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What are we expecting in the Autumn Budget 2024?
A round up of the major announcements we expect to hear in the Autumn Budget 2024 and what we know already.
Autumn Budget: Employers National Insurance
Craig Simpson, Tax Partner at Bates Weston, looks at the rumoured increase in Employers National Insurance, widely expected to be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn Budget on 30 October and the decisions facing many employers as a result.
What to expect from the Chancellor’s Spring Statement
What to expect from the Chancellor’s Spring Statement? A delay to NI increases or an increase in the NI threshold, uprating Universal Credit, cuts to VAT or energy levies on household fuel bills, a cut in fuel duty?
Covid Additional Relief Fund launched by Derby City Council
Applications to the Derby City Council Covid Additional Relief Fund, offering Covid related support via a reduction in business rates to eligible businesses , must be made by 11 March.
Preparing for the Health and Social Care Levy
A summary of what you need to know, as an employer or if you are self employed, to prepare for the Health and Social Care Levy.
Help To Grow: Digital support scheme
Is your business looking to grow by adopting digital technologies? We take a look at the Government’s Help To Grow: Digital Scheme.
Application deadlines for Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grants
Many local councils are bringing their application deadlines for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grants forward to give them time to process and determine grants before the 28 February 2022. Check your local authority website.
Delay in reform of VAT penalty system
The reform of the VAT penalty system, which brings consistency to late payment and interest penalties and replaces the default VAT surcharge with a points based system, has been delayed until January 2023.
Self Assessment Tax Return
Your Self Assessment tax return can be complicated, especially when you consider the impact Covid and business support grants have had on your profits.
Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant
If you are local to us, here in Derby, then you may be interested to know that Derby City Council suggests that they will open up applications for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant to eligible ratepaying businesses in those sectors from the beginning of next week.
Covid Update from PM 5 Jan 2022
Prime Minister gives Covid update to Commons on Plan B with measures to strengthen NHS, protect services and supply chains and reduce testing requirements for travel.
Temporary changes to fit notes
For Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), where employees go off sick on or after 10 December 2021, employers can only ask employees for proof of sickness (such as a fit note) after 28 days of sickness (including non-working days) instead of the usual 7 days.
New £1 billion Omicron business support measures
The Government has just announced new support measures for businesses in England, reflecting the impact the Omicron wave is having on their trade.
Latest Capital Gains Tax figures published
Our tax team take a look at the latest Capital Gains Tax (CGT) figures published by HMRC and consider what the future holds for the tax.
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