This is a period of profound change for many small and medium-sized enterprises. As lockdown eases and legislation changes, we add new articles and insights each month.
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In our October newsletter, we focus on: our predictions for tax changes in anticipation of the upcoming autumn budget, the changes coming into effect around NIC and dividend tax rates, the importance to SME businesses in evaluating their supply chains, an outlook on the UK and global economies and how family vendor assisted management buyouts work.
From 1 October, until 31 March 2022, a new reduced rate of 12.5% VAT for hospitality and leisure businesses comes into effect. This replaces the temporary reduced rate of 5% that was applied from 15 July 2020 to 30 September 2021.
As Government restrictions start to ease, it's important to build resilience into your business to ensure you are prepared for the future. One of the most important areas for SMEs to consider is their working capital availability as business conditions change.
As life starts to return to normal many SMEs are starting to focus on retaining key staff members to ensure operations remain smooth as demand rises. But what can business owners do to make their staff’s lives easier, save money on employment costs and improve and incentivise performance? Ian Goodwin from our Employment Taxes team provides 5 top tips to consider.
16 months ago, very few SME businesses were aware of the impact that a global pandemic would have on their business, and just 6 months ago many were struggling to comprehend how EU Exit would affect them. So how do you plan for these external influences?
This time last year the business plans for many SMEs were turned upside down. Thoughts of the future were replaced by the need for immediate action and quite rightly so. Now that we are seeing SME businesses changing and adapting to new requirements, what does this mean for your own finances as a business owner?
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, HMRC introduced the Covid-19 VAT payment deferral scheme to support businesses across the UK. The scheme allowed businesses to defer VAT payments falling due between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2021.
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