As by now you will know, Making Tax Digital for VAT went live on 1 April 2019. But, what does this mean? What steps should you now be taking to ensure you keep on top of the MTD timeline?  What do you need to tell your business clients to help them?   … Read More

Today (1 April) has been a date marked on many accountants’ calendars for well over a year. Whilst some believed (or some may say hoped) this day would never arrive, it is the start date for the first phase of HMRC’s ambitious MTD regime – Making Tax Digital for VAT. … Read More

The Spring Statement was held on 13 March, and as expected (and as it should be), it was a bit of a non-event for tax compliance with no major announcements or tweaks to existing legislation. … Read More

Unless you’ve been in hibernation for the last few months, you’ll know that Making Tax Digital for VAT is effective from 1 April 2019. Unless you are excluded, VAT data must be submitted digitally to HMRC after this date. Award-winning tax expert, Mark Purdue, has kept us up to date on the progress of each […] … Read More

This month’s podcast focuses on the anti-money laundering, and how accountants have dealt with this changing regulation so far. The 2017 fourth anti-money laundering directive came into force last summer, and the deadline to get everything sorted passed by on 26 June of this year. Richard Hattersley is joined by David Winch and Richard Simms […] … Read More

This month’s pun-tastic podcast focuses on a topic relevant to business owners across every sector. Risk management is particularly significant to accountants due to compliance issues such as MTD and GDPR. AccountingWEB ask two top UK accountants how they have effectively implemented risk management strategies within their practices. Lucy Cohen, co-founder of Mazuma Accountants and […] … Read More