by David Jones | Jan 17, 2020 | Personal Finance, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Picture the scenario: a taxpayer was under investigation for non-disclosure of foreign earnings (income from letting out a holiday home in Spain). The enquiry settlement letter included the following paragraph: “In order to help me consider the behaviour...
by David Jones | Jan 10, 2020 | Business Regulation, VAT
I recently had an urgent SOS call from a client named Marco, who runs a pizza takeaway business. I felt like James Bond being called into action on a high-profile mission: ‘Operation Margherita’, so to speak. The business owner was convinced that if one of his...
by David Jones | Jan 3, 2020 | Self Assessment
Now that we are in Tax Return season, my inbox of questions has started to multiply, so here’s a selection of the questions received in the last few weeks that I hope you will find interesting. The Topics today: Card machine printouts – keep or not? Can I...
by David Jones | Dec 19, 2019 | Business Tax
The 2019 election delivered a resounding victory for the Conservative Party, and the business community, as well as accountants, reacted with demands for an immediate Budget, stability for business and tax reform. The unexpected 77 seat majority, surprised both voters...
by David Jones | Dec 12, 2019 | Business Tax, Self Assessment
Over the last three years, HMRC has provided various “interpretations” of the rules for trivial benefits in the last three employer bulletins, as it apparently views those rules as too generous. From 6 April 2016, the government introduced a new exemption for trivial...
by David Jones | Dec 6, 2019 | VAT
Nudge theory is a concept in behavioural science, which proposes positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as to ways to influence the behaviour and decision making of groups or individuals. Now HMRC has discovered this new concept and undertook an experiment on...
by David Jones | Nov 15, 2019 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
An eagle-eyed accountant in Birmingham, Alex Jameson, recently noticed a minor change in HMRC procedures, that will have potentially huge consequences. Mr Jameson discovered that the tax law has been subtly amended so that certain decisions currently required to be...
by David Jones | Nov 8, 2019 | Comments on Global News, Personal Tax Planning
As a UK-based owner of a property in Spain, I was shocked to find out this week that owners of Spanish properties will pay higher income tax after Brexit and may also lose the right to an exemption from capital gains tax arising on the sale of a former home. I...
by David Jones | Oct 31, 2019 | Accounts, Business Tax, Opinion, Self Assessment
It has been several weeks since last shared with you tax related questions from my in-box, so today I’ve selected a number of the questions received that I hope you will find interesting. The Topics today: It’s all Greek to me! Can I claim for a tax deduction for...
by David Jones | Oct 25, 2019 | Business Regulation, Business Tax
HMRC has been conducting a number of so-called ‘webinars’ to advise taxpayers and their accountants of the impact of new legislation, changes in their application of taxes, Brexit provisions, to name but a few. However, a recent HMRC webinar caused hilarity and...
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