Efficiency and accuracy are at the heart of every successful accounting firm. / With 75% of practices [1] using cloud for ...

Technology is an increasingly important part of what accountants do. Whatever the application, no practice can expect to keep ...

In March 2024, the Conservative government announced plans to implement various regulatory changes that are designed to ease ...

The diagnostic assessment that forms part of our R&D certification revealed some interesting misconceptions about the scheme.

Many practices will find themselves beginning to brace for self assessment season. The looming deadlines and the pressure of ...

If they were to get married and purchase a matrimonial home, is my understanding correct that to avoid the 3% SDLT surcharge, husband would need to move into wife's own residence for a year or two and ...

On 30th October 2024 the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves) will deliver her first budget to the new UK Government. Government ministers have ...

After Brian Lawton obtained planning permission to transform a barn into a dwelling in a non-business capacity he incurred VAT on the conversion.

A colleague who is a Director of the company has asked if I can look into the company purchasing a car for him and he makes the repayments via salary ...

A client recently received copies of her tax calculations for the last 4 years to pass to a "new" agent (Tax Refund Team Ltd). She has never heard of ...

The number of severe reprimands related to anti-money laundering (AML) handed out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ...

A client has started provide to Post Office counter services within their shop. The services include the usual postage and stationery but also banking for deposits and withdrawals. This is done ...