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…
Concerns about Repayment Agents
New measures to stop rip-off agents taking advantage of people by pocketing their tax repayments have been proposed by HMRC…
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…
Proposed new deal for private renters
The fairer private rented sector white paper published 16 June 2022, will ensure millions of families benefit from living in decent, well looked-after homes as part of the biggest shake up of the private rented sector in 30 years…
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…
Will quarterly reporting lead to quarterly payments?
Within a few years, many taxpayers that are presently required to file a tax return, and most businesses, will be required to file quarterly data with HMRC…
Till fraud
The latest fraud attempt involves the use of software to suppress sales recorded at point of sale…
Stamp Duty refund fraud
Homeowners are being warned about cold calls from rogue tax repayment agents advising them to make speculative Stamp Duty Land Tax refund claims…
Latest government support for consumers
Long-awaited government support to help consumers meet the unprecedented increases in energy costs was announced by the Chancellor this week…
Heat Pump Scheme
Government grant of £5,000 to replace fossil fuel boilers with efficient, low-carbon heat pumps…
