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 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 | Nov 26, 2020 | Corona Virus, Opinion
On Wednesday in the House of Commons, the Chancellor made a major speech on Coronavirus and the economy and the news was not good. Rishi Sunak set out what the UK government will spend on health, education, transport and other public services next year. He also...
by David Jones | Nov 5, 2020 | Corona Virus, Opinion, Payroll Services
Harold Wilson was absolutely spot on when in 1964 he famously said, “24 hours is a long time in politics.” If you read my Blog last Friday on the introduction of the Job Support Scheme (JSS), it would have been reasonable of you to assume that the Chancellor would not...
by David Jones | Sep 10, 2020 | Corona Virus, Opinion
Last week Chancellor Rishi Sunak launched the Kickstart scheme, but is it fit for purpose, especially for small employers? With coronavirus ravaging the job market and large-scale redundancies continuing to be announced daily by employers, Rishi Sunak’s Summer...
by David Jones | Aug 20, 2020 | Business Tax, Corona Virus, Opinion
The Chancellor rolled out a raft of measures last month, in some sectors to prop up the economy and in others to stimulate growth. The main overall objective was an attempt to keep millions of people from joining the dole queues, ideally for the long term. So, now...