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NEWS: Help available for the self-employed when completing tax returns. image of a lady sat at a desk completing her tax return
Published on 15 December 2022

Help available for the self-employed when completing tax returns

Are you one of the many self-employed people intending to complete your online Self Assessment tax return over the festive period? If you are worried about doing this, then read on to find out about the helpful guidance available on our website. Many sole-traders and partners will be completing t...

News: claiming benefits if you are behind on your taxes. image of a man sat at a computer with a cup of coffee, he has bubbles above his head of everything he is thinking about, too much to do.
Published on 8 December 2022

Claiming benefits if you are behind on your taxes

Some workers, especially those delivering goods or takeaways in the gig economy, may be struggling to earn enough money. If options for other work are limited, benefits can be a lifeline. But what if you are behind on your taxes? Does this mean you can’t claim benefits? ...

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Published on 7 December 2022

Risk of imminent VAT return filing problems under new tax reporting regime

HMRC are now automatically signing up VAT-registered businesses to its new Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT programme. These are businesses which should have enrolled into MTD already.1 Under MTD, businesses need to keep their VAT records digitally if they do not already do so and fi...

NEWS: If you are VAT registered and not yet in Making Tax Digital you need to act now image of a red button with white lettering saying "ACT NOW"
Published on 21 November 2022

If you are VAT registered and not yet in Making Tax Digital you need to act now

If you are VAT registered, you should now be within Making Tax Digital (MTD). This means you should be filing VAT returns through MTD compliant software since it became mandatory for you to do so from April 2022 at the latest. If you have not managed to get to grips with the MTD requirements yet,...

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Published on 18 November 2022

HMRC give salary advance answer – but questions remain

Salary advance schemes have been with us for some years, with numerous companies now promoting them through all areas of the labour market. HMRC have now confirmed what LITRG have been concerned about – that they are not compliant with current tax law. HMRC plan to introduce changes to legislation t...

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