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A new scheme offering 100,000 first-time buyers new homes with a 20% discount was announced 15 December 2014. The Prime Minister launched the new scheme

If you work within the legal profession as a solicitor in a partnership or company, or as an individual, this campaign provides an opportunity for

Parents will gain greater flexibility in how they share the care of their child in the first year after birth as new regulations regarding Shared

New proposals obliging large and listed companies to publish detailed information about their payment practices and performance were unveiled 27 November 2014 by the Business

Employers who owe their workers thousands of pounds for failing to pay them the National Minimum Wage (NMW) have been named by Business Minister Jo

1 December 2014 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 28 February 2014.  19 December 2014 – PAYE and NIC deductions

In the past companies have tended to base holiday pay payments on a worker’s basic pay, excluding overtime. In a recent landmark case an Employment

The online filing deadline for 2013-14 Self Assessment tax returns is 31 January 2015. However, if you are still filing a paper version of the

HMRC have started to distribute personal tax summaries that set out how much tax you have paid and how the revenue collected is spent by

Economic indicators Employment Employment is at a record high of 30.8 million, up 1.7 million since the Government came into office, and more than 1

The Scottish parliament is to take over responsibility for income tax and welfare benefits in the most significant devolution of taxes thus far. Changes to

Many business readers of this blog will have their accounting year end set to coincide with the tax year end. For convenience, the end of

The government has launched a public information campaign to ensure everyone knows what the State Pension changes mean for them. With just over 500 days

Readers who still need to file their 2014 self-assessment tax return may be asking themselves what’s the rush? After all, the deadline for filing the

It would seem that errant directors are not only being pursued by HMRC for sloppy accounting procedures. The Insolvency Service is now taking a more