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How Creative Industries Can Benefit From The New Tax Relief Measures

The Treasury has announced tax reliefs for creative industries in a bid to keep them on home turf. Many high-budget TV productions have been filming in locations such as South Africa, Ireland, France and Hungary to avoid the crippling costs of UK production, but it is hoped that tax reliefs will go a long way […]

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Why should I use an accountant to deal with corporation tax?

Dealing with your tax return is difficult at the best of times, but when it comes to corporation tax, it can often be even more difficult. When it comes to filing and paying this kind of tax, you may easily have trouble – which is why most people choose to hire an accountant for their […]

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Being prepared for corporation tax

Inform HMRC That You Are Liable For Corporation Tax It’s important that you are prepared for corporation tax, so here are some simple rules to abide by when it comes to running a limited company or organisation. First off, you need to tell HMRC that your organisation is liable for corporation tax. Meet Your Corporation […]

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What is corporation tax?

Corporation tax is actually much simpler than you might think. Basically, this is where HMRC takes a tax on the profits of either limited companies, or specific organisations like associations, societies, clubs, co-operatives, unincorporated bodies or charities. Basically, once these organisations and businesses go over the threshold, they will have to pay tax on their […]

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What if I want to sell a business to family?

If you intend to sell your business to family in order to keep the company running through the generations, there are a lot of things to consider. In order to make the transition between you and your successor much easier, it is important that you successfully arrange the handover procedure. This process of passing down […]

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Have you received a Tax Fine Notice in error?

Roughly 12,000 people in the UK who had been told that they are no longer required to fill in their self-assessment tax forms now appear to have been sent these penalty notices in error. The letters were sent by HM Revenue and Customs, and came after the new £10 daily fine which now occurs for […]

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The hidden wealth families hide to avoid care home costs

It has now become increasingly common for the relatives of pensioners to hide the full wealth of the pensioner, in order to avoid paying high and rising care home fees. Many local authorities are also failing to use legal powers in order to take this money back, too. In many cases, the savings of pensioners […]

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Fivers are in fashion…

In a smart move to increase the circulation of new £5 notes, fivers are now being dispensed from more ATMs than ever before. In the summer of 2010, nearly 10 times as many fivers than usual were being dispensed, according to the Bank of England. Every month, around £200 million worth of fivers are now […]

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Stamps are on the up, up, up

After the regulator lifted a number of price controls on Royal Mail, it’s quickly become evident that we’re now going to be paying much more than usual for our postage – starting with first class stamps. A regular first class stamp will now cost 60 pence, rising from 46 pence after 30th April of this […]

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Are we to overpay over £12bn in tax in 2012?

British Taxpayers To Pay £421 In Tax British taxpayers are expected to overpay in tax this year, at an average of around £421 all in all. It’s also expected that 85% of us will be unable to reduce our tax bills, too. Brand-new figures have brought about these expectations. 2012 Will Be The Second Biggest […]

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