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Accountants Lichfield: Keep HMRC informed, warns business group
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Monday, 10 September 2012. Keep HMRC informed, warns business group. An organisation representing small businesses has warned entrepreneurs to fully update HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about any changes to their operations, following a report that one firm is facing a £10,000 fine for not telling HMRC it had changed its name. Mr Needham said: “I am concerned that this is a change in HMRC's long-standing policy of waiving its technical ability to impose this penalty fine in such circumstances. It is impo...
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Accountants Lichfield: Retailers hit by £205m e-crime bill
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Monday, 10 September 2012. Retailers hit by £205m e-crime bill. A pioneering study of e-crime has revealed that e-crime cost UK retailers at least £205.4 million in 2011-2012. The first e-crime study from the British Retail Consortium, published on 22 August, found that the bill included £77.3 million in losses from frauds themselves as well as prevention costs and legitimate business lost as a result of those measures. Although the UK has the biggest internet spend per capita of any nation and 11 per ce...
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Accountants Lichfield: Contractors ‘could cut SME tax bills by £2bn’
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Monday, 10 September 2012. Contractors ‘could cut SME tax bills by £2bn’. Businesses could slash their tax bills by up to £2 billion by using self-employed contractors, according to professional advice website unbiased.co.uk. Karen Barrett, chief executive of unbiased.co.uk comments: “Tax is a vast and complex subject and it can be hard for business owners to find the time to understand how to optimise their tax status whilst also running their business day to day. The unbiased.co.uk report, whic...Subsc...
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Accountants Lichfield: January 2012
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Monday, 23 January 2012. New Business in Lichfield? Lichfield is known as one of the most creative counties as described by Visit Lichfield. Apart from all the thrill of Drayton Manor and the peacefulness of the. National Memorial Arboretum,. Is home to many businesses. Peter Hearne Associates, accountants based in Lichfield. Give some advice to local businesses in the following article. They can offer you advice on various accountancy and business matters. Based accountancy firm a call. Accountants are ...
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Accountants Lichfield: April 2012
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012. Stamp price rises to soar. Royal Mail has announced steep rises in the prices of stamps from 30 April 2012. The price of a first class stamp for a standard letter will rise from 46p to 60p and the cost of a second class stamp for a standard letter will rise from 36p to 50p. Royal Mail said the price increases were needed to put the universal service on a sound, sustainable and secure basis. Royal Mail said that UK businesses that use meters benefited from discounts of up to 38 pe...
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Accountants Lichfield: Taxpayers count £1,200 cost of failing to file returns
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Monday, 10 September 2012. Taxpayers count £1,200 cost of failing to file returns. Around half a million people who have not yet submitted 2010/11 tax returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are now receiving additional penalty letters. The number of outstanding returns almost halved in 2012, falling to 5.9 per cent of those due compared to 10.7 per cent in 2011. As a result, 518,000 fewer penalties are being issued. The maximum £900 in daily penalties for non-filing. The penalties being issued over the...
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Accountants Lichfield: New CIS guidance issued
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Monday, 10 September 2012. New CIS guidance issued. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued updated guidance for subcontractors operating as limited companies on reclaiming any deductions taken from their payments under the Construction Industry Scheme. The new guidance was issued on 15 August and updates a leaflet first published in May this year. F you want more information then please contact. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). New CIS guidance issued. Firms ‘at risk on insurance cover’.
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Accountants Lichfield: 1 in 3 businesses not aware of RTI, research finds
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Monday, 10 September 2012. 1 in 3 businesses not aware of RTI, research finds. One-third of small businesses are not aware of Real Time Information (RTI) and how it will affect their PAYE systems, according to new research. Business software specialist Sage surveyed 1,100 UK SMEs and found that 64 per cent were aware of the changes that will come into effect in April 2013. However, only one in ten questioned thought that RTI would be good for their business. F you want more information then please contact.
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Accountants Lichfield: February 2012
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Thursday, 2 February 2012. Mediation pilot aims to resolve workplace disputes. A new government pilot scheme could pave the way to earlier and more cost-effective resolution of workplace disputes. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is to fund mediation training for employees from a group of 24 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in each of two pilot areas, centred on Cambridge and Manchester, later this year. 8220;We want to help employers and employees to help themselves. In pa...