Tax Freedom!

Tax Freedom for individual taxpayers is two days later in 2015Taxpayers in the UK are working two days longer on average in 2015 before they start earning for themselves, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has stated.Research by Adam Smith...

Do Small Businesses Value Business Plans

Up to 29% of small and medium sized businesses fail to see a reason for preparing a business plan, following research undertaken by Close Brothers Business Barometer, which takes into account views of small and medium sized business owners along with senior...

Success of a business

Numbers, decisions and seeing the big picture; some factors which contribute to the success of a business.Businesses need to know different numbers, not just numbers extracted in Real Time, but other figures which are forecasted such as budgets and predictions. Not...

HMRC wins tax avoidance cases

HMRC has won three wins against tax avoidance schemes, upholding earlier judgments in HMRC’s favour at the First- Tier Tribunal. These wins has resulted in HMRC protecting over £260 million in tax.The three cases were:Steve Price, John Myers and James Lucas v...

Employment Status Report OTS

The Office of Tax Simplification’s have released a report today on Employment Status. Employment status is a subject that all parties – businesses, individuals, agents, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and HM Treasury (HMT) – see as an area that needs to be...