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The Department of Employment and Learning have confirmed that 100% funding will continue to be available in 2014/15 for their Management & Leadership Development Programme. Any SME with three or more employees is entitled to apply for up to £7,000 worth of training. The training is provided by independent trainers.  We at McCleary & Company have used People First's 'Manage4Success' Continue Reading

  1 April 2014 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 30 June 2013.  19 April 2014 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 April 2014. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 April 2014.) 19 April 2014 - Filing deadline for the CIS300 monthly return for the month Continue Reading

If you have recently started to receive your State Pension, you may, or may not, have noticed that it is paid without deduction of tax. This can have a number of unforeseen tax consequences: If your total income including your State Pension is less than your personal tax allowance then there is no tax to pay and you can spend Continue Reading

Employers should note that HMRC is changing the way they charge interest on unpaid PAYE from 6 April 2014. We have reproduced below HMRC’s recent Helpsheet:  For the tax year 2014-15 onwards:  HMRC will charge in-year, rather than annual, interest on all unpaid: PAYE tax and Class 1 National Insurance, including specified charges (estimates HMRC makes in the absence of Continue Reading