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UK Spring Budget 2021 key points for business

3/5/2021

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UK Spring Budget 2021 key points for business owners & SME's

At Tax Affinity we believe in improving the financial lives of every person in the world. Each time the UK treasury government makes budget announcements we spend time reading through the information to help our clients support our clients with the best information to drive their businesses forward even during a down turn.

The key points are listed below for a quick guide:

Furlough (CJRS) extended to end of Sept 2021. Originally it was going to end in April 2021. But the 80% value up to £2500 maximum will only last for 2 months and then taper off in July to Sept dropping to 60% up to a £1875 maximum. The employee is still expected to receive the full 80% up to £2500 at the employer’s expense plus NI and tax etc. Therefore each employer will need to calculate how this effect’s their expenses and weigh up the benefits of keeping staff or not. The cut off date for eligibility was 2nd March 2021 a day before the budget was announced. If you are client or would like to be a client contact Tax Affinity to discuss your PAYE options and PAYE expenses.
Self Employed (SEISS) 4th & 5th grants announced running to end of Sept 2021. 4th grant (April to June) will be the same criteria as the previous ones (up to max £7500 of 80% of profits). While the 5th grant (July to Sept) will be banded with those who have seen a greater than 30% reduction in income eligible for 80% and those who have seen income fall less than 30% receiving a grant of only 30% (up to max £2,850). The cut off date for eligibility was 2nd March 2021 a day before the budget was announced. And both will take into account 2019/20 tax returns filed. Still need to qualify with over 50% of your income coming from self employment.
Business rates 100% relief will be extended to 30th June. Then the following 9 months a 66% discount up to a maximum of £2m.
VAT reduction to 5% extended for some sectors to 30th Sept. Then rate will rise to 12.5% for 6 months to 31 March 2022. After that it will return to normal 20%. If you are a client contact us for more information if this applies to you.
Stamp Duty extension of £500,000 nil-rate to 30 June. After this it will return to £125,000 as before. This is accompanied with the 5% small deposit scheme up to a limit of £600,000 which is not restricted to 1st time buyers or new build homes.
Restart Grant of £6,000 for non-essential retail to £18,000 for hospitality, leisure and personal care shops to replace the current monthly grant scheme.
Universal credit £20 increase will be extended to end of Sept 2021 with a separate one-off payment for working tax credits claimants.
Pension lifetime allowance frozen at £1,073,100 until April 2026. State pension will rise by 2.5% next year.
Corporation tax for UK limited companies with profit less than £50,000 will remain in 19% tax band for year beginning 1 April 2022. Profits above £250,000 will attract 25% corporation tax. With bands in between unspecified at this time.
Super deduction of 130% on plant, machinery and main rate assets from 1st April 2021 to 31 March 2023. This will apply to contracts started on or after 3st Mar 2021 and available for expenditure from 1st Apr 2021 to 31st Mar 2023. Plus losses created can be carried forward.
Carry back losses from 1 to 3 years extended up to max £2million of unused loses in 20/21 and 21/22 tax years.
R&D cap at £20,000 from 1st Apr 21 plus 3 x company’s total PAYE and NIC dues.
Personal Income tax rate will rise from £12,500 to £12,570 and the 40% tax threshold from £50,000 to £50,270 (ie £37,700 at basic 20% rate). CGT allowance remains at £12,300.
Apprenticeship hiring payment rise to £3000 to Sept 2021. Plus fast track visa for hiring overseas staff for tech firms. Meaning a removal of 3rd party endorsement
Recovery Loan Scheme to replace BBL / CBILS etc. Which is a shift from 100% government guarantee to 80% on eligible loans between £25k to £10m for “any legitimate business purpose, including growth and investment”. This is open til 31st Dec 2021.
Annual Investment Allowance of up to £1m is extended to 31st Dec 21.
Road Tax will rise from 1st April 21
VAT deferral scheme extended, vat registered business now have the option to have 11 months interest free instalments between 2021 to 2022 on vat payments. If you don’t take this option you must pay deferred vat by 31st March 2021 for all past vat due. You can opt in between Feb and June 2021 but with fewer instalments. If no arrangement to pay is made you will receive a penalty by HMRC.
Individual ISA limit £20k for 21/22; Junior ISA 9K; Child Trust Fund 9k;

By Anni Khan at Tax Affinity Accountants

Tax Affinity Accountants are experts Business, Tax and Accountancy. With branches in Worcester Park and Kingston upon Thames and Epsom and Ewell they are considered in the Industry to be expert business accountants and tax advisors for both individuals and small & medium sized businesses (SME's). Helping and supporting both individuals and limited company owners / self employed people throughout the UK and the world, they regularly help clients grow their business providing tailored advice and support. Their support has been considered invaluable by many clients and key to their success.

