by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Government Furlough Scheme
As part of keeping you in our focus, our executive people update ensures you’re on top of the latest changes in legislation, case law and people trends. Equal pay claims The Asda equal pay case has reached the Supreme Court to determine the legal question of whether...
by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | Tax
In measures to help small businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic, HMRC announced that the usual 31 July 2020 self-assessment payment on account can be deferred to 31 January 2021. How does it work? You have to make 2 payments on account every year towards your...
by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | Economy
The number of self-employed people in the UK has seen a record decrease in the last few months, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. Estimates for March to May 2020 showed a total of 4.85 million people were self-employed – a decrease of 178,000...
by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | VAT
A temporary cut to the standard rate of VAT for businesses in the food, drink, hospitality and tourism sectors has come into force. Chancellor Rishi Sunak used last week’s economic update to announce the measure, which reduces the main rate from 20% to 5% until...
by admin | Jul 15, 2020 | Tax
One of the most important times of the year for any self-employed person or company director is January – tax month! It can be super stressful if you don’t get your accounts sorted in time for the new year – it really is a case of ‘ the sooner...
