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  1. Blog25th Nov 2020

    Furlough during the Christmas period

    With Christmas only one month away, employers and employees will now be thinking ahead on what this means during Christmas when most employers shutdown or employees request holidays during the festive period.

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  2. Blog25th Nov 2020

    Don’t be blind to the Brexit challenges

    Even with perfect vision, no-one could have foreseen how difficult a year 2020 would have been for UK businesses.  However, as we head towards 2021, and the end of the Brexit transitional period, the fresh challenges involved in the import or export of goods…

    By Alistair Duncan

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  3. Blog23rd Nov 2020

    Government Grinch gives the go-ahead to virtual staff parties

    As we are approaching the end of 2020 which has been a year full of not so pleasant surprises, many employer’s may be thinking of more creative ways to arrange socially distant and ‘lockdown’ friendly Christmas parties, replacing the usual…

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  4. Blog13th Nov 2020

    Capital Gains Tax – Is a rate increase on the horizon?

    Before the scheduled Autumn budget, advisors and taxpayers alike were bracing themselves for a hike in the rate of Capital Gains Tax (“CGT”) as well as the very real possibility that some reliefs might be withdrawn altogether, for example Business…

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  5. Blog9th Nov 2020

    The Third Sector & The Next Normal

    The events of 2020 have been unlike anything we could have anticipated. They have triggered developments across all organisations as we all continually reacted to new, and rapidly changing, guidelines from the World Health Organisation and both the Scottish and…

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  6. Blog9th Nov 2020

    Deals+ Energy Deals Done in the UK Q3 2020

    As featured in Energy Voice, Anderson Anderson & Brown Corporate Finance (“AABcf”) are delighted to share our quarterly Deals+ update for Q3 2020, highlighting selected Energy M&A and Fundraising transactions across the UK.

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  7. Blog5th Nov 2020

    Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended until March 2021

    Additional guidance was released by the government yesterday afternoon, Thursday 5th November 2020, outlining further changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which came into effect on 1st November 2020.

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  8. Blog4th Nov 2020

    Extension of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme Grant

    *Updated 11 January 2021* The furlough scheme was due to end on 31 October but following the announcement that England is to enter another period of lockdown, this has been extended until March 2021. On the back of this, the…

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  9. Blog3rd Nov 2020

    IFRS 16 COVID amendment at a glance

    For those companies which had to go through the long and painful process of accessing which contracts did and did not contain a lease, the thought of having to process the lease amendments which have arisen as part of COVID-19…

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  10. Blog29th Oct 2020

    COVID-19 HMRC Statutory Residence Test “Exceptional Circumstances”

    Tax Residence in the UK, and therefore by definition, UK tax exposure on worldwide income and gains, is largely determined by days of presence in the UK. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on worldwide travel has been significant, leading…

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  11. Blog27th Oct 2020

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    IR35 off payroll working reform – education is key

    As we edge closer to April 2021 when the private sector will be hit with new IR35 legislation, pushing responsibilities for contractor assessments and deduction of tax up the contractual chain, it is now time for businesses to dust off their IR35 plans from…

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  12. Blog26th Oct 2020

    Sold UK property in 2018/19? You could be next on HMRC’s ‘hit list’

    HMRC have confirmed they will be issuing over 14,000 letters before 30th November to individuals who have sold a UK property in 2018/19, that didn’t appear to be their main home and which could therefore potentially be subject to UK…

    By Lynn Gracie

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