by Stapletons | Dec 3, 2019 | Running a business
Most of us wish Brexit and the political football being played over what was a non-legally binding decision to leave would end. Many businesses breathed a sigh of relief when the date to leave the EU in October was put off for the second time in six months, even as...
by Stapletons | Nov 4, 2019 | Tax, Running a business
Anyone who is involved with running a limited company will know corporation tax as a levy on company profits made in a tax year. Corporation tax is deducted at a flat rate of 19% in 2019/20 and last year it netted the Treasury £55.1 billion – up 2% on the...
by Stapletons | Sep 9, 2019 | Government announcements, Running a business, Tax
Reverse charge VAT delayed Reverse charge VAT for construction services is scheduled to come in from 1 October 2020. This was originally planned to come in 12 months’ earlier, and just six months after MTD for VAT. The new measure will apply to any work that...
by Stapletons | Jul 3, 2019 | Tax, Running a business
Remember Making Tax Digital (MTD) – the Government’s flagship scheme to modernise tax collection on behalf of the Treasury? It’s hard to believe three months have passed since the scheme came into force for VAT-registered businesses with annual taxable turnover of...
by Stapletons | May 3, 2019 | Running a business, Tax
It’s no secret that Devon and Cornwall are hotbeds for landlords with residential portfolios. Dig a little deeper and you will find many of those buy-to-let landlords are having to adapt to a raft of recently introduced tax measures. Mortgage interest relief Changes...
by Stapletons | Apr 1, 2019 | Running a business
It’s fair to say that auto-enrolment, the Government’s workplace pension scheme, has been a big success since its introduction back in October 2012. Six-and-a-half years have now passed, since when more than 10 million employees have been automatically enrolled into...
