by David Jones | Jun 2, 2019 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, Self Assessment
Today I’m writing about the procedure involved as well as the tax implications, when a company is struck off from the Companies House register. Formal Winding Up: The Law When you wish to close a company you use the striking off process is used to bring its life to an...
by David Jones | Apr 26, 2019 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, Opinion, Self Assessment
It has been a few months since my last tranche of UK Tax Questions Answered →, so I thought it about time to share with you some of the more interesting questions I’ve had in recent months. Each question is from a Tax Blog reader which I hope will be helpful to...
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 14, 2019 | Business Regulation
We all have a name and in most cases we’ve had little input in choosing it, as it’s been chosen for us by our parents using a variety of methods. We may have been named after a relative, such as a grandparent or maybe it’s a family tradition (all of the males in my...
by David Jones | Nov 16, 2018 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, Profit & Cashflow Forecasting
This is a case where HMRC’s failure to deal with telephone calls from a taxpayer was accepted as a reasonable excuse by a Tax Tribunal. This case concerns a firm called Chameleon Technology UK Ltd and relates to a 10% default HMRC surcharge of £17,599 in relation to...
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