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2017

•     May 2017

  • Report calls for retirement age to rise to 'at least 70'
  • Triple-lock pension in doubt
  • New civil penalty notices are now in effect for residential landlords
  • P11D dispensations have been dispensed with
  • Conveyancing fraud alert
  • The end of the annual tax return?

•     June 2017

  • Tax-Free Childcare and childcare options
  • Small Business Taskforce outlines priorities ahead of the General Election
  • Advisory fuel rates for company cars
  • TPR name and shame those who fail to comply
  • Rising employment statistics
  • Small businesses hit hardest by delays to rate compensation

•     July 2017

  • How is Capital Gains Tax calculated on UK shares?
  • Opposing HMRC penalties on grounds of reasonable excuse
  • Rules on directors’ tax returns are not as clear you might think
  • Huge fines for employers stalling workplace pensions
  • Five ways to get more enjoyment from your money
  • Persons of Significant Control – changes to Companies House Reporting

•     August 2017

  • HMRC given an extra £5.3 million to enforce minimum wage compliance
  • Credit and debit card charges to be banned as cashless economy grows
  • Two fifths of SMEs say investment plans have been negatively affected by Brexit
  • Taylor report recommends review of cash-in-hand
  • Making Tax Digital delayed by at least a year for the majority of businesses
  • Landlords – unpaid tax should be declared sooner rather than later

•     September 2017

  • Trusts and when to use them
  • Government begins to play its hand at the Brexit negotiation table
  • Self-employed may miss out on mortgages due to changes in delivery of SA302 forms
  • Revenue’s crackdown on VAT evaders yields £3.4 billion from small and medium firms
  • HMRC launches new online forum to give small business owners direct tax advice
  • Taxpayers begin to receive simple assessment requests

•     October 2017

  • Plans to improve price transparency in legal sector approved by LSB
  • FTT decision could have wider tax implications for law firms
  • Flexible court hours scheme put on hold
  • The Finance Bill is back and little has changed
  • Admin takes up 120 days every year for UK small businesses
  • Late payments damage the UK economy, research shows

•     November 2017

  • Over-50s cutting back on essentials to leave inheritance
  • Britain’s small business economy is expected to grow nearly a fifth by 2025
  • The future of company vehicles
  • Deadline to comply with new trusts rules extended until 2018
  • OECD calls on UK to increase tax on self-employed
  • Cybersecurity failings are rife amongst UK SMEs

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