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PRIVATE BUSINESS TAXES


Paul Howard sets out the tax consequences for the different methods of finance

Capital allowances: personal security

The proposed timescale for mandatory pooling of expenditure on fixtures is ‘much too short’ to ensure that the legislation is properly understood and applied, according to the ICAEW Tax Faculty.

HMRC are reminding contractors that a new penalties regime will apply to the construction industry scheme from next month.

Ian Maston outlines how the IHT business property relief rules apply to groups of companies and similar structures

HMRC’s latest Agent Update highlights a key change to penalties for late filing of self assessment tax returns.

Enhanced capital allowances will be available for plant and machinery investment in designated areas in a limited number of Enterprise Zones, the government announced as it named 11 new Enterprise Zones in England.

‘These arrests are just the start,’ said a senior HMRC official as the department announced the arrest of five plumbers in London, Hampshire, Surrey, Middlesex and the West Midlands.

Taxpayers who were due to pay income tax by the end of July, but do not receive a self assessment statement until this month, will have until 27 September to pay the tax without incurring an interest charge.

More than 600 tax enquiries targeting people in the plumbing industry will be under way by the time the Plumbers Tax Safe Plan disclosure opportunity closes at the end of this month, HMRC have warned.

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