Dates and deadlines for the new tax year

With the passing of the old tax year we are presented with returns to file and tax to pay.  Some memorable dates are listed below, with a few more interesting ones too: 19 April – PAYE must be paid for the period up to 5 April (usually just the March payroll) – and...

March Budget 2010

The key budget announcements follow, we can of course expect another post election budget when more significant changes may be made such as the much vaunted increase in VAT: For business The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) will be increased to £100k pa for...

Pre tax year end planning

This post comes as a result of looking at a couple of potential clients and checking whether they have considered a number of areas which will impact on their 2009/10 tax, particularly in respect of small limited companies: Is the shareholding in the company arranged...