A rising number of businesses are failing as the Government’s pandemic support is withdrawn and banks push their credit score limits higher making it harder to borrow…
Self-Assessment customers at risk of ‘HMRC’ scams
Self-Assessment customers have become a target for unscrupulous criminals, with some threatening arrest and others promising a sizeable rebate…
Government reviews personal insolvency framework
The Government is looking for input from anyone who has been touched by severe money problems as it reviews the personal insolvency framework for England and Wales…
Coping with inflation
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, of the Scottish government, made a number of suggestions to help households and businesses who are struggling to cope with inflation…
Nothing to declare
Downsizing business operations is a perfectly acceptable response to economic pressures but our obligation to file returns to HMRC does not end if there are no transactions to report…
Seeing is believing?
It is no longer certain that if you receive a letter, email, text or phone call – purporting to be the tax office or some similar, regulatory authority – that it is a genuine communication…
Till fraud
The latest fraud attempt involves the use of software to suppress sales recorded at point of sale…
Commercial risk
Setting up and running your own business is a risky undertaking, so how can businesses manage these risks?..