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Jan 2009

• Overdrawn Directors Loan Account Consequences
  
• Tax on Keyman Insurance Policies
  
• Losses and Falling Sales
  
• Planning January 31 Tax Payments
  
• January Question and Answer Corner
  
• January Key Tax Dates

Dec 2008

• Pre-Budget Summary
• Changes to Capital Allowances for Cars
• Claiming Small Business Rate Relief
• Increase Your Pension Fund Value
• Statutory Sick Pay Changes
• December Question & Answer Corner
• December Key Tax Dates

Nov 2008

• 10 Ideas to Beat the Credit Crunch
  
• Losses on Property Lets
  
• VAT Problem for House Builders
  
• Using Losses in a Group of Companies
  
• November Question and Answer Corner
  
• November Key Tax Dates

Oct 2008

• Contractors Beware Dragonfly Consulting Case
  
• Changes in Company Law
  
• New Tax Return Deadline
  
• Telling the Authorities About Your Company Changes
  
• October Question and Answer Corner
  
• October Key Tax Dates

Sept 2008

• Cycle to Gold & Save Tax
  
• How to Gift a Property
  
• VAT – Checking the Numbers
  
• Getting More out of Mileage Rates
  
• September Question and Answer Corner
  
• September Key Tax Dates

Aug 2008

• Getting Your Business to Pay for Your Holiday!
• Dealing with the Changed Personal Allowance
• Selling Your Business – the VAT Implications
• Mileage Expenses of Less than 40p per Mile
• August Question and Answer Corner
• August Key Tax Dates

July 2008

• Mileage Expenses and Rocketing Fuel Prices
  
• Planning to Sell Your Company?
  
• The £50,000 Annual Investment Allowance
  
• Protect Your Pension Fund
  
• July Question and Answer Corner
  
• July Key Tax Dates

June 2008

• Impact of Revised 2008/09 Tax Allowance
  
• Taxation of Non-Doms
  
• Changes to Correcting VAT Errors
  
• Claiming VAT on Pre-Incorporation Expenditure
  
• June Questions & Answers
  
• June Key Tax Dates

May 2008

• The Service Company Question on Form P35
  
• Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
  
• When is Lunch Tax Deductible?
  
• What Needs to be on a VAT invoice?
  
• May Questions & Answers
  
• May Key Tax Dates

Apr 2008

• National Minimum Wage for Family Members
  
• Inside or Outside the Company?
  
• Better Return by Holding Cash Personally?
  
• Claim Back Wages from the Taxman
  
• April Questions & Answers
  
• April Key Tax Dates
  

Mar 2008

• Year End Marginal Tax Rate Planning
  
• How to Bank Your Indexation Allowance
  
• How to Save Taper Relief
  
• Save Tax When Taking Your State Pension
  
• March Questions & Answers
  
• March Key Tax Dates

Feb 2008

• Capital Gains Relief for Entrepreneurs Announced
  
• Escaping Penalties for Late Tax Returns
  
• Taxman Wants to Help You Claim R&D Tax Relief
  
• Tax Credits Rules for Childcare Costs
  
• February Questions & Answers
  
• February Key Tax Dates
  

Jan 2008

• Income Shifting is Coming Soon!
  
• Don't Overlook Goodwill on Incorporation
  
• New Capital Allowances Rules for Cars
  
• New Advisory Fuel Rates
  
• January Questions & Answers
  
• January Key Tax Dates
  

Dec 2007

• It's Christmas Party Time Mr Taxman!
  
• New VAT Rules for Invoice Numbering and More
  
• Protect Yourself Against HMRC Scandal
  
• December Questions & Answers
  
• December Key Tax Dates
  

Nov 2007

• Rates and allowances for 2008/09
  
• When to sell your investments
  
• Home office extension
  
• Employees working abroad
  
• November Questions & Answers
  
• November Key Tax Dates
  

Oct 2007

• How to Declare Foreign Income
  
• Tax Advantages of Non-Domicile Status
  
• Car in the Company or Not
  
• The Directors Loan Account Write Off
  
• October Questions & Answers
  
• October Key Tax Dates

Sept 2007

• Sharing Your Business With Your Other-Half
• The Collector Wants Your Money!
• Longer Holidays for All
  
• Company Car or Van?
  
