by David Jones | Jan 17, 2020 | Personal Finance, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Picture the scenario: a taxpayer was under investigation for non-disclosure of foreign earnings (income from letting out a holiday home in Spain). The enquiry settlement letter included the following paragraph: “In order to help me consider the behaviour...
by David Jones | Jan 3, 2020 | Self Assessment
Now that we are in Tax Return season, my inbox of questions has started to multiply, so here’s a selection of the questions received in the last few weeks that I hope you will find interesting. The Topics today: Card machine printouts – keep or not? Can I...
by David Jones | Dec 12, 2019 | Business Tax, Self Assessment
Over the last three years, HMRC has provided various “interpretations” of the rules for trivial benefits in the last three employer bulletins, as it apparently views those rules as too generous. From 6 April 2016, the government introduced a new exemption for trivial...
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...
by David Jones | Oct 31, 2019 | Accounts, Business Tax, Opinion, Self Assessment
It has been several weeks since last shared with you tax related questions from my in-box, so today I’ve selected a number of the questions received that I hope you will find interesting. The Topics today: It’s all Greek to me! Can I claim for a tax deduction for...
by David Jones | Oct 17, 2019 | Self Assessment
It has been a couple of years since a did a Blog on the subject of excuses given by taxpayers, as to why their Tax Returns were submitted late or their failed attempts to get dodgy claims for expenses past the taxman. HMRC have released their latest list of...
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