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May Insider Newsletter!
Our latest Insider Newsletter for May is available to download
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Self Assessment 2013
We are already two months into the 2013-14 tax year and those readers who need to file a tax return for the year ending 5 April 2013 have until 31 January 2014 to do so if filing online.
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Tax Diary May 2013
Important tax dates coming up
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Mortgage support - Help to buy
George Osborne and his team have elected to try out two alternative systems: an equity loan scheme and a mortgage guarantee
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National Insurance £2,000 employment allowance
The Government is to introduce an allowance of £2,000 per year for all businesses and charities to be offset against their employer Class 1 secondary NICs’ bill from April 2014
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New Childcare Scheme from Autumn 2015
A new Childcare Scheme will be introduced to support working families with their childcare costs and will replace the current salary sacrifice scheme
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Free budget report
Download our free budget 2013 report
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Accountax Launch App!
Accountax App now available to download for your smarphone for free!
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Help for home buyers schemes announced
Two schemes announced in the budget
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Budget Summary 2013
Caught between a rock and a hard place, George Osborne pleaded his case for continued austerity in his fourth Budget
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End of Autumn Statement?
A treasury Select Committee criticised this so called 'second budget', saying that it had the effect of creating uncertaintity for businesses, coupled with extra costs for the taxpayer..............
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Are you ready for the RTI deadline?
Important information - Please download our fact sheet explaining changes to the way in which information should be sent to HMRC when you process your payroll from April 2013. This is required by the commencement of HMRC’s Real Time Information system (RTI) from 6th April.
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Autumn Statement
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Payroll - RTI
Employers should make sure that they are ready for the switch to the Real Time Information (RTI) from April 2013. Most employers will be affected from April 2013 and all employers by October 2013.
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Employee Share Ownership
In the 2012 Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osbourne anounced that from April 2013 will be able to forfeit some of their employment rights in exchange for shares in the business they work for.
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New Funding For SME's
The Government has recently announced that they plan to provide £55M via the Business Finance Partnership with a view to sole-traders and SME's being able to access a total of £1.2 billion.
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Online Spending Enjoys Strong December
Online sales in December 2012 were up 17.8% on the previous year!
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The use of KPI's on the rise?
KPI's (Key Performance Indicators) are a key measurement tool for evaluating the performance of your business. More and more people are using them as part of a management accounts package to improve their decision making.
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Cap on Income Tax relief
Draft clauses recently published for the Finance Bill 2013 outline the way in which the Government proposes to limit the amount of tax relief an individual can claim
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Ten-fold increase in Annual Investment Allowance
One of the surprise announcements in the Autumn Statement 2012 was the decision to increase the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) from 1 January 2013 to £250,000. The increase will apply for two years.