• September Questions & Answers
  
• September Key Tax Dates
  

Aug 2007

• Victory for Husband and Wife Companies!
  
• What will the Taxman do now to Attack Small Companies?
  
• How to Cash-in on Goodwill
  
• August Question and Answer Corner
  
• August Key Tax Dates

July 2007

• Is the Taxman Cracking Down on Buy-to-Let Landlords?
  
• VAT Registration Problems and Keeping Below the VAT Limit
  
• A Loan From Your Own Company
  
• Is it Worth Topping up NI contributions?
  
• July Question and Answer Corner
  
• July Key Tax Dates

June 2007

• Easing the P11D Pain
  
• Swap Salary for Benefits
  
• Choice of Dividend or Bonus
  
• Tax Credit Deadlines
  
• June Question and Answer Corner
  
• June Key Tax Dates

May 2007

• The "Tax Amnesty"
  
• What Happens If You Die Without a Will?
  
• Avoiding Tax On Company Vans
  
• New VAT Fuel Scale Charges
  
• May Question and Answer Corner
  
• May Key Tax Dates

April 2007

• Is the Small Company Still Viable?
  
• Tax Cut to 20%, is it Really?
  
• Taxman Issues New Guidance for Use of Home Claims
  
• Stamp Duty Help for Family Exchanges
  
• April Question and Answer Corner
  
• April Key Tax Dates

Mar 2007

• Now or Never - Year End Tax Planning Tips
  
• Tax Benefits of Investing in Woodlands
  
• New CIS Rules from 6th April 2007
  
• Beware HMRC Email Scam
  
• March Question and Answer Corner
  
• March Key Tax Dates

Feb 2007

• Rewards for Tax Inspectors who Meet Targets!
  
• Should You Buy the Assets or the Shares?
  
• Tip to Avoid IHT on the Family Home
  
• Tax Advantages of Investment Bonds
  
• February's Question and Answer Corner
  
• February's Key Tax Dates

Jan 2007

• Last Chance to Get Your Tax Return Filed
  
• HMRC Launch Pilot Childcare Indicator
  
• From Ltd Company Back to Sole Trader
  
• Has Your Competitor Reported You on the HMRC Hotline?
  
• Do You Know What an EFRBS is?
  
• January's Question and Answer Corner
  
• January's Key Tax Dates

Dec 2006

• It's Christmas Time Mr Taxman
  
• Date Set for Arctic Systems Case
  
• How Taxing is Training?
  
• How to use Inter-Company Charges to Save Tax
  
• Capital Gains Tax and the Second Home
  
• When it Pays to Thank Gordon for the New Trust Rules
  
• December's Question and Answer Corner
  
• December's Key Tax Dates

Nov 2006

• Ten Top Tax Tips for Business Start-Ups
  
• Husband and Wife Case Update
  
• Beware Associated Company Tax Trap
  
• Get Ready for the New CIS Scheme - 5 Months to Go
  
• New Guidance on Use of Home Claims to be Issued
  
• November's Question and Answer Corner
  
• November's Key Tax Dates
  

Oct 2006

• Great Tax Myth's of Our Time
  
• Tax Status of Funeral Workers Clarified
  
• Tax Evasion Hotline - 40,000 Calls!
  
• Interest Rate Rises on Tax Paid Late
  
• Tax Planning Goes on After Death - Deeds of Variation
  
• VAT Registration - It's Taking Longer
  
• Minimum Wage Increases from 1st October
  
• October's Question and Answer Corner
  
• October's Key Tax Dates

Sept 2006

• Happy Birthday HMRC!
  
