UK VAT Mini One Stop Shop “MOSS” will stop end of December
If a UK company were to provide B2C supplies of digital services to EU, there has been the (Mini One Stop Shops) MOSS scheme in place. VAT MOSS meant that companies did not need to register for VAT, file VAT returns and make payments in every EU country that they operate in, and instead could […]
Working from Home – Tax issues to consider
Resulting from the Covid19 pandemic many employees have been and will continue to work from home. There are a range of tax issues which we consider in the below blog. Home as an office Normally an employee can only classify their home as what is defined “a permanent workplace” where it is an objective requirement […]
Extension to the Furlough Scheme
The Government has announced a further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as part of its financial support for businesses in light of the new lockdown restrictions. The CJRS (or the furlough scheme as it is often called) was due to close on 31 October 2020. This was then extended to 2 December 2020 […]
Furlough scheme extended and changed for new lockdown
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended until December, with furloughed employees set to receive 80% of their salary for hours not worked and businesses asked only to cover national insurance and employer pension contributions. On 31 October Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new national lockdown for England that will run from […]
Temporary stamp duty land tax changes
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced that for those who complete the purchase of a house or flat between 8 July 2020 and 31 March 2021, the first £500,000 of your acquisition price is exempt from stamp duty land tax. This applies whether or not the property is your first property. This has therefore opened […]
New Job Support Scheme in place from November 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a new economic package to support jobs including a new Job Support Scheme which will apply from November. The Job Support Scheme is designed to protect viable jobs in businesses who are facing lower demand over the winter months due to Covid-19, to help keep their employees attached […]
30 days to report capital gain claims
This blog will discuss changes recently implemented by HMRC regarding Capital Gains Tax reporting requirements. As of 6 April 2020, a UK resident who disposed of a residential property in the UK making a gain which is liable to CGT only has 30 calendar days from the date of completion to tell HMRC and pay […]
Non-resident company landlords – the changes from 6 April 2020
From 6 April 2020 non-UK companies owning UK property became subject to UK corporation tax (CT) rather than income tax regime. This has several technical and tax consequences for Non Resident Landlords (NRL) which I will address in today’s blog. Practical changes in filing requirements One big practical change is that unlike income tax, CT […]
Covid Mini-Budget 2020
As expected, the Chancellor announced several measures to try and jump start the economy in his Summer Statement last Wednesday (8 July 2020). Here we summarise the key points. As always, the devil will be in the detail and this is expected to emerge over the next few days. The initiatives put in place are […]
July 2020 tax payments – do you need to pay them?
On 31 July each year, many individual and trustee taxpayers are used to making an income tax payment on account. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Rishi Sunak announced that these payments would not be payable in July 2020, instead being deferred and added to the 31 January 2021 payment. HMRC have been issuing statements recently […]