As discussed in our February article, ‘What are HMRC changing in legislation for Travel and Subsistence?’, from 6 April 2016, the government have decided to bring in legislation that will affect our expanding temporary workforce in the United Kingdom. In the Cloud9 Umbrella/K&B Accountancy Group offices, we are finding that many contractors are still in…
The new tax year is fast approaching and we are noticing a trend in umbrella contractors who are incorporating their own personal service company (PSC) in order to minimise, or even mitigate the restriction on Travel and Subsistence expenses. While we cannot comment on any particular models offered by other accountancy and umbrella service providers,…
With so many umbrella companies in operation today, it is crucial that you are confident in your payroll provider being both compliant and trustworthy. Recent changes to tax and employment legislation mean that your agency could be liable for penalties, or even subject to debt transfer. By having a Preferred Suppliers List (PSL), or an…
K&B Accountancy Group is delighted to have become a premium partner of FreeAgent. Since most of our clients on our monthly packages are already enjoying the benefit of this multi-award winning cloud software, this premium partnership will further strengthen our client support capabilities and will introduce additional services, including an automatic bank feed, at no…
Starting a new business is an incredibly exciting time. Maybe you run a small business and are looking to take it to the next level, or you have a new concept and have decided there is no time like the present to get started. Either way, the following 10 points should be comprehensively answered in…
Time to plan ahead For everyone who has filed their self-assessment tax return on time, now is the best time to plan ahead before the 2015/2016 tax year, which commences in a couple of months’ time.* Please refer to our previous blog posts for some useful information on the changes after 5 April 2016. We regularly post articles…
As we are now weeks away from Christmas, and the holiday season is in full swing, we cover the most common queries about festive and annual event deductible expenses. Annual Christmas party as deductible expenses Your limited company can claim its festive or annual party as deductible expenses for corporation tax purposes. The cost…
One of the most frequently asked questions from our clients on the VAT flat rate change for a limited cost business is: “what is counted as ‘goods’ when determining if they need to use the higher rate of 16.5%?” According to HMRC guidance, ‘goods’ are movable items or materials exclusively used in your limited cost…
You’ll often find discussions and reasons as to why you should move from an umbrella to a limited company. But we thought we’d discuss the reverse, because sometimes, the arrangements of working through a limited company, no longer make sense for the position you are in. So why might you consider switching from a limited…
It’s been well over a year since the Criminal Finance Act (CFA) was introduced 30th September 2017, which saw companies become criminally liable for any facilitation of tax evasion and tax avoidance schemes by any persons representing the company, and a recent Tax Journal has proposed that HMRC is ‘chomping at the bit to investigate.’ After the…
The overall demand for skilled candidates was revealed to still be significantly increasing, as of November, according to the monthly Report on Jobs by IHS Markit/REC. Consultants were asked to report on the availability of contractors and the latest index result was 39.6. Index readings below 50 indicate a lower availability than the month before,…
Did you know, if you switch to our Umbrella, you can continue to contribute to your personal pension scheme or SIPP? That means you can use our Umbrella without having to change any of the plans you’ve made for your retirement.
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