by David Jones | Feb 15, 2024 | Opinion, Personal Finance
We are now only days away from away from what is likely to be Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final Budget and pressure is mounting on him from many sources, starting with many of his fellow tory MPs, to get rid of most if not all, unfair elements of the current UK tax...
by David Jones | Feb 8, 2024 | Self Assessment
HMRC announced this week that it had received more than 11 million tax returns before the 31st January tax return deadline window slammed shut. However, the HMRC press release also said that nearly 1.2 million people had missed the deadline — a 10% increase on...
by David Jones | Feb 1, 2024 | Business Tax, Payroll Services
Now that the festive season is a mere blur in our collective rear-view mirrors, I thought that I would explore the various freebies, tax perks and allowances that many in business associate with Christmas. The questions of what is and what is not allowable has come to...
by David Jones | Jan 25, 2024 | Self Assessment
Several times over the years, I have brought you tales of titanic courtroom struggles between HMRC and various ‘food ‘manufacturers. They all had the common theme of the manufacturer attempting to persuade HMRC and the court, that their product should be classed as a...
by David Jones | Jan 18, 2024 | Comments on Global News, Uncategorized
January is a depressing month and it’s not just because the weather tends to be cold and miserable. Weare being constantly bombarded with campaigns to either give up something, such as booze or to change our lifestyle by a variety of means, usually by doing something...