Domestic reverse charge VAT for construction services HMRC’s new domestic reverse charge for construction services comes into force on 1 October 2019. From this point, a VAT-registered business that supplies certain construction services to another VAT-registered business for onward sale needs to issue a VAT invoice stating the service is subject to the domestic reverse…
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Internet giants face tax-hike
It has been confirmed that from April 2020, the government will introduce a new 2% Digital Services Tax (DST) on the revenues of search engines, social media platforms and online marketplaces which derive value from UK users. This is an attempt to tax, in the UK, revenues earned by these social media platforms from customers…
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Low paid workers to qualify for sick-pay
The government has started a consultation to transform support for sick and disabled staff and remove barriers for employees. The Department for Work and Pensions has recently set out new measures to transform how employers support and retain disabled staff and those with a health condition. Under the new measures the lowest paid employees would…
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Holiday entitlement
Now that schools are closing for the summer, many families will be making for their chosen holiday destination. An opportune to time to be reminded of your statutory holiday entitlements. The following information is reproduced from the gov.uk website. Entitlement Almost all workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday a year (known as…
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