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...
by David Jones | Sep 6, 2019 | Self Assessment
High street retail giant WHSmith has been forced to pull a ‘do-it-yourself’ tax return guide from its shelves after an eagle-eyed accounting employee spotted it was based on the rules for 2014-2015. The Tax Return Organiser, on sale at WHSmith’s...
by David Jones | Aug 30, 2019 | Self Assessment
Today I’m reporting on a string of Tax Tribunal cases in which HMRC failed to produce adequate evidence to convince the Tribunal that a penalty was validly issued. When it comes to tax penalties, the first responsibility is upon HMRC to prove (to the usual civil...
by David Jones | Aug 15, 2019 | Self Assessment, VAT
As it has been a couple of months since my last delve into my in-box of tax related questions, I have selected a handful of the questions received that I hope you will find interesting. The Topics today: Can I claim the VAT on takeaways? Is a free meal in lieu of cash...
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