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Our tax and VAT specialists have produced a number of useful guides for you, on a variety of topics that we believe may be relevant to you. Read our Tax Guides and our VAT Guides for advice and information on a number of key issues.
Child Benefit
When the Government initially raised the reform of Child Benefit at the Conservative Party conference in 2011 there was an outcry that it was unfair and complex. The new tax charge in relation to Child Benefit will affect approximately 1.2 million families.
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iXBRL fact sheet
This document explains what iXBRL is, outlines the requirements for electronic filing of business tax returns and the potential implications for your company.
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Real Time Information
The system of Real Time Information (RTI) is mandatory for all employers and is to be implemented from April 2013.
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The amount of money put into ISAs has fallen for the first time ever. The total amount of new subscriptions into ISAs in 2011-12 dropped to £53.5billion, down from £53.
The number of businesses that have requested a National Insurance Contribution holiday plummeted to a new low of 400 in December 2012, down 44% from the 710 applications made in the same month the year before. This is the lowest take up of the scheme since January 2011 – just after the scheme launched – and less than a fifth of the 2,235 applications received at the scheme’s peak in October 2011.
The value of mergers and acquisitions targeting private companies has increased 50% in one year, up by £6.1 billion to £18.2 billion.
Businesses are losing out as HMRC’s internal VAT decision review process appears to be making decisions increasingly in HMRC’s favour,
George Osborne presented his Budget on Wednesday 20 March 2013 and there were few surprises. Amongst the detail there were some announcements which affect the charity and not-for-profit sector, and these have generally been warmly received by sector leaders.
