Tax & Admin Articles

HMRC exempts 1.3m small firms from quarterly reporting under new tax system

Following months of consultation, HMRC confirmed that small and micro firms which don't yet have t...

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Micro firms hit disproportionately by late payments

Micro businesses receive payment one day slower on average than a year ago, whereas larger firms ar...

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Concerns grow in London over Osborne’s business rates revaluation

Asking London-based small company owners their views on business rates, 44 per cent told The London...

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Greater profits taken as dividends as small firms anticipate tax rate change

Smaller UK companies paid out 94 per cent of profits made by their firm as dividends in the last 12 ...

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Small construction firms most impacted by bad debt?

Non-payment of invoices by customers known as "bad debt" has resulted in 27 per cent of small comp...

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Northern enterprise zones create record job numbers, yet regional economic imbalance remains

Enterprise zones in the North of England have created 8, 000 new jobs in the past four years, accor...

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Is the Northern Powerhouse initiative working? This data suggests not

Despite numerous government initiatives and millions of pounds of investment in the UK's Northern Po...

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West London retailers pressure Osborne to scrap business rates revaluation

In light of the perceived economic uncertainty that's expected to follow Britain's vote to leave the...

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A guide to bailiff enforcement procedures for non-payment of business rates

With the maximum punishment for non-payment of business rates set at 90 days? imprisonment, it's cr...

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Small business community underwhelmed by Osborne’s post-Brexit corporation tax cut

George Osborne's proposals to boost the post-Brexit British economy by slashing corporation tax to b...

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