Time is running out for employers to use HMRC's Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) Settlement Opportunity (EBTSO). It ends on 31 July 2015. Advisers and their client need to act quickly and consider the consequences of not settling their liabilities now.
Confusion over new tax on dividends
There is widespread confusion about how the chancellor's proposed changes to the taxation in dividends will work from 2016/17.
Child credit confusion
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is calling on HMRC to clear up confusion over future levels of child tax credit thresholds. LITRG have conveyed these concerns in the following statement issued after last week's budget:
Nichola's SME tax w-update 10 July 2015
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This time we have our at a glance guide to the Summer Budget 2015.
Buy-to-let ownership: personal or company? At a glance
Should I hold a buy-to-let or rental property personally or in a company?
Bearer shares: abolished from May 2015
Under the provisions of the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 UK companies are prohibited from issuing bearer shares from 26 May 2015. Companies which already had bearer shares were required to give notice to bearer shareholders that they must surrender them and have their holdings converted into registered shares by 26 June 2015, and the company had to spell out the consequences of not doing so.
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