Jennifer Adams

Member Since: 19th May 2011

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Bio

Jennifer Adams is Consulting Editor of AccountingWEB and is a professional business author specialising in corporate governance and taxation. She runs her own accounting and consultancy business with offices based in Surrey and Dorset.

Jennifer Adams

AccountingWEB

14th Aug 2019

MTD for VAT first main submission: How was it for you?

The first MTD for VAT return deadline has now been and gone. Jennifer Adams examines the issues raised in the first tranche of submissions...

HMRC & policy

10th Jun 2019

Consultation proposes sweeping new powers for Companies House

Jennifer Adams reviews the consultation document published last month detailing the intended increase of powers for Companies House and...

Finance & strategy

14th May 2019

Striking off a company: Get the details right

Jennifer Adams details the procedure and the tax implications when a company is struck off from the Companies House register. When used...

General practice

19th Mar 2019

HMRC campaigns: Where have they gone?

Of the 18 tax campaigns run by HMRC over the past 12 years, only three remain as 'live'. Jennifer Adams considers the success rate of these...

HMRC & policy

22nd Jan 2019

Should accountants emulate HMRC and charge for late delivery of accounts?

Jennifer Adams considers whether hitting clients in the pocket is an effective method of persuasion for delivery of accounts in time to...

Practice strategy

2nd Jan 2019

Should you bother to submit a SARS?

Jennifer Adams considers the role of accountants in anti-money laundering and asks whether the time spent on preparing and submitting SARS...

General practice

18th Sep 2018

Practical tactics for dealing with difficult clients

Following on from Richard Hattersley's article ” when unappreciative clients take up too much time ”, Jennifer Adams looks at tactics that...

Practice strategy

6th Aug 2018

Do accountants complain about HMRC's service enough?

Jennifer Adams considers the work of the Adjudicators Office following the issue of their 40-page annual report last month and asks whether...

General practice

19th Jun 2018

Save an hour a week, gain one extra week a year

Jennifer Adams discovers how you can find another hour a week out of your busy working life if you follow five simple steps. Whatever...

General practice

4th Jun 2018

Selling land for building: Ensuring main residence relief applies

Jennifer Adams considers the tax implications of selling part of a garden for development. Last year (2017), the number of new homes built...

Personal tax