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This month we consider the impact of the pandemic on HMRC’s receipts as well as the tax details published on the first Tax Administration and Maintenance (TAM) Day. With guidance on the rules around Statutory Sick Pay, new laws for pensions trustees and an increase to the Real Living Wage, there is a lot to […]

In this month’s Enews we consider the government’s decision to delay the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment until 2024; the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy; and the announcement of the date for the Autumn Budget. With guidance on the furlough scheme finishing, new proposals for flexible working and […]

3 July Oddly Bramble now has a similar cut around her eye to Champion. Hers seems to already be healing.  Champions also healed very quickly.  This is the first year we’ve had cut heads. Kangaroo has a bit of wool on her chest which we will tidy up with the hand shears. Of all the […]

Enews – August 2021 In this month’s Enews we consider the announcement of a consultation on self-employed basis periods, draft Finance Bill clauses and guidance on claiming the fifth self-employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant. With HMRC updated guidance on salary sacrifice, ICAEW urging VAT reforms specifically for property, the latest statistics on furlough, pension scams and […]

One of the moorhens has built a precarious nest on the kids’ raft from a few years ago.  1984 and her lambs are still doing well.  The ewes are being moved regularly from field to field.  As soon as we walk in she comes running over … and then all the ewes come running over […]

In this month’s Enews we consider the winding down of the furlough scheme, the apprenticeship cash boost, changes to property taxes and HMRC’s investigations into COVID support schemes. With the introduction of the one stop shop for VAT on EU trade, an update on Tax-Free Childcare, tax credits renewals and claiming tax relief for working from […]

  7 May 🐑 🐑 🐑 1984’s lambs are doing brilliantly – here chilling out in the sunshine. They will run up to say hello – following mum – but we are not yet able to touch them. They are still very wary. Perhaps they can remember the elastic band going onto their tails.  Our lot […]

Enews – June 2021 In this month’s Enews we consider the roll out of the fifth SEISS grant; the imminent closure of HMRC’s payment scheme for businesses that deferred VAT payments last year; and the announcement of National Insurance reliefs for employers setting up in Freeport economic zones. With guidance on the Plastic Packaging Tax, the […]