by David Jones | Aug 31, 2023 | Business Regulation, Payroll Services
I have touched on this subject in the past, (See https://www.morganjones.co.uk/2020/03/holiday-pay-rules/) but issues arising over the calculation of holiday leave and pay entitlements are part of an ongoing payroll nightmare. It’s not just this firm experiencing...
by David Jones | Jul 27, 2023 | Business Tax, Payroll Services, Self Assessment
At budget time last year, I expressed my worry that HMRC would try to obtain even more data from employers, businesses, and individuals and with their latest announcement, and unfortunately, I have been proven right. Read the blog here This week they have announced...
by David Jones | Jul 20, 2023 | Business Tax, Payroll Services, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
The use of mini-umbrella companies (MUC) to employ contractors or temporary workers has been a well-used scheme over the years and has resulted in the individuals concerned, avoiding considerable amounts of Income Tax and NIC. This is a subject that I’ve covered in...
by David Jones | Jul 6, 2023 | Payroll Services, VAT
On the 28th of June 2023, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), based on HMRC data, published a list of 202 companies that had failed to pay their employees the national minimum wage, as part of their ‘name & shame’ campaign. The list included several major...
by David Jones | Jun 8, 2023 | Business Tax, Payroll Services
Our wonderful shadowy army of tax officials have truly excelled themselves this time by issuing over £300 million in IR35 penalties to other government departments, thus effectively fining themselves. This came to light when a government body, UK Research &...
by David Jones | May 19, 2022 | Business Regulation, Business Start-up, Business Tax, Opinion, Payroll Services, Tax Investigations
Before I go into the detail of this case, I think it helpful if I explain exactly what long-firm fraud is. Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud, defines long-firm fraud as when dishonest individuals set up what’s an apparently legitimate...
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