The beginning of September always brings a new routine for parents as children start going back to schools and nurseries. With that, more employees are going back to work full time due to the withdrawal of CJRS support and less working from home as more of the country receive their vaccinations. For these....
Businesses who are required to use Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT but not registered could face fines of up to £400, it has been warned. HMRC have reportedly written to over 100,000 businesses who are currently non-compliant with the changes. Under the new rules, VAT-registered businesses with a taxable turnover above the....
As of today, 1st April 2021 the new National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) rates apply. Along with the increase in rates, the NLW age bracket has been reduced so now must be paid to employees over the age of 23 (previously over 25). National Minimum Wage is paid to workers....
It can be difficult to keep track of the various coronavirus schemes available and when you need to take action to make sure you do not miss out. To help you, in this blog post we provide a timeline, in order of dates occurring soonest, some going right through to 2030. We also provide....
The main headlines of the Spending Review 2020- 2021 This afternoon Rishi Sunak delivered his spend review. This is an announcement about how and where public funds were going to be spent in the future. Opening with the priority of protecting peoples lives and livelihoods, £55b has been allocated to tackling the virus outbreak....
Support grants available for closed businesses. It’s a tough time to be in business right now, regardless of the sector, but if you operate within an industry which has been ordered to close due to local or national restrictions there is some form of financial help available. Following the announcement last night, there are....
Coronavirus: Sick Pay Rebate Scheme Opens 26 May… One of the longer acronyms emerging from the raft of new legislation to support businesses through the coronavirus pandemic, the CSSPRS, or Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme, will be going live in the next week. Claims are to be made through the CSSPRS....
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Portal Open… HMRC opened the online Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) portal this morning, suggesting that once employers have claimed HMRC will pay the claim amount by BACS into their bank account within 6 working days. For detailed information on how to access the portal and details you....