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Self-Employment Tax Returns deadline looms
Newsletter issue - December 2023 We're reaching that familiar point of the year again when the deadline for Self-Employment Tax Returns begins to loom. The best advice we can always offer to our clients is to collect all the relevant information and documents and share these with us as soon as possible. Of course, the…Read More
Autumn Statement - what happens now?
Newsletter issue - December 2023 Many of you will have watched the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering his Autumn Statement a few weeks ago. You may have watched the whole speech or just seen clips on news programmes later in the day. As always, many announcements were made and there was plenty to digest. The actual…Read More
Cash basis changes
Newsletter issue - December 2023 As with many new measures when they are first announced by HMRC or the Treasury, it takes some time for these to trickle through to come into effect. The government announced at Spring Budget 2023 that it would consult on expanding the cash basis. A formal consultation on proposals was…Read More
Tax-deductible training costs
Newsletter issue - December 2023 As a business owner or as a self-employed person, you may have costs from time to time for training. It may be for yourself or for an employee. Some businesses may have found it hard to understand the current guidance on which training costs are tax-deductible. So, you may be…Read More
December Questions and Answers
Newsletter issue - December 2023 Q: Hi. My wife is full-time employed and has been for all her working life. Therefore, she has had no need to think about Self-Assessment Tax Returns until recently. However, she's begun to take on a small amount of freelance work in addition to her day job in the last…Read More
December Key Dates
Newsletter issue - December 2023 19th For employers operating PAYE, this is the deadline to send an Employer Payment Summary (EPS) to claim any reduction on what you'll owe HMRC 22nd Deadline for employers operating PAYE to pay HMRC. For those paying by post, the deadline is 19 December. 30th Deadline for submitting online Self-Assessment…Read More

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