16 JUN 15 With our first pension auto enrolment clients staging date approaching I was looking at what effect the decisions an employer can make can have. All employers will have a staging date and all employers will be able to defer the date of auto enrolment by up...
For those that don’t know, Pension Auto Enrolment will involve all businesses that employ anybody to a greater or lesser extent. It will impose duties on employers of eligible staff, including enrolling them into a workplace pension scheme and making contributions to...
In 2010 HM Revenue and Customs spent £45million on a database which collates information from various public and private sources, such as banks, Land Registry, local councils, social media and the Legal Aid Agency. Five years later and it is now reported to store...
Not as odd as it first may seem if the structure of your business extends beyond agriculture or the ownership splits out various different enterprises. Farm buildings and agricultural land are exempt from business rates. But, and it’s a big but, the buildings must...
Being married is once again offering income tax breaks. And for married couples I am including civil partners. We are familiar with being able to move our assets to our spouses without incurring capital gains tax or inheritance tax (subject to the non-domiciled...
Another Budget has been and gone with very few surprises. Most salient points were either in the Autumn Statement or leaked prior to Budget Day. We have then had a week of comment and criticism. One of the gems on offer that has proved fairly controversial is the...
