Monthly Archives: January 2014

Although we are now at the beginning of a new calendar year we are in the last quarter of the current tax year. Whether you are a business person, property landlord or pay significant amounts of tax as an employed or retired person there is now a short window of opportunity to examine your likely earnings for the 2013-14 tax Continue Reading

HMRC published the draft Finance Bill 2014 last month. Included were changes to the taxation of certain partnerships. This article discusses the introduction of a new type of partnership member for Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) that will commence 6 April 2014: the “salaried member”. The new status has been introduced to counter so-called “disguised employment” arrangements, where staff are elevated Continue Reading

In his Autumn Statement last month George Osborne announced a number of measures to help businesses grow and support families with cost of living pressures. Here’s a quick round up of the changes you can expect: For growing businesses: To help business grow and create jobs and to provide help for the high street, the government is: introducing a cap Continue Reading