THE DSK News

Month: December 2023

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Employing staff for first time

Date 20/12/2023

There are a multitude of rules and regulations that you must be aware of when you start employing staff for the first time.

HMRC’s guidance sets out some important issues to be aware of when becoming an employer.

Decide how much to pay someone –

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Tax consequences of loans to employees

Date 20/12/2023

An employee can obtain a benefit when provided with an employment-related cheap or interest-free loan. The benefit is the difference between the interest the employee pays, if any, and the commercial rate the employee would have to pay on a loan

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Obtaining the HMRC mobile app

Date 20/12/2023

HMRC’s free tax app is available to download from the App Store for iOS and from the Google Play Store for Android. The latest version of the app includes some updated functionality to update your name, save your National Insurance number to your

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Tax and duties on goods sent from abroad

Date 20/12/2023

There are special rules to ensure that goods sent from abroad are taxed appropriately and to ensure that UK businesses supplying goods in the UK – for example by having to compete with VAT free imports – are not disadvantaged. This includes goods

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Helpline delays at HMRC

Date 20/12/2023

HMRC’s self-assessment (SA) helpline will focus on priority queries from 11 December until 31 January. Whilst the helpline is focusing on priority calls in the run-up to the filing deadline, other enquiries will be directed to HMRC’s online digital

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HMRC awards £5.5m in grant funding

Date 20/12/2023

HMRC’s has awarded twelve voluntary and community sector organisations a share of £5.5 million in funding to help customers with their tax affairs.

The £5.5 million funding pot applies over a three-year programme from April 2024 to March 2027

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Investment v costs

Date 19/12/2023

There are two ways to consider the effects or benefits of business and personal expenditure.

The payment of rates or utility costs are an essential part of our daily expenditure, but it would be difficult to view them as an investment.

Whereas the

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Season’s greetings and a prosperous 2024

Date 19/12/2023

As Christmas arrives the week before the calendar year-end, many of us will enjoy a week’s shut down and have time to relax and enjoy the break with our family and friends.

The break also gives us time to consider our plans, personal and business,

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CGT exempt allowance halving from April 2024

Date 14/12/2023

The annual exempt amount applicable to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is to be halved from April 2024. This means that the exempt amount will be reduced from £6,000 currently, to £3,000 from April 2024. The exempt amount was as high as £12,300 2022-23.

Any

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Tax Diary January/February 2024

Date 14/12/2023

1 January 2024 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 March 2023.

19 January 2024 – PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 January 2024. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 January 2024).

19 January 2024

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