The middle east has become a desirable place to set up business. It has a world class infrastructure as well as a welcoming tax environment and efficient processes and procedures. The United Arab Emirates is a young country, established on 2 December 1971, combining...
We are helping more and more individuals and businesses move to Dubai and the UAE. Amongst other benefits, Dubai and the UAE have long been an attractive tax jurisdiction, however, with the UAE being as dynamic and evolving as it is, it has introduced a number of tax...
Creative businesses across the East Midlands are able to apply for free funding to help them accelerate business growth, create jobs and prepare for investment. The East Midlands Creative Consortium (EMC2) has begun accepting applications from high-potential creative...
HMRC have announced that they will be waiving late filing and late payment penalties by one month for Self-Assessment taxpayers. This is to give them additional time to complete their 2020/21 tax return and pay any due tax if needed. However, HMRC are still...
The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Budget that the R&D tax relief regime will be reformed. The key changes: The scope of the regime will be extended to support modern research methods by including expenditure on data and cloud computing costs The relief will...
Creative tax reliefs have been made even more generous following the Autumn Budget. Find out here if your company qualifies for these reliefs The Chancellor has announced a temporary increase in the rates of relief for the following tax reliefs: Theatre...
What is the Trust Registration Service (TRS)? The Trust Registration Service (TRS) was introduced in June 2017 as a result of the 4th Money Laundering Directive (‘4MLD’) to gather more information about trusts in a drive towards more transparency and to enforce...
For many years HMRC have operated a concession under which associate dentists are treated as self-employed for tax purposes rather than employed. However, from 6 April 2023, this concession will be removed. How will this impact dental practices? At present, the...
The European Union is making changes to the VAT treatment of supplies of goods and services to EU non business customers. These changes take effect from 1 July 2021. Goods Under the existing rules sales of goods by non-EU businesses to the EU, customers are not...
The government has announced a cap on the amount of payable tax credit that a company can claim for Research and Development (R&D). The cap will be £20,000 per period plus 300% of the PAYE and NIC payable for the period. This will take effect for periods starting...
The UK Government is launching new financial support for small and medium-sized businesses that import and export from/to the EU, the SME Brexit Support Fund. If you are a business importing and exporting goods, the Support Fund could help you by funding up to £2,000...
DAC6 is a system of mandatory reporting of cross-border tax arrangements, where these affect one or more EU member states and fall into one or more particular characteristics (hallmarks). Following the UK leaving the EU, DAC6 will no longer be applied in its entirety....