by David Jones | Nov 16, 2023 | Tax Investigations, VAT
Earlier this year, an intrepid officer from HMRC’s VAT hit squad, visited a small cake and sandwich shop and purely on a couple of hours observation, believed that the shop owners were deliberately minimising their Standard Rate (SR) sales. After a subsequent visit he...
by David Jones | Nov 2, 2023 | Opinion, Self Assessment
It only seems like five minutes since I last commented on HMRC’s dreadful customer service record, particularly with regard to telephone enquiries. So, fast forward to last week, when HMRC chief Jim Harra had his quarterly grilling at the Treasury Committee. During...
by David Jones | Oct 26, 2023 | Business Tax
Electric cars are becoming ever more common on our roads, and having narrowly avoided been hit by one of these silent assassins (several times), I can concur that their numbers are rising rapidly. The biggest rise in ownership is by businesses, both large and small....
by David Jones | Oct 19, 2023 | Comments on Global News, Opinion
(A round-up of the recent party conferences) So, the dust has settled on another Conservative Party conference and most accountants, economists, bankers were glued to the nightly summary of announcements looking for any clue as to would the Tories cut inheritance tax,...
by David Jones | Oct 12, 2023 | Business Start-up, Business Tax, Tax Investigations, VAT
Last week, VAT specialists VATCalc revealed that the number of UK businesses registering for VAT dropped by over 40,000, the first drop in registrations since 2011. This was surprising, as most experts in the field expected the number to rise, especially as the VAT...