New self-employed during 2019/2020?

Did you commence self-employment during 2019/2020? Do you need to claim the extended self-employment income support scheme (SEISS), which ends on 30 September 2021, because your business has been affected by COVID? If so you will be required to complete a new...

Benefits affected by late payment of Class 2 NIC

So…. January and February have come and gone, as has the deadlines for filing 2019/2020 tax returns. As you will be aware HMRC had extended the deadline for the filing of tax returns for the year ended 5 April 2020 to 28 February 2021 but now that this date has...

Budget 2021

Budget 2021……whilst the tax hikes were not as many as forecast the actual tax take from the changes are significant, being the highest level since the late 1960’s. Also, as the Chancellor hinted, there may be more to come over the next few years to enable the books to...

Rob Beale talks Finance on Swindon 105.5

Partner Rob Beale talks finance with Tim Thurston on his Business Radio show.  To hear Rob’s perspective on recent comments in the media from bankers and politicians’ on the build up of cash in many businesses and economy bounce back click below...

Pre-Year End Tax Planning 2021

As the end of this very strange tax year is fast approaching, now is the time to be thinking about what action can be taken to assist in reducing tax liabilities for the year ended 5 April 2021. Ensuring that all the appropriate reliefs and allowances have been used...

The Big Budget

I think that I have learnt from far too many Past blogs that predicting what is likely to come up in a budget is a fools game. Perhaps though this year just might be different. The March budget is set amongst the background of a global pandemic and dare I say it, our...