Employers: take note

Employers: take note

  WORKPLACE PENSION SCHEMES From April 2018, there are changes to workplace pension schemes which have to be put into effect to comply with the law. At present, employers and employees pay 1 per cent each of staff salaries into workplace pension schemes. This...
General Data Protection Regulation

General Data Protection Regulation

I was recently having a chat with one of our clients, and one matter that came up in the conversation is how unfortunate it is that we in Britain seem to take everything so very literally. For example, when the European Union made a law that the greengrocers of this...
Employers: take note

Other matters

  This blog is based on points from the Chancellor’s 2017 Budget.   • Next April, the annual personal allowance will be raised to £11,850.  A personal allowance is the amount of money that you can earn, or other income you can receive, before you start...
Enterprise Investment Scheme

Enterprise Investment Scheme

This blog is based on points from the Chancellor’s 2017 Budget.   The Government will double the annual allowance for people investing in knowledge intensive Companies through the Enterprise Investment Scheme. Enterprise Investment Scheme Investments attract tax...
Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gains Tax

This blog is based on points from the Chancellor’s 2017 Budget.   From April 2019 (once again, from more or less the day after we are scheduled to leave the EU) all non-resident individuals will be charged capital gains tax in full on disposals of UK...
Capital Gains Tax

VAT

This blog is based on points from the Chancellor’s 2017 Budget.   The VAT registration threshold is £85,000 per annum and will be for the next two years.  Once again, the Government is kicking all the possible changes into touch until the proposed date of...