• Beware Pilot HMRC Intervention Project
  
• How to Reduce Penalties from a Tax Investigation
  
• How Partners can get Tax Relief on Home Mortgage Interest
  
• 10 Top Reasons for NOT Paying the Minimum Wage
  
• September's Question and Answer Corner
  
• September's Key Tax Dates

Aug 2006

• Want a Home in the Sun - There are Tax Issues!
  
• U-Turn On Self Assessment Filing Dates
  
• HMRC Confirm Computers are Tax Free if Provided for Business Use!
  
• How to Extract Your Cash From Your Company at 10% Tax
  
• OpenOffice Software is FREE
  
• Second Self assessment Payment On Account Due for 2005/06
  
• Would You Like The Taxman to Contribute to a New Set of Golf Clubs?

July 2006

• Taxman Using Robot to Catch E-Bay Traders
  
• Richard and Judy Win Tax Case
  
• Chancellor Backs Down on New Trust Rules
  
• Paying Wages To Your Spouse To Reduce Your Tax Bill
  
• Small Salary & Large Dividends - is it allowed?
  
• Using ABC Shares to Save NI
  
• HMRC Lose Payment in Lieu of Notice (PILON) Case
  
• Bank Holidays To Be On Top of 20 Days Minimum Holiday
  
• FREE Online BackUp

• Offshore Income - Time to Disclose?
  
• Staff Suggestion Scheme - Get In Before It's Too Late
  
• 6th July is the Deadline for P11D's, P9D's and P11Db
  
• HMRC Lose Status Case Even Where There Were No Written Contracts
  
• No Tax Please - We're Rich!
  
• FREE Business Link Interactive Tools For Health & Safety and IT Risks
  
• VAT Flat Rate Scheme Can Save Thousands For Some
  
• Gordon Brown Supports England In The World Cup But Helps Put Scottish Football Out Of Business

May 2006

• Time To File Your PAYE Returns
  
• HMRC Plan Another Attack on Restaurants and Hotels
  
• Who Wants a Prize for Paying Tax?
  
• Trust Rule Changes - What's all the fuss about?
  
• When a Building Isn't Just a Building
  
• 10 Top Tips To Reduce The Risk of A Tax Enquiry
  
• Tax Benefit of Offset Mortgages
  
• Find Out If You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur

April 2006

• Tax Freedom Day moves to 3rd June
  
• A-Day Finally Arrives
  
• Childcare Vouchers Here to Stay
  
• Time is Now to Apply for Investment from the Dragons
  
• Court Rules Limited Company Contractor can be an Employee
  
• Tax Tip - Selling Your Investment Property
  
• Part-Time Workers Could Claim Same Benefits as Full-Timers
  
• HMRC Granted Leave to Appeal Husband and Wife Case
  
• It's Tax Return Time Again!

March 2006

• Government wins Halifax VAT Case
  And could pave the way for the end of tax avoidance
  
• Time to move to the Isle of Man?
  
• Get Ready for PAYE Online Filing 2006 and £250 Again!
  
• Save by Paying for An Expert
  
• This Years Budget Predictions
  
• Business Failures Rising - Directors at Risk?
  
• 10 Top Time Management Tips
  
• HMRC Announce Tronc Change
  
• Beware White Knight Business Fraudsters
  

February 2006

• Friday 13th - HMRC Appeal Husband and Wife Case
  
• Black Economy Team Only Produces £29Million
  
• Employment Status Indicator Tool Released by HMRC
  
• Taxman Apologises for Fines
  
• Increasing Importance to Ensure Your Dividends Are Legal
  
• Government Announces Review of SME banking
  
• Revenue Issues Guidance on Deductibility of post A-Day Pensions
  

January 2006

• Success for Husband and Wife Businesses as Taxpayer Wins Appeal in Arctic Case
  
• Taxation and Civil Partnerships - new law takes effect
  
• Cost and Efficiency of IR35 Investigations Queried
  
• Businesses Maintain Right to Claim VAT on Employee Fuel Expenses
  
• New CIS' to be Delayed a Year