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  1. Blog30th Sep 2021

    Tax Year as we know it to stay, at least for now…

    The Office of Tax Simplification ‘OTS’ published a document in June 2021 setting out its intention to review the benefits, costs and wider implications of changing the end of the tax year to either 31 March or 31 December. The…

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  2. Blog29th Sep 2021

    Investing in the family business

    I wear a lot of hats at AAB, two of which are leading a team that supports our family business clients; and Corporate Finance partner, where I help clients to grow their businesses through investment, acquisition or refreshed strategic thinking.…

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  3. Blog29th Sep 2021

    Don’t be late – register for Self Assessment before 5 October 2021

    Have you become chargeable to income or capital gains tax for the first time? Now is the time to notify HMRC.

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  4. Blog28th Sep 2021

    Residential Property Developer? Take note of increased government attention

    The government is proposing to introduce a new tax, Residential Property Developer Tax (‘RPDT’), from April 2022 on profits made by large residential property developers.

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  5. Blog16th Sep 2021

    Have you claimed the cash benefits R&D can deliver?

    A common misconception about the additional tax relief available to companies undertaking Research and Development (‘R&D’) activities is that it is only available for companies that are in high tech or scientific industries. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. 

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  6. Blog14th Sep 2021

    Public Sector Special Severance Payments (SSP)

    The Treasury has issued new guidance which relates to ‘Special Severance Payments’ (SSPs) made by public sector employers to their employees.

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  7. Blog8th Sep 2021

    National Insurance increase – Is this the beginning of a slippery slope of tax rises?

    National Insurance Contributions

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  8. Blog2nd Sep 2021

    Surviving current and future challenges in Construction

    After trading through the uncertainty of 2020, Scotland’s construction sector is not out of the woods yet.

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  9. Blog1st Sep 2021

    Data Analytics: the future is already here

    If you type “What is the future of audit?” into Google (other search engines are available) there are a range of themes and opinions evident. One prediction is the break-up of the dominance held by the global audit firms leading…

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  10. Blog31st Aug 2021

    Tax relief for those who have to work from home

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have had to work from home. As a result, more employees than ever have claimed tax relief for the 2020/21 tax year for the additional costs incurred as a direct result of…

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  11. Blog31st Aug 2021

    Is an electric company car the new must have?

    Some of you reading this will be old enough to remember the 1980s when big hair and shoulder pads went hand in hand with Golf GTIs and, dare I say it, Ford Capris with the must-have furry dice. 

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  12. Blog26th Aug 2021

    Employee benefits in the Energy sector – why you should consider private medical insurance

    Recent research published by GRiD, the industry body for group risk protection, highlighted that a fifth of employees do not know how their employer would support them if they were absent through ill-health or injury. This highlights the need for…

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