TomHerbert

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Tom is editor at AccountingWEB, responsible for all editorial content on the site. If you have a story that might interest us or wish to comment on the site's coverage get in touch via the site's private message function or Twitter DM (@AWebTom)

Tom Herbert

Editor AccountingWEB

11th Sep 2019

Companies House flags peak-time filing problems

Many UK companies have an accounting period which ends on the last day of the year, which means September is one of the peak months for...

Financial reporting

6th Sep 2019

VAT: Reverse charge for builders delayed until 2020

In a short briefing on gov.uk , the government announced it would be putting the introduction of the domestic reverse charge for...

Business tax

5th Sep 2019

Loan charge in limbo as Prime Minister announces review

While the news was welcomed by campaigners, details of the review are scant leaving an estimated 50,000 users of loan-based avoidance...

HMRC & policy

28th Aug 2019

KeyPay expands UK reach with pensionsync purchase

Australian cloud payroll provider KeyPay has laid down a marker in the UK with the acquisition of pension fintech pensionsync. One of...

Tech pulse

22nd Aug 2019

Smiths slammed for selling out-of-date self assessment guide

High street retail giant WHSmith has been forced to pull a ‘do-it-yourself’ tax return guide from its shelves after an eagle-eyed AAT...

Personal tax

16th Aug 2019

Making Tax Digital: Letters for laggards

Some 120,000 businesses did not sign up in time to make their first MTD for VAT filing. However, in line with HMRC’s ‘light touch’ approach...

HMRC & policy

24th Jul 2019

Builders call for reverse charge delay amid ‘construction chaos’ claims

The largest trade association in the UK construction industry has called on the government to put October’s VAT reverse charge on ice...

HMRC & policy

11th Jul 2019

Big seven audit quality hits the buffers in latest FRC report

Poor quality work in audits carried out by the UK's largest accounting firms remains "unacceptably common" amid a litany of poor results...

Financial reporting

8th Jul 2019

VAT helpline performance slump highlights MTD pressures

Accountants and their representative bodies have labelled the performance of HMRC’s VAT helpline ‘very worrying’ after the Revenue failed...

HMRC & policy

5th Jul 2019

MTD for VAT: Age is not a route to exemption

With 24 working days until the 7 August deadline for quarterly VAT filings, new statistics and clarifications issued by HMRC have thrown...

HMRC & policy