THE DSK News

Month: February 2024

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Contractors and CIS

Date 29/02/2024

The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is a set of special rules for tax and National Insurance for those working in the construction industry. Businesses in the construction industry are known as ‘contractors’ and ‘subcontractors’ and should be

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Holiday Lets averaging election

Date 29/02/2024

The furnished holiday let (FHL) rules allow holiday lettings of properties that meet certain conditions to be treated as a trade for tax purposes.

In order to qualify as a furnished holiday letting, the following criteria need to be met:

The

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Advise HMRC if company is dormant

Date 29/02/2024

If a company has stopped trading and has no other income, then the company is usually classed as dormant for Corporation Tax purposes.

A company is usually dormant for Corporation Tax if it:

has stopped trading and has no other income, for

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Companies House filing fees increase

Date 29/02/2024

Companies House has announced that some of their fees will be changing from 1 May 2024. The last change in fees was April 2016.

The fees have been calculated on a ‘cost recovery’ basis meaning that the fees are calculated based on what it costs to

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Appeals against tax penalties

Date 29/02/2024

It is not unusual for taxpayers to find themselves in a position where they disagree with a tax decision issued by HMRC. There are a number of different options open to taxpayers seeking to use the review and appeals process.

Note, that there is a

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Update on the tax status of Double Cab Pick Ups

Date 29/02/2024

HMRC had published an update, on 12 February 2024, on the tax status of Double Cab Pick Ups (DCPUs), following a 2020 Court of Appeal judgment. The update announced that effective from 1 July 2024, DCPUs with a payload of one tonne or more would be

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A new champion for small businesses appointed

Date 28/02/2024

An experienced entrepreneur has taken up a key role to promote the needs of small businesses to government and ensure suppliers seize the benefits of the Procurement Act.

Shirley Cooper OBE, former chair and president of the Chartered Institute of

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Crack down on ‘fire and rehire’ practices

Date 28/02/2024

The Government has announced action to tackle the use of controversial ‘fire and rehire’ practices. In a press release issued 19 February 2024 they said:

“Action against unscrupulous employers to tackle the use of controversial ‘fire and

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Entitlement to Business asset disposal relief

Date 22/02/2024

Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) applies to the sale of a business, shares in a trading company or an individual’s interest in a trading partnership. Where this relief is available sellers can benefit from a 10% tax charge on exit from their

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Types of limited companies

Date 22/02/2024

A limited company is a company ‘limited by shares’ or ‘limited by guarantee’.

Limited by shares

This is the most common limited company structure. A limited by shares company is a separate legal entity owned by its shareholders and managed by its

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