Implications of an inter-company loan being written off
Can capital allowances be claimed on a car purchased personally for company use?
Treatment of compensation arising from a racial discrimination claim
The annual end-of-year reconciliation for PAYE taxpayers has begun, to check that people have paid the right amount of tax in 2014/15. HMRC expect the process to be completed by October.
Tax calculations – P800s – will be issued, and people due a repayment will receive a cheque about two weeks after the calculation, according to the Revenue.
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has reissued its guidance on what taxpayers should do if they receive a P800. The information includes explanations on how a person may be able to reduce a tax bill or have it set aside.
Government plans to reduce administrative costs to business by £10bn will fail unless the complexity of the tax code is tackled, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has warned.
Two of the UK’s three longest Finance Acts were enacted in the previous parliament, the ICAEW notes in a letter to the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, while calling for a “one in, two out” principle to apply to tax laws.
The new rules for expenses and benefits in kind
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An avoidance scheme designed to exploit the employment allowance has been deemed by tax officials to be ineffective.
HMRC intend to challenge all uses of the arrangement, which the department claims “simply does not work”. Users are urged to withdraw.
This is a summary of issue 47 of Agent Update, HMRC’s bi-monthly news roundup for tax advisers
Digital agent engagement
Agents were invited in January to take part in a series of regional events with HMRC representatives.
Don’t simply follow past years’ P11Ds when preparing the latest forms
The Pensions Regulator has announced plans for a new auto-enrolment solution to help employers that currently use HMRC’s basic PAYE tools.
The proposals, set out in a consultation document, explain how pensions officials would prefer for employers to buy appropriate payroll software, rather than rely on the Revenue’s free offering, which will not be updated to provide automatic enrolment functionality.