Help to Buy scheme extended to 2023
on 1 November 2018
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The Help to Buy equity loan scheme, which offers a 20 per cent government loan (40 per cent in London) … Read More
Budget news – National Living Wage (was National Minimum Wage)
on 31 October 2018
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Up the workers. Minimum wage levels from 1 April 2019 will be increased: Current rate Future rate (from April 2019) … Read More
Changes to Stamp Duty
on 31 October 2018
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Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced plans to abolished Stamp Duty for all first-time buyers of shared ownership properties up to … Read More
Budget 2018 – Entrepreneurs relief – two additional tests and longer shareholding period
on 30 October 2018
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With immediate effect (29 October 2018) entrepreneurs selling their shares or business will have had to have been a qualifying … Read More
Budgets 2018 – Trees or Roads? – Life on Earth or Life in a metal box?
on 30 October 2018
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I’m not the first to notice, but had to comment, £60m on trees and £30,000m on roads. On the same … Read More
Budget News – the deficit is huge and is set to get worse
on 30 October 2018
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Government finances are getting worse. Despite the skewed headlines, the budget figures tell us the deficit is set to continue … Read More
Office of Tax Simplification – Survey
on 27 October 2018
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The Office of Tax Simplification is asking owners of small businesses to complete a ten minute survey: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ots-business-lifecycle-review-call-for-evidence-and-survey If you … Read More
Charities’ annual return deadline 31 October 2018
on 26 October 2018
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The cut-off date for submitting the 2017 annual return is 31 October 2018, if a charity has a 12-month accounting … Read More
Student loan repayment threshold rises by 2.9%
on 23 October 2018
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The government has increased the loan repayment thresholds (the amount graduates can earn before making repayments) for student loans by … Read More
Call for action over £20bn lost pension pots
on 19 October 2018
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As much as £20bn of savings could be sitting in over a million so-called ‘lost pension pots’ where savers have … Read More