News: April 2012 Company cars Plenty of changes announced here, most of which will not come in for a few years as a company car is not something which can be changed overnight.

News: April 2012 Awards strategy Winning awards can be a fantastic way of generating free PR for your business. Creating an awards strategy involves researching relevant awards and planning which categories to enter

News: April 2012 Real time information (RTI) Employers will electronically provide monthly information to HMRC in respect of wages and salaries paid to employees, and in due course will not have to file

News: April 2012 Holiday time Each year, many business owners and managers strive to ensure that their employees use their allocated holiday time. It is commonly the case, however, that these owners and

News: April 2012 Tax bands There are traps galore here, too, as the planned increase in the personal allowance to £10,000 in the lifetime of this Parliament is linked to a determination that

News: April 2012 Personal allowance trap We mentioned this last month but even more people stand to suffer a marginal tax rate of 60% in 2013/14 than ever before. This is because the

News: April 2012 Tax reliefs to be capped If you tend to claim tax reliefs which do not have any specific monetary limit, this is all going to change from 6 April 2013.

News: April 2012 Payments by employers towards the incidental costs of homeworking Whether or not an employee is able to substantiate a claim for working from home, the employer can make a tax-free

News: March 2012 Business continuity planning Most business owners and managers are generally too concerned with how things are going today to worry about how the business would function in the event of

News: March 2012 For individuals Personal Allowances The big news for individuals is that the personal allowance will increase to £9,205 from 6 April 2013, so you have to wait another year for