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JOB: Audit Manager

The Firm BWMacfarlane LLP (BWM) was founded in February 2011 by the merger of MacFarlane & Co and Bresnan Walsh. The merged ...

JOB: Marketing Manager

Salary £25,000 - £30,000 per annum Sector Professional Services Location Liverpool and Southport A ...

Merging NIC and Income Tax?

The Government has started a formal consultation process to consider the merging of National Insurance and Income Tax into a compo ...

VAT Bad Debt relief

If you use the Cash Accounting scheme to calculate any VAT due to HMRC you are automatically protected from the VAT effects of bad ...

More on Annual Investment Allowance change

In our July update we advised businesses to take care when timing their capital expenditure during 2012. You may remember that the ...

Preparing for a VAT visit

VAT inspectors are sent out to verify that returns filed correctly reflect the underlying accounting records of the tax payer. ...

The reduced rate of VAT

Some EU member states, including the UK have a zero rate which was agreed as part of their EU Accession Treaty.  For example, in ...

HMRC crackdown on tax evasion and avoidance

HMRC are presently pursuing a number of campaigns designed to target taxpayers who have been less than forthcoming in declaring th ...

IHT – Incentive for charitable legacies

On 10 June 2011, the Government published a consultation document entitled 'a new incentive for charitable legacies'. The subject ...

VAT Flat Rate Scheme

Your business may be better off adopting this method of calculating your quarterly VAT bill unless: Your turnover is above £1 ...