Preparing for the national living wage
The national living wage (NLW) of £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 and over will come into effect on 1 April 2016.
Insider December 2015
Higher stamp duty rates for buy-to-let property
Private sector businesses hit record number
The number of private sector businesses has reached a new record of 5.4 million, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced.
Minimum wage increases
The adult rate of the national minimum wage (NMW) is set to rise by 20p to £6.70 on 1 October 2015.
Insider September 2015
First announced in Budget 2015, news that HMRC wants digital accounts to replace traditional annual tax accounts created much debate.
HMRC investigations
Anyone who has experienced the difficulty of trying to get through to the HMRC helpline may think that it is an organisation too large and complex to do anything quickly.
New holiday pay rules come into effect
Employers will need to account for overtime when calculating holiday pay from 1 July 2015.
Deregulation tops small firms’ priority list
More than half of small business owners want the new Conservative government to prioritise reducing regulation, a survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed.
SMEs in profit at 2007 levels
The number of small businesses that reported profits over the last 12 months has returned to 2007 levels, according to the government’s Small Business Survey.
Compliance costs SMEs
SMEs pay almost £10 billion in tax compliance costs each year, according to research by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).