by David Jones | Feb 14, 2019 | Self Assessment
For years, accountants and directors alike have been irritated by HMRC insisting that all directors must register for self-assessment, even if they have no tax to pay; but now finally, HMRC has changed its stance and its guidance. Director Tax Return: The law The...
by David Jones | Feb 7, 2019 | VAT
In 1991 a landmark tax ruling deemed that McVitie’s famous Jaffa cake were actually cakes and not biscuits as assessed by HMRC/VAT; thus zero-rating them for VAT purposes. Now, almost 30 years after this definitive VAT case (is it a cake or a chocolate biscuit?)...
by David Jones | Feb 1, 2019 | Self Assessment
What is your Tax Return Trouble? To paraphrase Shakespeare’s ‘Song of the Witches’ from Macbeth, one taxpayer used “My mother-in-law is a witch and put a curse on me,” as an excuse for failing to submit his self-assessment tax return on time. Yes, we’ve reached that...
by David Jones | Jan 25, 2019 | Business Tax, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment
Tales from the Tax Return Season Any accountant who has endured the onslaught of the self-assessment tax season has that one year that stands out in their personal hall of infamy. Yes, the stress of a mountain of tax returns is not enough; sometimes the...
by David Jones | Jan 18, 2019 | Personal Tax Planning
World’s oldest person tax scam In the news recently was a report that researchers have uncovered evidence which suggests that the woman registered as the world’s oldest person may actually have been her daughter, who assumed her identity to avoid paying inheritance...
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