For years businesses which take on numerous projects at once often have them spread across a number of limited companies. With main purpose for this being to ring fence risk and secure the main business assets from any ‘bad’ projects. However, a secondary advantage comes with setting
Read more →Philip Hammond announced big changes in his first (and last) Autumn Statement around the amount of VAT that small businesses will have to pay. From 1st April 2017, businesses using the flat rate VAT scheme that spend less than two per cent of sales on VAT inclusive
Read more →Tuesday, 31st January 2017 is the cut-off date for those having to fill in Self Assessment tax returns. With the deadline looming, Paul Brides, group tax manager at Champion Accountants gives some last minute tips. Who should submit Self Assessment? HMRC usually deducts tax from wages, pensions
Read more →Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is becoming increasingly more complex as HMRC tighten the legislation around the purchase of residential properties. It’s now widely known that individuals purchasing a second residential property will pay an additional 3 per cent on top of the usual SDLT rates. However,
Read more →Philip Hammond delivered his first and last Autumn Statement yesterday as Chancellor of the Exchequer. All subsequent budgets following Spring 2017 will now be delivered in the autumn, starting next year. Thereafter, the OBR will produce a spring forecast to which the Government will respond making changes
Read more →One of the key announcements from the summer Budget was George Osborne’s complete overhaul of the dividend taxation system. From April 2016, dividend tax credits will be scrapped and replaced by new rates of taxation for all limited company shareholders. Every taxpayer will be entitled to a
Read more →North West business advice specialist, Champion Accountants, is urging individuals across the area to declare any unpaid overseas tax before time runs out. Less than 100 days remain before people lose the right to disclose any unreported liabilities connected with assets held overseas under far more favourable
Read more →Running a business is no mean feat, with owners having to juggle a number of different hats on a daily basis. Tax may not be the most exciting part of running your own company, but it’s an unavoidable responsibility that we all must tackle at some point.
Read more →Managing cash flow can be a challenge for every seasonal business, which is why owners must do all they can to govern it wisely and diligently. With cash flow being one of the most commonly mismanaged elements during seasonal downturns, here are our five best preparatory strategies
Read more →Overseas sales for small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) are predicted to total £15 billion over the next 12 months, according to a survey by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks. The poll of more than 1,000 SMEs found that overseas sales account for 21% of the turnover of existing
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