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Rishi Sunak announced further measures to support jobs and business sectors severely affected by the COVID outbreak. Grants and reliefs offered included support for: employment, the beleaguered hospitality and tourism industry and included green initiatives as well as a novel scheme to get us to eat out in August. The expected reduction in VAT was […]

Self-employed income support scheme Have you claimed the SEISS grant? The first grant under the SEISS has to be claimed by 13 July 2020, so if you believe you are eligible on the basis that you have been adversely affected by coronavirus on or before 13 July 2020 then you should submit your claim without delay. The second grant

Now that we are two months beyond the end of the tax year, it is time to start preparing tax returns for last year as most details should be available from employers, banks and brokers. So why not make the most of your time whilst travel and social activities are restricted and get ahead with

Sadly, lockdown doesn’t seem to be ending soon. This means that we are going to be seeing more pressure on the economy and the chances of this being a 12-week blip to the economy with a large bounce back are getting less and less as lockdown trundles on. Do remember that we are there to

There has been a raft of support measures for businesses which hopefully by now people have been making use of where appropriate, however there are on-going changes so this is just a brief round up on the main governemnt support currently available: The Coronavirus Job Creation Scheme – this enables staff to be furloughed with 80%

Whilst we appreciate that much tax year-end activity is no longer relevant or appropriate in the current circumstances, the usual issues may benefit from consideration: Payment of pension contributions prior to year-end to maximise reliefs – reduction in profits next year due to trading circumstances may mean higher tax relief available in the current year;