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Another tax break for investors

8th Mar 2018

Investors’ Relief (‘IR’) is a relatively new tax relief available to investors who sell shares in unlisted trading companies. This tax relief shares many similarities with Entrepreneurs’ Relief […]

Time for a treat?

8th Mar 2018

Want to be nominated for loveliest employer of the year? With the Trivial Benefits in Kind Exemption (we know…hardly a smooth trip off the tongue phrase) that emerged from […]

Don’t be an easy target for HMRC in 2019

31st Jan 2018

We are seeing more and more professional services firms – and their clients being investigated by HMRC for tax evasion. HMRC issued 1,414 production orders to accountancy, law and […]

WATCH: A coffee and a chat with Aquavision

19th Jan 2018

In the first of our series of ‘A coffee and a chat with…’ we went to sunny Stockport to see our client Aquavision which is gearing up for […]

Murray Christmas!

20th Dec 2017

We’d like to wish all our staff, clients and business associates a very Murray Christmas!  Thank you for all your support in 2017. We are already looking forward […]

Our special delivery for Barnardo’s

18th Dec 2017

We were pleased, alongside our friends Gresham Wealth Management, to bring some some much-needed Christmas cheer to children at Barnardo’s in Wythenshawe. Alison and Murray dropped off boxes […]

Autumn Statement 2017: our summary

23rd Nov 2017

The Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his first Autumn Budget on Wednesday 22 November 2017. His report set out a number of actions the government will take including support […]

R&D Tax Credits update 2017

23rd Nov 2017

Many of our clients are benefitting from the current R&D tax credits regime and this will continue. It’s disappointing that the increase in R&D tax credits has only […]

Corporation tax and NICs

23rd Nov 2017

Corporation tax Corporation tax rates have already been enacted for periods up to 31 March 2021. The main rate of corporation tax is currently 19%. As a reminder, […]

Making tax digital (again!)

23rd Nov 2017

In July 2017, the government announced significant changes to the timetable and scope of HMRC’s digital tax programme for businesses. VAT will be the first tax where taxpayers […]

More HMRC investigations

23rd Nov 2017

The government is investing a further £155m in additional resources and new technology for HMRC. This investment is forecast to help bring in £2.3bn of additional tax revenues […]

New VAT thresholds looming?

23rd Nov 2017

There had been some speculation leading up to the Budget that the VAT registration limit would be significantly reduced. The Chancellor has announced that the VAT registration and […]