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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
- 1. Benefit from a compensation order?
- 2. Tax relief for pensions could be cut
- 3. Music at work - the rules
- 4. Don’t overdo dividend waivers
- 5. Director wins marital discrimination claim
- 6. Two companies, same director
- 7. Get your tax refunds sooner
- 8. HMRC crosses directors off its (tax return) list
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?

Tax

23 September 2020

How not to manage your director’s loan account

Directors’ loan accounts (DLAs) are a popular target for HMRC tax enquiries yet many directors aren’t clear about the purpose of their DLA or even that they have one. What steps should you take to prevent your DLA becoming a tax problem?

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