Action points, issue 4576

14 November 2016

Issue: 4576 / Categories: For Action , Admin

Put your client admin into motion.

Check that your business and charity clients have claimed the employment allowance. This is worth up to £3 000 a year – subject to conditions (see tinyurl.com/mvfp522). Perhaps consider writing an article on the subject for your local paper.

It is worth persevering if HMRC refused to suspend a penalty for careless error as the decision of the First-tier Tribunal in Duncan shows. Make sure the conditions proposed are specific and will help to prevent similar inaccuracies occurring.

Have you any partnership clients who would be affected by HMRC’s proposals to change the taxation of these entities? It could be worth reviewing them to see which ones would have to make changes to conform should the new measures go ahead.

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14 November 2016

Put your client admin into motion.

Check that your business and charity clients have claimed the employment allowance. This is worth up to £3 000 a year – subject to conditions (see tinyurl.com/mvfp522). Perhaps consider writing an article on the subject for your local paper.

It is worth persevering if HMRC refused to suspend a penalty for careless error as the decision of the First-tier Tribunal in Duncan shows. Make sure the conditions proposed are specific and will help to prevent similar inaccuracies occurring.

Have you any partnership clients who would be affected by HMRC’s proposals to change the taxation of these entities? It could be worth reviewing them to see which ones would have to make changes to conform should the new measures go ahead.