by David Jones | Mar 4, 2021 | Business Tax, Opinion, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, VAT
Charles Blondin, whose name is synonymous with tightrope walking, has a new rival in Rishi Sunak, whose budget on Wednesday was a masterclass in walking a fiscal tightrope. The Chancellor was seeing government debt shooting up to near record levels, with the...
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...
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