We are delighted to have a brand new charity partner – The Biggin Hill Memorial Museum – an amazing memorial to the Battle of Britain local community. The museum itself houses a collection of personal items, telling the story of the people who served Biggin Hill and its residents from 1916 to 1951. RAF Biggin […]
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May
May
As a small or medium sized business owner, there are a range of government support schemes you can access this tax year, to help you invest and grow in 2022/23. 1. Employment Allowance – £5,000 claim for employers NI Employment Allowance is a tax relief that allows eligible businesses to reduce their employers […]
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May
May
There has been a growing trend in Self Assessments being submitted early to HMRC. In the last five years the number of SA’s submitted on the first day of the tax year has almost doubled. The deadline is 31 January 2023, however getting ahead of the game and submitting early is a good idea and […]
Are you concerned that your repayment from HMRC is taking a long time? You may have been sent an HMRC “SURF” letter. Despite appearances, HMRC’s SURF1 and SURF2 letters from HMRC sent to taxpayers who are due a refund to check the genuineness of the refund claim. The letter requests personal information from the taxpayer […]
Good news. HMRC have just announced that they will not be issuing fines for late filing of 2019/20 self assessment income tax returns for until after 28th February 2021. Less good is that HMRC have also said that they still would like to get paid on time and will charge interest from 1 February 2021 […]
We’re all scarmbling to decipher the new rules for the extended job retention scheme. In a nutshell, we think it means the following: Employees who were not furloughed before can be. Their furlough pay is based on the pay and hours in October 2020. The rules for previously furloughed employees stays the same. The percentage […]
£20 million of new funding has just been made available: The Minister of Regional Growth and Local government announced on 30 July 2020 that thousands of smaller businesses in England are set to benefit from £20 million of new government funding to help them recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Small and medium […]
There is a new grant scheme for small and micro businesses with fixed property costs that are not eligible for the Small Business Grant Fund or the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund. They may be eligible for the Discretionary Grants Scheme. What you could get You could get a discretionary grant of £25,000, £10,000 […]
What’s changing? From 1 July, employers can bring back to work employees that have previously been furloughed for any amount of time and any shift pattern, while still being able to claim CJRS grant for their normal hours not worked. When claiming the CJRS grant for furloughed hours employers will need to report and claim […]