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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.

Important tax dates coming up

George Osborne and his team have elected to try out two alternative systems: an equity loan scheme and a mortgage guarantee

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

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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Two schemes announced in the budget

Caught between a rock and a hard place, George Osborne pleaded his case for continued austerity in his fourth Budget

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..............

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.

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.

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.

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.

Online sales in December 2012 were up 17.8% on the previous year!

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.

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

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.