Posted: 04 January 2012
Issue: Vol 169, Issue 4335
Categories: In brief, News

NI holiday; Agent update; Rural fuel duty; R&D relief

NI holiday

In the House of Commons, David Gauke MP said that, to date, just over 10,000 applications have been made for the National Insurance holiday scheme.

Agent update

Issue 27 of HMRC’s agent update has been published. It includes articles on the 31 January self-assessment deadline, electronic PAYE payment dates, pensions auto-enrolment and real time information.

Rural fuel duty

Revenue & Customs Brief 40/11 explains how the rural fuel duty relief scheme for the Scottish Islands and the Scilly Isles will operate. It comes into effect on 1 January 2012.

R&D relief

The European Commission has approved for state aid purposes the increase in the small and medium-sized enterprise research and development relief to 200% from 1 April 2011.

 

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