Coronavirus - loans
15 May 2020
New loan scheme for smaller businesses
The Chancellor has announced a new loan scheme for small businesses suffering from the financial fallout of coronavirus. What’s the full story?
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- Issue 22 - 23.09.2020
- 1. New “Kickstart Scheme” for employers
- 2. Dealing with a tricky shareholder request
- 3. Closing or selling your company - shifting capital gains tax
- 4. The dangers of a second job
- 5. How not to manage your director’s loan account
- 6. How to stop employees stockpiling holiday
- 7. How to deal with all that waste PPE?
- 8. Single-use carrier bag charge extended
- 9. Q&A - can we refuse cash payments?
- Issue 21 - 10.09.2020
- Issue 20 - 08.07.2020
- 1. HMRC’s new guidance on statutory pay
- 2. Could your business be wound up?
- 3. Selling company assets - minimising the tax cost
- 4. Should you try teaser pricing?
- 5. Personal use of company stock - the taxable benefit trap
- 6. Safe return to work
- 7. New duties for private residential landlords
- 8. ICO guidance on health checks
- 9. Q&A - flexible furlough only?
- Issue 19 - 24.06.2020
- 1. Payments in lieu of minimum holiday?
- 2. Managing capacity post-lockdown
- 3. Furlough fraud under scrutiny
- 4. How to optimise employee collaboration
- 5. Is there a tax deduction for making your spouse redundant?
- 6. TUPE transfers and enhanced terms
- 7. Return to work savings
- 8. Employment allowance - claiming it correctly
- 9. Do we have to pay back the VAT?
- Issue 18 - 10.06.2020
- 1. HMRC makes time to pay easier
- 2. New rules on reclaiming statutory sick pay
- 3. Protecting your workers - tax relief on costs
- 4. Promoting from within
- 5. Coronavirus-related rent arrears
- 6. The right way to equip your workers with IT
- 7. Getting paid on your terms
- 8. Q&A - reporting coronavirus rip-offs
- 9. With VAT or without VAT... that is the question!
- Issue 17 - 28.05.2020
- 1. Coronavirus: workplace screening
- 2. Send a video message to your staff?
- 3. Use a bounce back loan to pay yourself?
- 4. Disciplinary proceedings held remotely
- 5. When are consumers due a refund?
- 6. Communicating a positive message
- 7. The dangers of accessing your pension savings
- 8. HMRC clarifies position on SSP
- 9. Paying a furloughed employee’s bills
- Issue 16 - 15.05.2020
- 1. New loan scheme for smaller businesses
- 2. Holding a meeting without meeting
- 3. CJRS smallprint - tackling the tax and NI consequences
- 4. Mentor benefits
- 5. Can coronavirus frustrate contracts?
- 6. Do you have to agree to a sabbatical?
- 7. Donating to charity - tips and traps
- 8. Coronavirus: what rules have been relaxed?
- 9. Q&A - furlough and family friendly leave
- Issue 15 - 29.04.2020
- 1. Wrongful trading rules relaxed
- 2. Easing the claims process
- 3. The latest on coronavirus financial aid and where to find it
- 4. Which accidents to report?
- 5. While some are furloughed, others work
- 6. Ordering stock wisely
- 7. Reclaiming VAT on your home phone bill
- 8. HMRC makes VAT error correction easier
- 9. Are home to work travel costs tax deductible?
- Issue 14 - 17.04.2020
- 1. Business rates discount - do you qualify?
- 2. Keep your email secure
- 3. Can directors take furlough leave?
- 4. Board meetings during the crisis
- 5. Remote working - the insurance implications
- 6. Watch out for the fraudsters
- 7. VAT payments - how to help cash flow
- 8. Q&A - emergency volunteering leave exclusions
- 9. Contactless payment limit increase
- Issue 13 - 01.04.2020
- 1. Is coronavirus a “force majeure” event?
- 2. A safe digital safe with OneDrive
- 3. Budget measures for businesses and their owners
- 4. Personal loans: payment holiday downsides
- 5. SFO catches up with fraudster after seven years
- 6. Do you need a talking robot?
- 7. An extra pair of hands
- 8. Off-payroll tax changes postponed
- 9. Too late to pay a dividend?
- Issue 12 - 18.03.2020
- 1. IR35 - what’s the latest news?
- 2. Use online resources to find the right staff in 2020
- 3. Tricky rules on staff meals made clear
- 4. Steer clear of aggressive sales tactics
- 5. Protecting your business from coronavirus
- 6. How to navigate the postage cost hikes
- 7. The debt chase and collect conundrum
- 8. Pensions and investments warning list
- 9. Calculating holiday pay for new hires
- Issue 11 - 04.03.2020
- 1. NMW naming and shaming is back
- 2. How to buy clean energy?
