Blog10th Jan 2019How can cloud accounting impact your dental practice?Over the past few years, the shift towards practices now maintaining their financials on a cloud-based accounting platform has been evident, with many accountants demonstrating the significant benefits to be achieved by the efficiencies of practices automating their basic bookkeeping…View more
Blog9th Jan 2019Scale Rate Payments: What Scale of Checking is Required?Where an employer reimburses employees set amounts of cash to pay for business expenses like travel and meals, these are known as scale rate payments. HMRC publish advisory benchmark scale rate payments that can be paid in relation to qualifying…View more
Blog20th Dec 2018Are you growing internationally? Don’t neglect the structuring!When contracting for work overseas, ensuring companies are aware of the potential taxes they will be faced with is of critical importance, so they can build a contract price which factors in as much additional tax and compliance costs which…View more
Blog19th Dec 2018Learn to give feedback in real timeThe problem with a classic appraisal is that it can often be backward looking. Let’s say you schedule it every six months. It can be demoralising and time-consuming to go over old ground and then file a report…that in reality…By Laura CampbellView more
Blog18th Dec 2018Non Resident UK Directors – Are you compliant?Are you a UK business with overseas based directors? Are you aware of the compliance obligations?View more
Blog17th Dec 2018Who’s that knocking at the door?As the year has progressed and market conditions continue to improve on the back of continuing stability in energy prices, despite the uncertainties surrounding Brexit, there is a growing consensus that now is a good time to be selling your…View more
Blog14th Dec 2018Construction Industry Scheme – The Costs of Building It Up and Getting It WrongUnder the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), contractors deduct money from a subcontractor’s payments and pass it to HMRC. The deductions count as advance payments towards their tax and national insurance bill. Contractors must register for the scheme, but subcontractors do…View more
Blog13th Dec 2018Scottish Budget Update – LBTT for Commercial Property TransactionsFinance Secretary Derek Mackay has announced that the Scottish Government intends to reduce the lower rate of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (“LBTT”) for non-residential property transactions, whilst increasing the cost for higher value property acquisitions.View more
Blog13th Dec 2018Scottish Budget Update – LBTT Additional Dwelling Supplement (“ADS”) To IncreaseFinance Secretary Derek Mackay has proposed increasing the rate of ADS from 3% to 4% which, if approved by the Scottish Parliament, will take effect from 25 January 2019.View more
Blog13th Dec 2018Scottish Budget Update – Scottish Tax Gap to Widen For Higher EarnersFinance Secretary Derek Mackay has resisted calls to address the widening tax gap between Scotland and the rest of the UK.View more
Blog13th Dec 2018Progression on the Scottish Laws of SuccessionHow an individual’s estate should be divided upon death is a complex topic and can be cause for much debate, not to mention family tensions. In Scotland, the law of succession is largely based on legislation dating back to 1964.…View more
Blog12th Dec 2018Establishing credibility in a new E&P business ventureA relatively high and much more stable oil price has generated a lot of renewed investor interest in the North Sea upstream E&P sector over the past 12 months or so. Last month, in the UK Government’s 2018 Budget it…View more