by David Jones | Feb 25, 2021 | Corona Virus, Opinion, Self Assessment
Self-employed small businessmen and women who are desperate for financial support, have been left hanging, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak has decided to delay payment of the next self-employed income support (SEISS) grant until after the Budget on 3rd March. This bombshell...
by David Jones | Jan 28, 2021 | Corona Virus, Self Assessment
In my Blog on 1st January this year (Waive Late Filing Penalties) I reported that despite a united approach by all of the accountancy bodies; HMRC boss Jim Harra effectively stuck up two fingers to our request that HMRC allow an extension to this year’s January 31st...
by David Jones | Jan 21, 2021 | Corona Virus, Personal Finance, Self Assessment
With Boris and his happy band of followers urging as many of us as possible to work from home to; I’ve had an increasing level of enquiries recently, as to what exactly you can claim for if you work from home. There is clearly much confusion about what expenses you...
by David Jones | Jan 14, 2021 | Business Tax, Corona Virus, Opinion
The truly dreadful year of 2020 is behind us, so what will we face in 2021? For a start, there is Brexit, at least two Budgets, and new VAT rules on top of all the usual tax issues. In 2020 planning was pretty much pointless, as almost every week there was yet another...
by David Jones | Jan 7, 2021 | Corona Virus, Payroll Services
Just when I was starting to think that my series of Blogs on Coronavirus business updates had run its course, lo and behold it appears that we’re almost back to square one. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday a one-off grant worth up to £9,000 for businesses...
by David Jones | Jan 1, 2021 | Accounts, Business Tax, Corona Virus, Self Assessment
In early December, all of the leading accountancy bodies the ACCA, CIOT, AAT, ICAEW and ICAS, put a joint submission to HMRC, asking them to ease the self-assessment deadline due to the Covid-19 workload pressures that all accountants are under. Responding to the...