by David Jones | Feb 17, 2022 | Business Tax, Corona Virus, Opinion
Having just read the latest the latest Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on HMRC’s performance in 2020/21, it’s clear to me that it will not have been happy reading for HMRC or the Treasury. The tagline from the PAC report is that HMRC’s approach to...
by David Jones | Sep 23, 2021 | Personal Finance, Self Assessment
I have received quite a number of emails and phone enquiries in recent weeks, because of the impending introduction of MTD (Making Tax Digital) for landlords. HMRC are in the process of making changes to the rules governing individuals who receive income from renting...
by David Jones | Aug 19, 2021 | Self Assessment
In the last couple of weeks, HMRC have begun sending out the annual avalanche of P800’s to taxpayers up and down the land. If you are not familiar with the P800, it’s a tax calculation issued by HMRC if you have not paid the right amount at the end of the tax year. It...
by David Jones | Jul 1, 2021 | Opinion
Delightfully quirky and old fashioned, the 5th April tax year end is uniquely peculiar to the UK, no other country or even UK based businesses share this odd date. Changing Tax Year End: Why was April 5th chosen? Firstly, we need to go back to 1582 when Pope Gregory...
by David Jones | Apr 8, 2021 | Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Hidden in the small print of the Budget Day announcements, were the details of the long-awaited, points-based system for late filing penalties. But, as one financial journalist who was apparently determined to create a sentence of 7 words with 5 of them starting with...