In HMRC v E.ON UK Plc [2023] EWCA Civ 1383, the Court of Appeal (CoA) found that a payment made to an employee as part of a package of changes, which included adverse changes to pension rights, was earnings from employment. It was subject to Income Tax and National Insurance.
SME Tax News
HMRC have published responses to their earlier consultation ‘Construction Industry Scheme reform’. The consultation focused on three areas within the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS): compliance, administrative easements and simplification. As a result of the consultation, several changes have been announced.
In Acorn Venture Ltd v HMRC [2023] TC09006, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found that basic camping pods provided to school children for residential adventure holidays qualified for plant and machinery capital allowances. Pods with greater facilities, for teachers, did not qualify for Capital Allowances.
Missed our SME Tax Web-updates in November? Here is a summary of the month.
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This week we have more details from last week's Autumn Statement and we note that the latest Finance Bill has now been published covering the proposed changes. As this bill is well over three hundred pages long it might take us a minute to go through it all!
HMRC have published the outcome of their review into how Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax will address the needs of small businesses. This has resulted in some proposed changes to how it will be introduced in 2026.
As part of the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced more generous reliefs for Audio-Visual expenditure and published a Call for Evidence to consult on the policy design.
As announced as part of the Autumn Statement, the government has published a technical consultation on changes to the capital allowances system, with the aim of simplifying the tax system.