?
- 2. Poor performance: watch what you say!
- 3. Post-termination criminal investigations: who pays?
- 4. Tax-efficient entertainment
- 5. Insurance - does your company need cover?
- 6. Could a “virtual” receptionist be the answer(phone)?
- 7. Avoiding tax on directors’ loan accounts
- 8. Bank job
- 9. Auto-enrolment put back
Issue 11 - 07.03.2012
- 1. Directors liable for security payments
- 2. Is your data back-up effective?
- 3. EIS tax incentives for family company
- 4. Successful appeals against Companies House penalties
- 5. Social lending: those willing to invest are online
- 6. “Consent not to be unreasonably withheld”
- 7. Make your company’s rules work for you
- 8. Free business mentors
- 9. Fire (personally) costs director £180,000
Issue 10 - 22.02.2012
- 1. Government offices for (your) rent
- 2. Could your payroll software land you with a tax bill?
- 3. Oral contract - was the termination agreed?
- 4. Hiring self-employed consultants
- 5. Tax-efficient pay-offs for directors
- 6. Vehicle tracking: the hidden company benefits
- 7. Are your employees using expenses to bribe?
- 8. the energy to complain
- 9. Grow your own business
Issue 09 - 08.02.2012
- 1. Time to check your code again?
- 2. Settled by (the directors’) verbal agreement?
- 3. New year means new dividend strategy
- 4. Customer database: is your dog in there?
- 5. Will the end of contracting out reduce your pension?
- 6. An authorised officer on your doorstep
- 7. Can your company introduce a dress code?
- 8. Is your website “mobile friendly”?
- 9. Business meetings at petrol stations
Issue 08 - 25.01.2012
- 1. New rules on credit card surcharges
- 2. Copyright: don’t copy that disc!
- 3. Can you backdate tax-free goodwill?
- 4. The danger of an investigating accountant
- 5. Can they afford not to mediate?
- 6. Trouble with the Taxman’s software
- 7. TUPE or not TUPE, that was the question!
- 8. Account protection limits retained
- 9. Intracom scam
Issue 07 - 11.01.2012
- 1. Faster bank transfers
- 2. Are you missing out on tax deductions?
- 3. Autumn Statement - business rate changes
- 4. New penalty rules and directors’ tax returns
- 5. Removing a (problem) director from office
- 6. Property sale: your buyer, their commission?
- 7. A cold and crispy morning, then disaster!
- 8. Intellectual property: protect and support
- 9. Transforming Regulatory Enforcement
Issue 06 - 14.12.2011
- 1. Compulsory data audits on the way?
- 2. An IHT dodge for family companies
- 3. Don’t advertise (with) the 2012 Olympics
- 4. Staking your claim with the liquidator
- 5. Overcoming problems with dividends
- 6. Living together: who gets the (whole) house?
- 7. Writing job descriptions for a director
- 8. current accounts investigated
- 9. Don’t be late with your accounts
Issue 05 - 30.11.2011
- 1. Sector-based work academies
- 2. The danger of having two company loans
- 3. Watch out there’s a traffic warden about!
- 4. Is the cost of getting home taxable?
- 5. Directors personally liable for discrimination?
- 6. Legal expenses insurance: your solicitor or theirs?
- 7. Leases and statutory compliance clauses
- 8. free lessons on (Internet) business growth
- 9. sickness absence is lower for you, but...
Issue 04 - 16.11.2011
- 1. Save £7.7 billion (energy) efficiently
- 2. Retracting a written notice of termination
- 3. Can paying interest instead of dividends save tax
- 4. Replacing your income in times of trouble
- 5. Are you trying the new “Finance Finder” website?
- 6. Side letters: close enough for your comfort?
- 7. Knock 10% off your energy bills now!
- 8. Postal charges up 50%
- 9. Preparing for RTI
Issue 03 - 02.11.2011
- 1. Changes to company returns
- 2. Employment problems and legal advice
- 3. Can you avoid tax on a loan from your company?
- 4. Are you ready for pensions auto enrolment?
- 5. Should you move premises or store the problem?
- 6. More tax by association - updated advice
- 7. Shoddy goods: an exchange but no refund
- 8. HMRC reduces small business record checks
- 9. First Bribery Act prosecution
Issue 02 - 19.10.2011
- 1. We’re scrutinising directors’ pay!
- 2. Are there any directors hiding in the shadows?
- 3. Cutting the cost of NI
- 4. Protect staff wellbeing or be disqualified?
- 5. Can you hand back your salary to save tax?
- 6. When can you dispose of company records?
- 7. Are you sure your car is fully covered?
- 8. New law on waste now in force
- 9. Replacement company certificates
Issue 01 - 05.10.2011
- 1. What is “disguised remuneration”?
- 2. Risk assessments - actions speak louder than words
- 3. Borrowed from a client - is it a breach of your duties?
- 4. Can a “reward account” save your company money?
- 5. Are mobile phone freebies taxable?
- 6. Daily web deal(er)s: watch out for the small print!
- 7. Calculating cover for business interruptions
- 8. Fund101 - £500 cash for small businesses
- 9. National Minimum Wage rises

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27 June 2012

Tax and NI effects of unpaid holiday

The directors have agreed to offer staff optional extra time off without pay. Some workers are interested, but are worried this might adversely affect their tax and NI position. Are they right to be concerned?

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