by David Jones | Apr 19, 2019 | Opinion, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Today I’m reporting on a snippet of recent news when HMRC admitted that over the past five years it has spent on average £10,000 a year on florists’ bills, to try and placate taxpayers who’ve been the subject of blunders by the taxman. Sometimes a sincere apology or a...
by David Jones | Apr 11, 2019 | Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment
The new 2019/20 Tax Year started last week and as usual there are a number of changes, which may well affect you. In most years these changes would be plastered all over the TV news or the newspapers, but unfortunately at the moment the press appears to be obsessed...
by David Jones | Apr 4, 2019 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, VAT
Today I’m reporting on the curious case of JCA Seminars Limited that deliberately overpaid its VAT and then when the matter came to light, deliberately underpaid VAT on subsequent returns to correct the issue. It will not surprise you to learn that HMRC/VAT did not...
by David Jones | Mar 28, 2019 | Self Assessment
Here’s one out of left field: the government should scrap the personal allowance entirely and replace it with a weekly payment of £48.08 to every adult over the age of 18 earning less than £125,000 a year. The new proposal by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), a...
by David Jones | Mar 21, 2019 | Comments on Global News
We were promised a fiscal non-event for this year’s Spring Statement and, it must be said, last week the Chancellor delivered in spades. A speech light on detail, but with a few things for British businesses to chew on as the Brexit timebomb ticks in the background....
David Jones is the Senior Partner and Founder of Morgan Jones & Company. Born in Liverpool and an Accountancy graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, David spent twenty years working for the Customs & Excise in London then Shrewsbury before starting his own business. David's depth of knowledge of the UK tax system and his ability to communicate this learning has seen Morgan Jones & Company grow into Shropshire's most respected Accountancy Practice. Email David