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HMRC extends self assessment deadline to 28 feb for covid

2/4/2021

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HMRC has extended the self assessment deadline to 28th Feb 2021 due to Covid 19. Allowing tax payers another month to ensure they have their persoanl tax return submitted and tax paid by then.

Normally each the deadline each year is the 31st Jan. But this year as a last minute policy announced a few days before the deadline HMRC extended it saying they will not charge the late filing penalty until after the 28th Feb. And if tax was due the interest for late payment will not be applied until after 28th Feb also. However a close estimate of the tax payable should be paid by the 31st Jan to avoid interest.

If readers have not had their 2019/20 self assessment / personal tax return done. Then they should urgently contact us today to ensure it can be done by the 28th Feb 2021 deadline.

By Anni Khan at Tax Affinity Accountants

Tax Affinity Accountants are experts in Tax and Accountancy. With branches in Worcester Park and Kingston upon Thames and Epsom and Ewell they are considered in the Industry to be expert business accountants and tax advisors for small and medium sized businesses (SME's). Helping and supporting limited company owners and self employed people throughout the UK, they regularly help clients grow their business providing tailored advice and support. Their support has been considered invaluable by many clients and key to their success.

For more information visit www.taxaffinity.com. To read more interesting articles like this visit www.taxaffinity.com/blog. Please feel free to comment and share this with your friends.

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Further government grants and support for business as 3rd uk lockdown commences

1/6/2021

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The UK Chancellor announced one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring.

Businesses are advised to contact their local authority for discretionary grants and Local Restriction Support Grants worth up to from £1300 to £3,000 a month and extension of furlough scheme.

This follows the Prime Minister’s announcement that business will be closed until at least February half-term in order to help control the coronavirus.

The cash payment is accepted by the local authority is provided on a per-property basis to support businesses through the latest restrictions

Chancellor Rishi Sunak also said:

A further £594 million pounds is also being made available for Local Authorities and the Devolved Administrations to support other businesses not eligible for the grants, that might be affected by the restrictions. Businesses should apply to their Local Authorities as soon as possible.

The new one-off grants come in addition to grants worth up to £3,000 for closed businesses, and up to £2,100 per month for impacted businesses once they reopen.

The government has also provided 100% business rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, £1.1 billion existing discretionary funding for Local Authorities, the furlough scheme now extended to April and 100% government backed loans, extended until March.

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the one-off top-ups will be granted to closed businesses as follows:
£4,000 for businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or under
£6,000 for businesses with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000
£9,000 for businesses with a rateable value of over £51,000
any business which is legally required to close, and which cannot operate effectively remotely, is eligible for a grant
the Scottish Government will receive £375 million, the Welsh Government will receive £227 million, the Northern Ireland Executive will receive £127 million
small businesses in the devolved administrations in the UK should also be able to benefit from other UK-wide measures in the government’s unprecedented package of support for business, including the various business lending schemes (where repayment terms were made easier as part of a Winter Economy Plan), and the extension of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).

By Anni Khan at Tax Affinity Accountants

Tax Affinity Accountants are experts in Tax and Accountancy. With branches in Worcester Park and Kingston upon Thames and Epsom and Ewell they are considered in the Industry to be expert business accountants and tax advisors for small and medium sized businesses (SME's). Helping and supporting limited company owners and self employed people throughout the UK, they regularly help clients grow their business providing tailored advice and support. Their support has been considered invaluable by many clients and key to their success.

For more information visit www.taxaffinity.com. To read more interesting articles like this visit www.taxaffinity.com/blog. Please feel free to comment and share this with your friends.

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Only 20 working days until hmrc self assessment deadline

12/31/2020

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Only 20 working days left until HMRC self assessment deadline.

Did you know this year over 2700 people did their tax return on Christmas day this year according to HMRC. Those that did know that they have to get it done before the deadline of 31/01/2021 and that there is only 20 working days left (as of today 31/12/20).

So if you have not had your 2019/20 (6.4.19 to 5.4.20) tax return completed then you urgently get in touch today as the number of working days are fast decreasing and before you know it the time will be gone and you may end up facing a fine by HMRC for missing the deadline.

By Anni Khan at Tax Affinity Accountants

Tax Affinity Accountants are experts in Tax and Accountancy. With branches in Worcester Park and Kingston upon Thames and Epsom and Ewell they are considered in the Industry to be expert business accountants and tax advisors for small and medium sized businesses (SME's). Helping and supporting limited company owners and self employed people throughout the UK, they regularly help clients grow their business providing tailored advice and support. Their support has been considered invaluable by many clients and key to their success.

For more information visit www.taxaffinity.com. To read more interesting articles like this visit www.taxaffinity.com/blog. Please feel free to comment and share this with your friends./

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UK Spring Budget 2021 key points for business

HMRC extends self assessment deadline to 28 feb for covid

Further government grants and support for business as 3rd uk lockdown commences

Only 20 working days until hmrc self assessment deadline

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