News: July 2013 GIFT AID IN CHARITY SHOPS HMRC have highlighted the contents of their guidance on claiming Gift Aid on donations of goods to charity which are then sold by the charity,

News: July 2013 CHANGES TO PROCEDURES FOR HMRC FIELD OFFICER VISITS IN DEBT MANAGEMENT The controversial issue of HMRC's debt management processes is set to undergo some welcome changes. You may know from

News: July 2013 COMPANY CAR ADVISORY FUEL RATES These are reviewed each quarter on 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December. They have shown very little change in recent times, but

News: July 2013 NICs AND SELF-EMPLOYED ENTERTAINERS This controversial issue revolves around the fact that whilst self-employed for income tax purposes, an entertainer is generally deemed to be an employed earner for NIC

News: July 2013 MENTORING Business leaders are not born – they are created. Effective training and mentoring are the foundations of most successful managers, chief executives or business owners. Business leaders of the

News: July 2013 IS PROPERTY LETTING A BUSINESS OR A TRADING ACTIVITY? This is often a moot point, but following a recent tax tribunal decision (Elizabeth Moyne Ramsey v HMRC UKUT266) we now

News: July 2013 PROJECT MANAGEMENT In today's hyper-competitive business world, project management has become an essential skill for managers. As businesses grow and develop they need to adapt to change. A good project

News: July 2013 TAX CHARGE ON TAKING A LOAN FROM A CLOSE COMPANY AND TAX MAIN EVENTS FOR JULY/AUGUST 2013 We touched on this in the last newsletter, and now we have more

News: July 2013 USING TWITTER AS A PR TOOL Many businesses use Twitter as part of their social media strategy but many fail to utilise it properly as a publication relations (PR) tool.

News: July 2013 SHOULD LLPs INCORPORATE? A consultation document has been published on an HMRC attempt to stop what they believe are artificial profit and loss allocation schemes involving members of LLPs (and