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Here you will find lots of useful information relating to HMRC guidelines and the latest in guidance.

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Alcohol duty freeze takes effect

Alcohol duty freeze takes effect

As part of the Autumn Statement measures the Chancellor announced that the duty rates on beer, cider, wine and spirits would be frozen at the current rates until 1 August 2024. This change took effect

Does your business offer customs services?

Does your business offer customs services?

If your business does offer customs services, did you know that HMRC could offer you a free listing on their published lists.

HMRC do not vet, approve or recommend individual firms. Information is

Government promotes electric vehicles

Government promotes electric vehicles

The government department active in the promotion of electric vehicles has published guidance regarding the costs, charging issues and infrastructure. We have extracted a few comments and reproduced

Do you need to tell HMRC about additional income?

Do you need to tell HMRC about additional income?

There is an online tool that allows taxpayers to check if they need to notify HMRC about additional income. The online tool can be found at www.gov.uk/check-additional-income-tax.

This could include

Capital sums derived from assets

Capital sums derived from assets

HMRC’s guidance is clear that where a capital sum is derived from an asset, the relevant legislation treats the owner as having made a disposal for capital gains purposes.

The legislation contained

Joining or leaving the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme

Joining or leaving the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme

The VAT Cash Accounting Scheme can offer useful benefits to small businesses. Under standard VAT accounting, VAT is payable on sales whether or not the customer has paid and can lead to claims for Bad

File early to have self-assessment tax coded out

File early to have self assessment tax coded out

The coding out threshold may entitle you to have tax underpayments collected via your tax code when you are in employment or in receipt of a company pension. Instead of paying off debts in a lump sum,

Penalties if you missed the filing deadline

Penalties if you missed the filing deadline

Have you missed the 31 January 2024 filing deadline for your 2022-23 self-assessment return?

If you have missed the filing deadline, then you will be charged a £100 fixed penalty if your return is up

Time to Pay your tax

Time to Pay your tax

Businesses and self-employed people in financial distress, and with outstanding tax liabilities, may be eligible to receive support with their tax affairs through HMRC’s Time to Pay service. Any tax,

Does your business have a March year end date?

Does your business have a March year end date?

Leaving aside tax planning issues all businesses should be considering business planning opportunities if they presently have an accounting year end date of 31 March 2024.

For example:

Do

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