by Pi Accountancy | Dec 15, 2021 | Business, Corporation Tax, HMRC, MTD, Self-Employed, Taxes, VAT
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a Government initiative that aims to provide the UK with one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world. Under MTD, taxpayers are required to keep electronic records and report to HMRC digitally. The new MTD timetable...
by Pi Accountancy | Dec 3, 2021 | Payroll
Real Time Information and Full Payment Submission Under Real Time Information (RTI), you must report payments made to employees and associated deductions to HMRC on a Full Payment Submission (FPS) at or before the time at which you make the payment to your employee....
by Pi Accountancy | Dec 1, 2021 | Director
Christmas is a time of giving, and you may wish to give your employees a small token of your appreciation for their work during the year. To prevent the gift being accompanied by an unwanted tax liability, you can take advantage of the trivial benefits exemption to...
by Pi Accountancy | Nov 30, 2021 | Business
If you are holding a Christmas party for staff this year, you’ll want to keep it tax-free so you may want to take advantage of the tax exemption for annual parties and functions to prevent your employees from suffering a benefit-in-kind tax charge. Keeping the...
by Pi Accountancy | Nov 14, 2021 | HMRC
From 4 April 2022, applicants applying to renew certain licences will need to pass a tax check before their licence applications can be considered. Initially, the requirement will only apply in England and Wales. However, the Government have consulted on extending the...
by Pi Accountancy | Nov 4, 2021 | Taxes
Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) transitional limit extended The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) is a capital allowance that enables you to claim an immediate deduction against your profits for qualifying capital expenditure up to the available limit. The AIA limit...
by Pi Accountancy | Nov 1, 2021 | Self Assessment
The deadline for filing your 2020/21 self-assessment tax return is midnight on 31 January 2022. However, if you have underpaid tax and you are employed and would prefer HMRC to collect that underpayment through your tax code, you will need to file your tax return...
by Pi Accountancy | Oct 29, 2021 | Business, COVID-19, VAT
New VAT rate for hospitality and leisure To help the hospitality and leisure industries recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, a reduced rate of VAT of 5% applied from 15 July 2020 until 30 September 2021. This rate has now come to...
by Pi Accountancy | Oct 29, 2021 | Business, Corporation Tax, Director, Taxes, The Budget
The Chancellor presented his Autumn Budget and Spending Review on 27 October 2021 and we’re here to discuss some of the highlights. Income tax rates and thresholds The rates and thresholds applying for 2022/23 were confirmed. Personal allowance As previously...
by Pi Accountancy | Oct 27, 2021 | MTD, Taxes, VAT
Extension of Making Tax Digital for VAT Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is currently only compulsory for VAT-registered businesses whose turnover for VAT is above the VAT registration limit of £85,000. However, this is set to change from April 2022. Extension to all...
by Pi Accountancy | Oct 26, 2021 | National Insurance
On 8 September 2021, the Prime Minister outlined the Government’s plans for health and social care, including a new funding strategy designed to meet social care costs. A new tax, the Health and Social Care Levy, is to be introduced from 2023. However, as a temporary...
by Pi Accountancy | Oct 1, 2021 | COVID-19, HMRC, PAYE, Payroll, Taxes
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) came to an end on 30 September 2021. The scheme has provided financial help to employers and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing employers to claim grants with which to pay furloughed and flexibly furloughed...
by Pi Accountancy | Sep 30, 2021 | Director, HMRC, Self Assessment, Taxes
As part of the Government’s funding strategy for health and social care, the dividend tax rates are to be increased from April 2022, alongside the temporary increases in National Insurance, and, from April 2023, the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy. The...
by Pi Accountancy | Sep 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Director, HMRC, Job Support Scheme, PAYE, Payroll, Taxes
The recent ‘pingdemic’ has resulted in large numbers of employees self-isolating. Where an employee meets the qualifying conditions, you must pay them SSP while they are self-isolating. As qualifying periods of self-isolation count as a Coronavirus-absence, if you are...
by Pi Accountancy | Sep 9, 2021 | VAT
Hospitality Industry VAT Rate Increase – 1st October 2021 In July 2020, the VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality sector was temporarily reduced to 5%, from 20%. The businesses that were able to take advantage of the reduced rate include; Hotels Restaurants Hot...
by Pi Accountancy | Sep 8, 2021 | Payroll
National Payroll Week is about helping raise awareness of the importance of your payroll, for your employees, to your own business, and the economy. We would like to celebrate our payroll professionals and all the challenges they have had to face throughout the last...
by Pi Accountancy | Aug 31, 2021 | Director, HMRC, Self-Employed, Taxes
Unique Taxpayers Reference A UTR is your Unique Taxpayers Reference Number, is what identifies you personally with HMRC. It’s 10 digits in length and is quoted on any correspondence you receive from HMRC, including: Your tax return A Welcome to Self-Assessment letter...
by Pi Accountancy | Aug 25, 2021 | QuickBooks, VAT
Welcome to our QuickBooks Guide on how to record a VAT payment or refund When you pay VAT in QuickBooks Online, you are recording the payment against a specific VAT period; you are not actually transferring money to HMRC. Below is a short video on how to record your...
by Pi Accountancy | Aug 12, 2021 | Business, QuickBooks, Taxes
Whether you’re brand new to QuickBooks or you use it already, there’s always more to learn to ensure you’re maximising the resources you have available to you. With this blog we are sharing our top 3 QuickBooks Basics. 1. Connecting and reconnecting the bank When you...
by Pi Accountancy | Jul 9, 2021 | HMRC, PAYE, Self Assessment, Taxes, VAT
From 15 June 2021, all businesses and organisations will need multi-factor authentication in order to sign into the Government Gateway. Multi-factor authentication Businesses and organisations that use HMRC’s online services and which do not currently receive an...
by Pi Accountancy | Jul 2, 2021 | HMRC, Self Assessment, Self-Employed, Taxes
If you are self-employed, you will pay Class 2 and Class 4 National Insurance contributions if your profits exceed the relevant thresholds. Class 2 National Insurance contributions are the mechanism by which you build up qualifying years to earn entitlement to the...
by Pi Accountancy | Jul 2, 2021 | Business, PAYE
You can use a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) if you wish to settle the tax liability arising on the provision of a benefit-in-kind or an expense on an employee’s behalf. This can be useful if you wish to preserve the goodwill nature of a particular benefit. Nature of...
by Pi Accountancy | Jul 2, 2021 | COVID-19, HMRC, SEISS, Self Assessment, Self-Employed, Taxes
As the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) enters its final months, now is the time to review grants that you have claimed under the scheme, and pay back any amounts claimed in error. You may also choose to repay voluntarily funding that you have received under...
by Pi Accountancy | Jul 2, 2021 | COVID-19, HMRC, Job Support Scheme, SEISS, Self Assessment, Self-Employed
Claims for the fifth grant under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will open from late July. If, based on your tax returns, HMRC think that you are eligible for the grant, they will contact you in mid-July and give you a date from which you can submit...
