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Why are gift baskets being targeted by HMRC?

I cannot think of anyone who, having received a basket of goodies as a present, would not be pleased. So,

David Jones

4 Jun 2026

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Corporate Tax Planning, Opinion, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized, VAT

Great British Summer Tax Savings

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a temporary cut in VAT on 21st May 2026, with the intention of giving financially strapped

David Jones

28 May 2026

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Corporate Tax Planning, Making Tax Digital, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized

New tax return impositions on company directors

On 5th April 2026 and for all future tax years, the rules governing the personal tax returns of company directors

David Jones

21 May 2026

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HMRC Making Tax Digital plans slammed by MPs

HM Revenue & Customs plans to move most services for the public online, as part of their ‘Making Tax Digital’

David Jones

2 Feb 2017

Accounts, Opinion, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning

11 Lame excuses for being late for 31st January deadline

All accountants are incredibly busy in January trying to get everyone’s Tax Returns submitted to HMRC before the January 31st

David Jones

27 Jan 2017

Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment

Tax Accountant Puts Making Tax Digital To The Test

HMRC’s much heralded Making Tax Digital (MTD), due to be brought in on 6th April 2018 has now been unveiled

David Jones

22 Jan 2017

Opinion, Self Assessment

HMRC’s Christmas Card Nudge

Tens of thousand taxpayers received a letter from HMRC just before Christmas; however these festive letters didn’t wish the recipient

David Jones

13 Jan 2017

Accounts, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment

UK Tax Accountant’s Favourite Dodgy Tax Expense Claims

A tax firm has revealed that it’s not just MPs who are busy dreaming up increasingly strange things to claim

David Jones

6 Jan 2017

Accounts, Opinion, Personal Finance, VAT

UK Tax Questions Answered by Shrewsbury Accountant No.22

Here is my latest tranche of UK Tax Questions Answered. Each question is from a Tax blog reader which I

David Jones

16 Dec 2016

Opinion, Personal Finance, Self Assessment

HMRC Making Tax Digital plan’s slammed by MPs

HM Revenue & Customs plans to move most services for the public online, as part of their ‘Making Tax Digital’

David Jones

8 Dec 2016

Business Start-up, VAT

VAT Flat Rate Scheme under attack

Now that the fine print of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement has been published, it is clear that many small businesses

David Jones

2 Dec 2016

Corporate Tax Planning, Opinion, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment

Autumn Statement 2016 – Good, bad or indifferent?

The size of the challenge for the chancellor Philip Hammond has become increasingly clear and after an Autumn Statement which

David Jones

24 Nov 2016

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