Many small businesses may have lost track of MTD, which has been introduced five times already. What did the Autumn Statement 2023 say about MTD? The Autumn Statement 2023 included the outcome of the Making Tax Digital Small Business Review. The review focused on whether and how small businesses should be brought into MTD. So, […]
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Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, HM Revenue & Customs, News, Tax Advice
Making Tax Digital (MTD – Updated January 2023
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The introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) has been delayed until 2026. What is MTD Making Tax Digital is an initiative introduced by HMRC in an attempt to modernise our tax system in the digital age. MTD for ITSA (Income Tax & Self-Assessment) comes into effect from April 2026 (previously 2024) if your “qualifying income” […]
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It’s not long to go before 1st April 2022. What is the relevance of this date you ask? This is the date MTD comes into play if you are a VAT Registered business but not yet filing under MTD. What is MTD? Making Tax Digital (MTD) is HM Revenue & Customs plan to digitise […]
Cloud Accounting, Digital Technology, HM Revenue & Customs
Making Tax Digital (MTD) Delayed…. Updated January 2023
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Making Tax Digital (MTD) Delayed As we said last week uncertainty and change are in the air! So, this week we have more changes to announce. MTD for self-employed, partnerships and landlords has now been delayed. The change that was originally set to become law in April 2023 has now been pushed back due to […]
Accounting Tips, partnerships, self employed, Tax Tips
Expanding the cash accounting basis to all self-employed businesses
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Mar
Mar
As part of his 2023 Autumn Statement , the Chancellor announced that the cash basis will replace the accruals basis as the default method for preparing accounts for all unincorporated businesses from 6 April 2024. The announcement means expanding the cash accounting basis to all self-employed businesses. This will apply to sole traders as well […]
Employee Benefits, HM Revenue & Customs, P11d, Payroll, Personal Tax
The end of reporting employee benefits on form P11d
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Feb
Feb
Admin work is not something that people enjoy doing. Moreover, filling out forms for paying taxes on the benefits provided to employees can be quite a hassle. After several years of consulting with accountancy and tax bodies, the government has announced that reporting employee benefits on form P11d will no longer be required. The date […]
Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Cloud Accounting, Digital Technology
Bookkeeping tips to help small businesses
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Sep
Sep
Have you ever wondered how bookkeeping done well can help your small business? Well bookkeeping and financial data are crucial to managing your business. So here’s some great bookkeeping tips. As a small business when things are tight (and even when they are not), it’s important that you keep on top of what comes in […]
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The Basis Period Reform was originally planned to coincide with Making Tax Digital (MTD), but despite MTD being postponed, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will still implement the Basis Period Reform. This will have an impact on self-employed individuals and partnerships. If you run a partnership or are self-employed, the Basis Period Reforms will impact […]
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Jun
Jun
The Renters Reform Bill initially promised in 2019 was published last month (May 2023). The government says this piece of legislation will deliver “safer, fairer, and higher quality homes, thanks to the once-in-a-generation overhaul of housing laws”. However, it is not expected that it will become law until next year. So where does this leave […]
Landlords, Personal Tax
The upcoming EPC changes for Landlords — These changes have now been scrapped – Sept 2023
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The Government has proposed a new EPC change for landlords requiring a Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) to move from E to C. This upcoming change to the EPC requirement could be expensive for landlords and needs careful planning. What is EPC? EPC stands for Energy Performance Certificate and measures the energy efficiency […]