Richard Hattersley
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3rd Mar 2021
Budget 2021: Small firms miss out on software giveaway
At today’s Budget Rishi Sunak unveiled his Help to Grow scheme to address the productivity problem and support that small businesses...
HMRC & policy
3rd Mar 2021
Budget 2021: Apprenticeship incentive payments double to £3,000
In today’s Budget, Rishi Sunak put apprenticeships at the centre of his coronavirus recovery plans by doubling the incentive payments...
Finance & strategy
22nd Feb 2021
Roadmap to end lockdown puts spotlight on Budget
Johnson’s “crucial but irreversible” roadmap for re-opening the country starts with schools returning on 8 March, much to the relief of...
HMRC & policy
19th Feb 2021
Late SA taxpayers will not be charged 5% surcharge
As the impact of Covid-19 continues, taxpayers can dodge the first 5% surcharge as long as they pay their tax or set up a time to pay...
HMRC & policy
15th Feb 2021
AML: How to spot crime in clients' records
At a Metropolitan Police briefing accountants were advised to look out for red flags such as clients with a lack of sales records or income...
General practice
5th Feb 2021
Sunak ‘does not recognise’ 3m excluded self-employed
Sunak responded to a question on the government’s lack of economic support for the excluded 3m by saying that he “didn’t think that it is...
HMRC & policy
1st Feb 2021
Nearly 1.8m late filers miss tax return deadline
On the day after the self assessment deadline, HMRC had received 10,743,387 returns (which includes expected returns, unsolicited returns...
General practice
25th Jan 2021
HMRC suspends late filing tax penalties until 28 February
With days left before 31 January, HMRC’s chief executive Jim Harra effectively extended the tax return deadline after conceding that the...
HMRC & policy
20th Jan 2021
Sunak eyes corporation tax hike in March Budget
The Budget is still six weeks away but rumours are already swirling about what the Chancellor has in store to help balance the books as...
Business tax
20th Jan 2021
HMRC considers simplifying SA reasonable excuse appeals
In a letter to the accountancy bodies, HMRC CEO Jim Harra echoed the tax department's plans to improve the process of cancelling penalties...
HMRC & policy