News: May 2011 Using your own car as an employee or director A modest but nonetheless welcome increase in the mileage allowance on which you can claim tax relief applies from 6 April

News: May 2011 Research and development tax relief If you undertake any research and development within your business, and operate as a limited company, you should look at the big improvements being introduced

News: May 2011 Short life assets When claiming capital allowances on plant and machinery purchased in excess of the annual investment allowance limit, if the asset(s) concerned only have a short life they

News: May 2011 Outsourcing In the current economic climate, many small and medium sized businesses face the same challenge - they want to expand, but their current level of turnover means that they

News: May 2011 HMRC business record checks We mentioned this new initiative in the April edition of Tax E-News, but since then HMRC have scored another own goal by starting these checks earlier

News: May 2011 Customers are becoming more value-conscious Consumers of everything from retail products to business services are becoming more and more value-conscious as a result of the economic downturn. This has put

News: May 2011 Pension scheme annual allowance charge If you are a member of a final salary pension scheme, the increase in your pension accrual on a year by year basis can result

News: May 2011 Groupon - could it benefit your business? For those of you who are unfamiliar with Groupon, the company partners with local businesses to send a daily coupon e-mail shot to

News: May 2011 CGT entrepreneurs' relief This is available for qualifying business disposals and gets ever more attractive. The relief is in the form of a reduction in the CGT rate to 10%

News: May 2011 Windows 8 - already? According to Microsoft, more than 7 copies of Windows 7 have sold per second since its launch in October 2009. Unsurprisingly, given the popularity of the