Posts By: ilyas Patel

Monster Charges

And so it starts, the persecution, prosecution and penalties for Small Businesses as the Regulator confirms there has been a considerable increase in the number of compliance notices issue; with some small firms failing to get their affairs in order until they were issued a fixed penalty notice of £400. When they rolled out the… Read more »

2016 for small business owners…

What will 2016 hold for small business owners? Well aside from the new rules on pensions that turn all employers (even if it’s just a single carer or gardener on the books) into pension providers and contributors through Auto Enrolment, there’s the new quarterly tax returns now that HMRC is pushing. This aim is to… Read more »

Confused by Auto Enrolment – understandable

Whether you employ one member of staff or a factory-full of staff, a cleaner, carer, gardener or bookkeeper… you MUST provide the opportunity for a workplace pension; you have no choice on this. The government has rolled out Auto Enrolment and you’re caught up in it if you employ anyone. Sorry this is not nicer… Read more »

Landlords at Risk

  The headlines look worrying for property investors and landlords, with concerns that the recent Budget had “..dealt a sledge hammer blow for property investors..” Trust us though, this is doesn’t need to turn out badly; we have solutions that not only lessen the impact but can turn this into a positive outcome. Now though… Read more »

Casual Staff & Auto Enrolment Q&A

AUTO ENROLMENT – questions from our clients, answered: QUESTION:  “We use casual workers only and usually pay them cash – are we exempt as employers for Auto-Enrolment?” ANSWER: No you are not automatically exempt. Without a PAYE reference, the staging date for casual staff will be 1 April 2017. However, If you have no casual… Read more »

Future Auto-Enrolment Failures

Running a business is a serious undertaking with demands on both time and money, so there will be a degree of empathy for the small and micro businesses that are about to hit their staging dates. The cost burden firms are already facing is only going to grow, with Now: Pensions, who recently announced it would be… Read more »

Get Tax Back for R & D

How much are you missing out on? All the effort you put into researching what you do and how to do it better, all the development you’ve done to get you this far… may qualify for valuable Tax Credits. Are you missing out? How much further can you take your business when you can afford… Read more »

You & Auto Enrolment

There is no choice, no way round it and HMRC will not be lenient; Automatic Enrolment is a Government initiative that all employers must comply with. Whether you employ one gardener or a workforce of hundreds, Auto Enrolment is designed to help more people save for later life, through a pension scheme at work. This… Read more »