Taxing your car
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The instructions to tax your car on the GOV.UK website is reproduced below:
To tax your car, motorcycle or other vehicle you will need to use a reference number from:
a recent reminder (V11) or
COVID support grants that are taxable
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We would like to remind readers that existing legislation is in place to ensure that COVID support grants are treated as taxable income in the same way as other taxable receipts. The grants are
Recovery Loan Scheme
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The new Recovery Loan Scheme was launched on 6 April 2021. The new scheme allows businesses of any size to access loans and other kinds of finance between £25,000 and £10 million. The scheme will
Treasury directive re fourth SEISS grant
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HM Treasury has published a further Treasury Direction made under the Coronavirus Act 2020, ss. 71 and 76, which modifies and extends the effect of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).
Vaccine for your business
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There is a poignant similarity between the effects of COVID on us personally and our businesses.
Thankfully, the possible dire consequences of catching the Coronavirus bug are being countered by a
A reminder that not all costs are costs…
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Costs are defined as something that has to be paid or spent to acquire something. Costs include the acquisition of:
An object, say material required to convert into saleable goods.
A service, for
Repaying overclaimed SEISS grants
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Self-employed individuals (including partnerships) who have overclaimed the Self Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) must pay back the overpayment to HMRC. The rules for repaying HMRC state that
New support for High Streets and sea-side towns
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As lockdown measures begin to be eased, a new package of support measures to help high streets and coastal areas across England has been announced by the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick. The
£1.5bn boost for rates relief
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A new Business Rates relief fund will provide a £1.5 billion tranche of support to businesses outside the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors affected by COVID-19.
Retail, hospitality and
Film and TV restart scheme
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The government’s £500 million scheme to kickstart film and television production entitled the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme, helps UK film and TV productions struggling to secure insurance for