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PAYE Update Feb 2011
Practical tips and links ahead of the new tax year.
Lunn & Co: HMRC wrong to withdraw agent status
The next chapter in the story of HMRC's investigation into a firm of accountants
Adviser Update: Feb 2011
This is a new feature; a rolling update, topped up throughout the month.
Capital gains: connected persons
A simple aide-memoire for when you need to know.
Illegal working: employer checks
A handy link if you are taking on new staff.
Cycles: valuation
As P11D time approaches this is how you value employer provided cycles.
Guides and updates
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Finance Act 2011: tax planner
CPD powerbooster: our rolling planner summarises what is new in tax and what is expected in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and it links to our detailed guidance on each topic.
PAYE & Settlement Agreements - (how to gross up for)
Do you pay an employee's personal bill, or you provide the benefit and pay the tax on that instead?
"Back to basics": what expenses can I claim for?
Medical & dental costs (self-employed)
NEW: with analysis comparing and constrasting case decisions from stuntmen to guitar players.
Training and course fees (self-employed)
UPDATED: new case law. Is Scientology counselling deductible? With a new table to help clarify what is what.
Recently added and updated:
PAYE & NICs review
NEW toolkit/selling opportunity: perform a PAYE and NICs review on your clients before HMRC do.
What are earnings for NICs purposes?
UPDATE: when remuneration planning goes wrong and we have NICs on dividends and loan write offs.
ESC C16: marketing opportunities
NEW: if the concession is going to be removed this might be the time to modify your business model.
Residency: working full time abroad
NEW: a summary with links to the leading cases including the outcome of Grace v HMRC (another pilot fails in his bid to become non-resident).
Residency: coming to the UK
UPDATED: new and improved links and checklist.
Entrepreneurs' Relief
UPDATED: rearranged to make qualifying conditions clearer.
Accounts health check (self-employed)
UPDATED: a general re-write with more interactive links.
Know your client & money laundering checks
UPDATED: this now comes with new "prompts". Essential reading.
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)
UPDATE: recent decisions: EIS not denied on an MBO, clarification on values for shares/loan stock.
What is a small company?
NEW: a handy little aid memoire, should you ever be worrying about tax rates, transfer pricing or are just curious.
NIC repayments on motoring allowances
UPDATED: HMRC to appeal case on NICs refunds on motoring allowances.
Recent updates
Surplus cash, CGT & IHT relief & ESC 16
REWRITE: a new and improved version
Close investment holding companies
UPDATED: more examples and a recent tax case.
ESC C16: tax & striking off a company
UPDATED: more examples, explanation of proposed changes.
Joint property elections
Including a note on transfer of legal title and beneficial ownership.
Travel (self-employed)
NEW: a complete re-write, essential reading if you advise the self-employed.
Working from home (self-employed)
UPDATED: we have partially rewritten our classic tax guide to clarify some aspects of measurement of useage.
Company cars
UPDATED: new tax Tribunal cases on shared ownership and new section on car schemes.
Selling the business: deferred consideration and earn outs
UPDATED: the 2010 changes to Entrepeneurs' Relief moved the goalposts. This is a handy quick guide and overview of the different tax consequences for the seller.
Can I charge my company rent for use of my home?
UPDATED: yes you can, but read this first.
CGT: Main Private Residence Relief
UPDATED: this is so topical that we have added a "quality of occupation" checklist.
Furnished Holiday Letting
UPDATED: new loss rules from 2011/12 and new measures from 2012/13
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More Guides and Updates
Materiality and tax penalties
NEW: a tricky topic.
NIC holiday for new employers
A new note: guidance on what is a new business.
iXBRL: a guide for advisers
NEW: we have been reviewing software, what are you using?
Tax penalties: failure to make a return (late filing)
What applies and when - links to old and new penalties for SA, CT and CIS.
Tax penalties: self-assessment late filing
A quick guide to the penalties that apply for 2009/10 returns.
DOTAS: are you an introducer?
NEW..and why does it matter?
Tax penalties: DOTAS
These penalties are separate from the new tax penalty and compliance regime.
Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme (EFRBS)
UPDATED: for Finance Bill 2011 proposals.
Entertaining: the double tax trap
A quick guide for directors
Entertaining: employee expenses
A quick guide for employers
Gifts & trivial benefits
UPDATED: all change we have some new trivial benefits and of course changes in the VAT rules.
CIS: penalties
UPDATED: this is an invaluable guide to the old rules v. new rules, transitional arrangements, workings and much more.
2011/12 tax rates and allowances
New rates and allowances published
Is it a trade or a business?
Practical back to basics for advisers, great for tea time reading... More
Pool cars
A quick guide for employers. There is no taxable benefit to an employee when a company car qualifies as a pool car.
Pensions: tax planning guides
New rules from 2011 restrict tax relief on inputs.
An adviser's guide to Settlements
Tax anti-avoidance rules: crammed full of examples, planning points and pitfalls, together with a summary of the leading tax cases.
Adviser's Tax Penalty Planner
New late filing penalties for CIS, SA and CT are all due to start this time next year. Have you discussed them with your clients and changed your letters of engagement?
Share based incentives (part freeview)
EMI: checklist
This does what it says on the wrapper.
Designing an EMI share option scheme
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Share scheme basics for small companies FREEVIEW
While company values are low a share scheme can be a very tax efficient method of rewarding staff. We explain the basics of an unapproved share scheme.
Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) FREEVIEW
A share option scheme is ideal for smaller companies.
Buying and selling businesses
Capital gains reliefs: disposal of business assets
What relief to use where and how to incorporate a business.
Selling the business: where do I start?
A guide for you to discuss with your clients.
How to value a business
An adviser's guide that explores the different methods used for valuing private companies with worked examples.
Purchase of own shares – out of capital
Our unique guide explains the fiddly bits.
The Advisers' Guide to the PAYE Fiasco
Our one-off 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
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