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7 04, 2021

Claim working from home tax relief

2021-04-07T16:24:37+01:00April 7th, 2021|Covid-19, employees, Forbes Watson, Latest News, tax efficiency|

Employees may have additional household costs if they have to work at home on a regular basis, either for all or part of the week. This includes having been told to work from home because of coronavirus. Additional costs include things like heating, metered water bills or business calls, that they can demonstrate have been [...]

25 03, 2021

Tax and self-employment income support payments

2021-03-25T08:46:54+00:00March 25th, 2021|Budget, Covid, Covid-19, Latest News, Tax, tax efficiency|

Further grants . Before Budget 2021 the Chancellor had already announced third and fourth instalments of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) payments for sole traders, and members of partnerships, whose income had been hit by the pandemic. The Budget brought the welcome news that there will be a fifth payment. Wider application. While the same general conditions [...]

4 03, 2021

Simon’s simple guide to Budget 2021

2021-03-04T10:06:02+00:00March 4th, 2021|Budget, Latest News|

  The message from the Chancellor was that this is a Budget with three aims: • protecting the jobs and livelihoods of the British people • strengthening the public finances • supporting an investment-led recovery You can read the individual measures and details of some of the numerous consultations below. *I HAVE DETAILED PDF REPORTS [...]

3 03, 2021

Getting your company to buy your home

2021-03-03T11:54:37+00:00March 3rd, 2021|Latest News|

Getting your company to buy your home You’re moving to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday. You already have a mortgage offer but as your company has the funds would it be more tax efficient for it to buy your new home? Company home ownership Using your company to buy your home was once [...]

20 03, 2017

Making Tax digital – an overview

2017-10-05T09:07:26+01:00March 20th, 2017|Latest News|

March 2017 Steve Wilson, Junior Accountant in our Lytham office has written an article on the government initiative, Making Tax Digital:   Introduction Making Tax Digital is a government initiative that sets outs to transform the current tax system and phase out the traditional tax return by 2020. With the move to an integrated online [...]

15 06, 2016

Accountants in Lytham help start-ups get off the ground

2016-06-15T11:24:41+01:00June 15th, 2016|Latest News|

Forbes Watson accountants in Lytham not only provide a wide range of compliance services including: Tax Returns Company accounts Auto-enrolment Payroll VAT returns Sole trader accounts They also provide a free Company formation service every Friday. The aim is to help as many people start their own business as possible. Simon Cox, Director says “We [...]