Tag: COVID-19

  • How can I reduce Corporation Tax 2022?

    How can I reduce Corporation Tax 2022?

    You pay a corporation tax rate of 19% on the profits made by your limited company and this is due to increase to up to 25% from 1 April 2023. Profit is defined by HMRC, in the strictest sense, as whatever is left from your revenues after you’ve paid for everything you had to purchase…

  • How to reduce Corporation Tax?

    How to reduce Corporation Tax?

    You pay a corporation tax rate of 19% on the profits made by your limited company and this is due to increase to up to 25% from 1 April 2023 following the Spring Budget. Profit is defined by HMRC, in the strictest sense, as whatever is left from your revenues after you’ve paid for everything…

  • How do you pay back your Bounce Back loan

    How do you pay back your Bounce Back loan

    To help UK plc cope with the unprecedented economic turmoil and start-stop shutdowns caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Government has had to borrow hundreds of billions of pounds. A significant part of this cash was funnelled directly into the bank accounts of small businesses via the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.

  • How to close a limited company

    How to close a limited company

    Around 10% of businesses close each year for a variety of different reasons. It could be that the owners want to retire, a company is bought out and merged into another, or a business runs into financial difficulty and it can’t meet its creditors’ bills. Unfortunately for directors and shareholders, closing a limited company is…

  • HMRC Coronavirus Fraud

    HMRC Coronavirus Fraud

    During the Coronavirus (COVID 19) crisis, the national debt has risen significantly as the Government has had to borrow huge sums of money to protect people’s livelihoods, businesses, and health. The first national lockdown ordered by the government on 23 March 2020 plunged the country into its deepest recession for three hundred years and, while…

  • Five Employment Law Changes Coming In April 2021

    Five Employment Law Changes Coming In April 2021

    With April swiftly approaching, there are many key changes in Employment Law. We highlight the five key ones below with employment tribunal, statutory sick pay, family leave, minimum wages and perhaps for us, most significantly IR35 changes.

  • Redundancy? Or What’s the Alternative?

    Redundancy? Or What’s the Alternative?

    The impact of coronavirus continues to be substantial, with many businesses across the UK facing significant business worries and little certainty on the edge of the horizon. In such a situation, employers therefore need to consider all eventualities, including potentially making people redundant, it is the only responsible thing to do. However, the problem with…

  • Budget 2021 – How will it affect you?

    Budget 2021 – How will it affect you?

    Today Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the Government’s tax and spending plan for the year ahead. We cover the impact from individuals, self-employed and small company owners in detail below. We have also done a quick summary, in case this is easier for you to digest. This is based on what…

  • Coronavirus Mini Budget Update – 8 July 2020

    Coronavirus Mini Budget Update – 8 July 2020

    Following the “Mini Budget”, or “Summer Statement” earlier today, we wanted to share the key headlines with you from the new £30bn package of support to help the UK economy bounce back, as soon as possible. Whilst, as always with Government announcements, the devil is in the detail and this will only emerge once the…