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Under the minimum wage legislation, workers must be paid at least the statutory minimum wage for their age. There are two types of minimum wage – the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW). From 1 April 2021, as well as the usual annual increases, the age threshold for the National Living … Read more
For 2020/21, it was possible to enjoy an electric company car as a tax-free benefit. While this will no longer be the case for 2021/22, electric and low emission cars remain a tax-efficient benefit. How are electric cars taxed? Under the company car tax rules, a taxable benefit arises in respect of the private use … Read more
Are you trading? Lockdown restrictions have forced many businesses to close temporarily and for people to look at potential Side Hustles. Selling goods or clothes online on sites such as eBay and Depop offers the opportunity to raise some much-needed cash in these difficult times. What are the associated tax implications and do you need … Read more
Auto-enrolment – Re-enrolment and re-declaration of compliance The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced many challenges for employers. However, despite the pandemic, their responsibilities in relation to auto-enrolment remain the same. The employer’s on-going duties include their re-enrolment and re-declaration obligations. Every 3 years, the employer must put certain members of staff back into their auto-enrolment pension … Read more
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme allows smaller employers to reclaim some or all of the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid to employees who are absent from work due to a Coronavirus-related absence. Eligible employers An employer is eligible to use the scheme if the employer had fewer than 250 employees across all their … Read more
The 2020/21 tax year comes to an end on 5 April 2021. The last few months of the year are a good time to undertake a review and to ensure that allowance for the year is not wasted. So think about the dividend allowance. Nature of the dividend allowance One allowance that is available to … Read more
What tax do I need to pay by 31 January 2021? The self-assessment tax return for 2019/20 must be filed by midnight on 31 January 2021. If you miss this deadline, you will automatically receive a late filing penalty of £100, regardless of whether you owe any tax, unless you are able to convince HMRC … Read more
The Brexit transitional period comes to an end of 31 December 2020 and various changes come into effect from 1 January 2021. One of these changes is the introduction of postponed VAT accounting. This will affect you if you are a VAT-registered business and you import goods into the UK, particularly if you do not … Read more
From 1 January 2021, you will need an Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number to move goods between Great Britain and the EU. Prior to 1 January 2021, you only needed an EORI number if you move goods between the UK and non-EU countries. If you do not already have an EORI number, you … Read more
Many businesses have been forced to close as a result of the national and local restrictions introduced to slow the spread of Coronavirus. Where this is the case, the business may be eligible for a grant from their local authority. The following grant support is available to businesses in England during the second national lockdown. … Read more