- 3. A tax-efficient alternative to borrowing from your company
- 4. Can you say no to almond milk?
- 5. Surfing the web incognito at work?
- 6. Get more from meetings
- 7. Heat of the moment resignation was an unfair dismissal
- 8. HMRC updates payroll tool
- 9. Can I repay salary to save tax?
- Issue 10 - 19.02.2020
- 1. Record numbers for self-assessment
- 2. Dropbox Paper - what can it do for your business?
- 3. Staff uniforms - how to avoid tax costs
- 4. Fender fined for anti-competitive behaviour
- 5. How to respond to an HMRC request for a visit
- 6. What does an employee cost?
- 7. Import and exports post-Brexit
- 8. Q&A - Brexit effect on the GDPR?
- 9. Q&A - must we provide first aid to the public?
- Issue 09 - 05.02.2020
- 1. Small business given first GDPR fine
- 2. Do you have a conflict of interest?
- 3. A tax-free perk for being the boss
- 4. Dirty money laying staff low?
- 5. Tax deductions for giving away goods
- 6. Sacked for bringing children in and surfing the internet
- 7. Time for some paid-for PR?
- 8. New employment allowance rules revealed
- 9. Q&A - can I claim a mileage allowance?
- Issue 08 - 22.01.2020
- 1. IR35 changes will be reviewed
- 2. How to keep staff fresh in 2020
- 3. Tax relief for company assets used for advertising
- 4. Banking or insurance complaint?
- 5. How tax efficient are electric company cars?
- 6. Imprisonment and disqualification for rogue director
- 7. Are disciplinary investigation meetings mandatory?
- 8. It’s 2020 - don’t shorten it to 20!
- 9. ICO guidance on the right of access
- Issue 07 - 08.01.2020
- 1. Data protection fee warning letters
- 2. How much to pay your partner?
- 3. Getting your company to pay your personal expenses
- 4. Interested in an intern?
- 5. What are your PAYE obligations to foreign workers?
- 6. Social media checks on job applicants?
- 7. Can you rely on a retention of title clause?
- 8. April 2020 company car changes
- 9. Q&A - can I change my mind about a dividend?
- Issue 06 - 11.12.2019
- 1. Improved status tool launched
- 2. Keep your ad claims real
- 3. Post-Christmas party tax planning
- 4. How to effectively measure performance
- 5. Justify your expenses or face fines
- 6. Last minute December shutdown
- 7. Late filing penalties
- 8. The “Please contact Action Fraud” scam
- 9. Q&A - walk and talk meetings?
- Issue 05 - 27.11.2019
- 1. Promotions must be legal
- 2. Avoiding a dud business
- 3. Businesses losing out on tax relief for installation costs
- 4. Bottom up changes
- 5. The tricky business of VAT and motor expenses
- 6. H&S poster law
- 7. Business defends employee’s copyright claim
- 8. New HMRC guidance on notice pay
- 9. Q&A - do we have to register a company again
- Issue 04 - 13.11.2019
- 1. HMRC clarifies delay to digital linking
- 2. Can phoenix companies ever be legit?
- 3. Dodging a common dividend trap
- 4. H&S meetings really necessary?
- 5. Technical tax errors can be costly
- 6. Director’s expensive “curry muncher” comment
- 7. Share a company car with your partner
- 8. Goodbye Small Business Commissioner!
- 9. Fancy a secondment to the ICO?
- Issue 03 - 30.10.2019
- 1. Acceptable slogan or trade mark?
- 2. How to make FAQs work
- 3. Is a home gym a tax-free and tax-deductible perk?
- 4. Avoiding a bribe
- 5. The unhappy lot of an unsecured creditor
- 6. What is the law on paid holiday entitlement?
- 7. The Taxman’s right to your personal information
- 8. Handling employee student loan queries
- 9. Q&A - paying interest to an individual
- Issue 02 - 16.10.2019
- 1. HMRC wins triple IR35 case
- 2. Bypass the insurer and settle direct?
- 3. Is a trip to the pub a tax-efficient perk?
- 4. Take care of teeth, improve staff attendance
- 5. E-sigs are OK
- 6. Safe storage in office spaces
- 7. A DIY scheme to save tax and NI on company cars
- 8. Training on harassment prevention?
- 9. Q&A - GDPR: what’s manifestly unfounded?
- Issue 01 - 02.10.2019
- 1. Workers’ rights changing
- 2. Pothole damage? How to make a claim
- 3. The annual investment allowance timing trap
- 4. Do you need a crisis management plan?
- 5. New salary sacrifice schemes - tax break or tax trap?
- 6. Trying it on with price rises
- 7. Why change your accounting date?
- 8. Deferring an employee’s auto-enrolment
- 9. Q&A - can I spread my tax bill?
