News: April 2014 R&D tax credit rate increased Companies that are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) carrying out qualifying research and development can currently claim a corporation tax deduction of 225% of

News: April 2014 New tax–free childcare scheme This new scheme, which starts in Autumn 2015, was originally announced in 2013 as being worth up to £1,200 per child. It has now been announced

News: April 2014 VAT registration limit £81,000 The VAT registration limit has been increased by £2,000 to £81,000 from 1 April 2014. The de-registration limit also increased by £2,000 to £79,000.

News: April 2014 Seed EIS relief to be permanent Seed EIS was introduced in 2012/13 to provide tax relief for individuals investing in small start–up companies and was originally scheduled to end on

  Tax diary: All the main tax events for April / May 2014 Welcome to this month’s Tax Diary, providing you with all the main tax events for the next couple of months

News: March 2014 WiFi access - anywhere on Earth Iridium Communications has launched its new Iridium GO! device which uses satellite communication technology to give smartphone users Wi-Fi access anywhere on Earth. Using

News: March 2014 Budget Summary This was a Budget for bingo-playing baby-boomers who have not started to draw their private pensions. George Osborne announced some sweeping reforms to the taxation of pensions and

News: March 2014 Year end planning Pension planning Take advantage of the pension carry forward rules in order to benefit from any unused allowances from the previous three tax years. This is generally

News: March 2014 Boost efficiency with a document management system An effective system that can create, store, and track documents electronically is a necessity in any modern business. One thing that is common

News: March 2014 Business Taxes Capital Allowances The rates and thresholds of the main capital allowances will apply as follows: From: 1 January 2013 to April 2014 1 or 6 April 2014 to