The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, presented his Spring Statement to Parliament yesterday, Wednesday 23 March 2022, and we provide a summary below. We will post more detailed analyses of the changes businesses need to make to take advantage of these changes as the details are published by HMRC. Understandably, the Chancellor opened his […]
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Update! As of the 23rd September 2022 this update has been cancelled! Corporation Tax will remain at 19%. Background to the Corporation Tax Changes The 2021 Budgets The March and October 2021 UK budgets included a whole raft of changes to the UK corporation tax regime, some of which are already with us, and some
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Cash Flow Forecasting With ever-increasing supplier prices and inflation at a 30 year high, managing your business’s cash flow is an essential tool in maintaining resilience and being able to adopt flexible strategies for success. Fund flows are a reflection of all the cash that is flowing in and out of a business. Owners can
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Covid 19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate A reminder that our payroll team can help you reclaim statutory sick pay for employees who are off due to Covid-19. You can claim back up to 2 weeks of Statutory Sick Pay if: you have already paid your employee’s sick pay (use the Statutory Sick Pay calculator to work
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On 27 October 2021, the Chancellor delivered his third Budget in conjunction with the Public Spending Review. Many of the spending announcements had already been leaked to the Press prior to Budget Day and arguably a lot of it was not new money. The Chancellor did however manage to keep a few surprises back for
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VAT rate change on the 1st of October The temporary 5% VAT rate that has applied to supplies made in the tourism and hospitality sector since the start of the pandemic comes to an end at the end of September. The rate then increases to 12.5% from 1 October until 31 March 2022 when it
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When we started Sutherland Black 15 years ago, I had no clue that we had a direct link to a long line of Edinburgh Accountants. In a bizarre twist of fate, I discovered that my great great great grandfather was involved in one of the first professional accounting bodies in Edinburgh that later contributed to
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When your year end is approaching it’s important to take the opportunity to think about any actions you need to take to manage your tax bill. Many of these actions actually need the transactions to be carried out before the end date and can’t be backdated. Some of these actions have cash flow and balance
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As we mentioned in our budget blog post the 5% VAT rate that was brought in in 2020 is going to be extended. The broad details are: The temporary reduced rate of VAT of 5% will be extended until 30 September 2021 There will be a new rate of 12.5% from 1 October 2021 to
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INTRODUCTION The Chancellor’s second real budget on the 3rd of March made some important business announcements to try and mitigate the effects of the pandemic and also to start rebuilding the nation’s finances for the future. Below we list some of the most important announcements that will affect individuals and small businesses in Scotland. The
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