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September 2018

Tax diary

Tax Diary September/October 2019

What is a reasonable excuse?

HMRC is still required to obtain certain returns from you even if there is no income or tax to declare. Failure to submit will likely trigger late filing penalties and unfortunately, pleading ignorance of your obligations to file “nil” returns is not a reasonable excuse.

Invoice discounting with larger customers

Suppliers who sell goods and services to larger concerns often find that the terms of their supply, limits or bans the process of factoring the debts to release funds into cash flow.  

Making tax digital - you can use spreadsheets

HMRC has about-faced regarding the ban on using spreadsheets to work out your VAT return data from 1 April 2019, when the new requirement to file VAT returns using Making Tax Digital (MTD) format is introduced.

Is your business ready for the April making tax digital deadline?

In less than a year all businesses that file VAT returns will have to file these online or through reliable accountancy software. From April 2019, VAT registered businesses with turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) will have to: