What an exciting week. In the wake of the PAYE overpayment crisis, Radio 4 seems to have developed quite a fixation on tax. There still seem to be fundamental problems with some of HMRC's IT systems. It is extremely worrying now that we are so totally dependant on computers.

I have a number of new updates this week, including one of my Advisers' SME Tax Summaries in case you are still feeling a bit woolly from the holidays.

All the best

Nichola

Nichola Ross Martin FCA
Tax Director

www.rossmartin.co.uk
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Advisers' SME Tax Update
Dust the sand off your toes/laptop and catch up on the summer's tax news.

The Advisers' Guide to the PAYE Fiasco
Our one-off free-view special contains:

• A Summary of guidance to give to clients who are affected by PAYE by under or over payments
• PAYE deadlines
• ESC A19
• Overpayment relief
• NIC deadlines
• Links to LITRG

NI holiday for new business starts now
No NI payable on the first ten employees for new start-ups outside London and SE.

Loan stock: QCBs or non-QCBs?
A quickie guide for advisers

PAYE underpayments: ESC A19
If HMRC did not act on information it held you may not be liable for any resulting tax underpayment.

New Guides and Updates

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Training and course fees
UPDATED: is there a doctor in the house? The Court of Appeal gives a new tax break for doctors in training posts.

Selling the business: deferred consideration and earn outs
NEW: an overview of the different tax consequences for the seller.

Selling the business: where do I start?
UPDATED: new links and guidance

How to value a business
UPDATED: new links, more examples and guidance

Purchase of own shares – out of capital
UPDATED: this appears to be the only comprehensive guide of this nature in circulation.

More guides (some of our recent favourites)

Converting part of a home into an office
For the Self-Employed: the tax position is interesting from CGT to SDLT to VAT.

Converting part of a home into an office
For Directors: do you pay or does the company foot the bill? We examine the tax consequences.

Unlawful, illegal or ultra vires dividends
When and if loans can be treated as dividends.

Property profits and losses
This essential tax tool is an excellent source of online CPD. Download this onto your mobile, train staff, and of course brief your clients...More

Practical Tax Toolkits
For companies, these are continuing to be updated

Surplus cash CGT & IHT Relief and ESC C16
Company has large cash surplus: how does this affect Entrepreneurs' Relief, Business Property Relief, and what if you try and dissolve the company? Updated: for Finance Acts...More

Adviser's Guide to tax penalties
What, where, why and how...

Tax Avoidance Schemes
Better the devil you know? We look at some of the latest schemes on offer.

Will I pay less tax if I trade via an LLP?
You might well do if you are otherwise contemplating tax at 50%.

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