So it’s that time of the year again. The time of the year when some of us panic at the realisation we are not as organised for the imminent Self Assessment Tax Return deadline as we would like. 

It seems that nowadays most people are using ‘the cloud’ to improve their digital world. For those of you wondering what that means, ‘cloud computing’ is defined as; the delivery of hosted services over the internet. This includes storage, backup, social media and software services.

Many of us have read these words in passing, but what does this actually mean to SME’s and self employed people?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, ‘a most positively Tigger-like’ Philip Hammond presented his Spring Statement to Parliament today.

Once again the deadline for registering existing trusts for TRS has been moved. Trusts now have until the 5th March 2018 to register after complaints by registering bodies regarding the delay in opening the TRS to agents. 

Tuesday's Autumn budget was a disappointment, unless you are a first time property buyer.  The chancellor preferred to adopt a low risk strategy rather than really address some of the key issues.  What struck me was the fact that the budget does almost nothing to deal with growth: the OBR’s forec

The interest rates for late payment will be increased from 2.75% to 3%. This will take effect on:

The buy-to-let world has been bombarded with change this year with the removal of the 45% relief on mortgage interest costs and removal of the 10% allowance for ‘wear and tear’ on furnished properties being just a few examples. 

In August this year a Hampshire landlord, Richard Fuller, was jailed for two years and three months after evading £158,000 in Capital Gains Tax.

Until April this year landlords could offset their mortgage costs against their profits by claiming tax relief on their mortgage interest.  From April this year the tax relief that residential landlords receive has changed; over the next four years finance costs will be restricted to the basic ra