by David Jones | Apr 2, 2020 | Business Regulation, Corona Virus, Payroll Services
Since my latest two Blogs, ‘Coronavirus: What help can self-employed workers get’? & ‘Coronavirus: VAT Deferment’ Clients have called and emailed on the various subjects raised and covered in the blog. So, as promised, as soon as there is some genuine news...
by David Jones | Mar 13, 2020 | Business Regulation, Payroll Services
A case concerning voluntary overtime and a change to the employment rights regulations, which have combined to give payroll professionals a headache when calculating holiday pay. What exactly is a week’s pay? The Working Time Regulations give workers the right to a...
by David Jones | Feb 28, 2020 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, Tax Investigations, VAT
HMRC targeted Dodadine Ltd (trading as toucanBOX) on craft products and associated reading materials, produced for young children between the ages of three and eight years old. The company produce craft materials consisting of reading matter and components for craft...
by David Jones | Jan 30, 2020 | Business Regulation, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
This is a case where a taxpayer failed to respond to questions about used car sales, so HMRC plucked a figure of taxable profit out of the air to use as the base for tax and penalty assessments totalling £342,943. Background to the case HMRC asserted that a gentleman...
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 | 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...
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