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...
by David Jones | Jan 28, 2021 | Corona Virus, Self Assessment
In my Blog on 1st January this year (Waive Late Filing Penalties) I reported that despite a united approach by all of the accountancy bodies; HMRC boss Jim Harra effectively stuck up two fingers to our request that HMRC allow an extension to this year’s January 31st...
by David Jones | Jan 24, 2020 | Self Assessment
It’s that time of year again when HMRC release their latest tranche of excuses given by taxpayers, as to why their Tax Returns were submitted late or ingenious attempts by taxpayers to get dubious claims for expenses past the taxman. The lists have always amused...
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 8, 2019 | Comments on Global News, Personal Tax Planning
As a UK-based owner of a property in Spain, I was shocked to find out this week that owners of Spanish properties will pay higher income tax after Brexit and may also lose the right to an exemption from capital gains tax arising on the sale of a former home. I...
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