This month Steedman & Company are celebrating 25 years in business.
From humble beginnings in 1987 from a rented office in Edinburgh’s west end, Ricky and the team have built the business up over the past 25 years into one
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has said that the upcoming real time PAYE system may prove “impossible” for many businesses to implement.
This comes despite HMRC recently publishing proposals allowing employers extra time to send
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Around a quarter of small businesses are unaware that the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) system is going to dramatically change next April.
Real Time Information (RTI) will see the introduction of a live system, where payroll information will be
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89,087 Scottish businesses have benefited from the Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) in the past year, according to new Government data.
The scheme provides non domestic business rates discount for small Scottish businesses. Last year, 85, 199 took up the
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HMRC’s estimated tax gap for 2011/2012 has been stated as being £32 billion, up £1 billion from the previous year.
The tax gap is defined as the amount of tax that is due to the government that is not paid.
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Sandwich chain bar Subway has been defeated in a first tier tribunal regarding HMRC’s VAT policy on hot food.
Around 1200 Subway outlets across the UK have been waiting on the verdict of the appeal, which was based upon whether
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The reasons for unfair dismissal are to be relaxed at employment tribunals under proposals announced by business secretary Vince Cable.
The Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) are to make a number of proposals to cut back on red
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The taxpayer has saved around £200 million after tax avoidance schemes were shut down in court. The first case involved a Howard Schofield concerning capital gains on a £10 million gain in 2003/2004.
Schofield entered into a scheme that contrived
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Businesses are being urged to keep all their records up to date following news that HMRC charged a large penalty to a company who had failed to notify them of a change of name.
This has motivated the Forum of
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Wealthy people who use aggressive tax avoidance schemes will be “named and shamed” under plans by Treasury Minister David Gauke.
Companies that set up complicated tax schemes for clients could be fined if they fail to reveal those who are
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