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Minimum pension contributions are set to increase from 6 April 2019:   Duration   Employer minimum   Total minimum contribution   Current contributions   2%   5%   6 April 2019 onwards   3%   8%   The Pensions Regulator has produced guidance for employers on dealing with the increase including a letter template to advise employees of the change. Read the full article…

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) are the legal minimum wage rates that must be paid to employees. Employers are liable to be penalised for not complying with the NMW and NLW rules. There are different levels of NMW and NLW, depending on age and whether the employee is an apprentice. The rates are due to Read the full article…

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mel Stride, has made a statement to the House of Commons setting out HMRC’s progress on delivery of Making Tax Digital (MTD). He confirmed there would be no further delays in implementation. For most businesses, compliance with the regulations is mandated for VAT return periods beginning on or after 1 April 2019. However, MTD Read the full article…

Introduction When we write these reports on the chancellor’s Budget speeches – and, more latterly, his Spring Statements – we always try and put them in the relevant political and economic context. This year it is impossible not to put the Spring Statement in a political context. On Monday night, the Prime Minister flew to Strasbourg and yet another meeting Read the full article…

If you would like to take advantage of any year end tax planning opportunities before the end of the tax year on 5th April, you will need to take action now. Making the most of your tax allowances for Pensions, ISAs, CGT, IHT and Income Tax, is vital to ensuring your financial affairs are organised as efficiently as possible. To Read the full article…

IN Accountancy are once again supporting Francis House Children’s Hospice Easter Chick appeal and would love your help! Last year we donated around 120 cream eggs to the appeal and we would love to beat this number this year. You can join in and show your support by getting really crafty and creative and making some chicks to carry the Read the full article…

Brexit VAT Update: While you may be rather bored of Brexit dominating the news at present, we thought it important to try to cut through the noise and give you some really clear bullet points on how a ‘no deal’ Brexit might impact you, particularly relating to your VAT processes if you import and export within the EU. Please note, Read the full article…

Now this, I suspect I might get in trouble for… Some of you will already know that aside from your accounts, his Dalmatian and the Lake District, Andrew Tyler has another passion in his life – the saxophone, which he plays in not one, not two, but three big bands. The last couple of weeks have been pretty exciting for Read the full article…

Award winning Stockport Accountants IN Accountancy are looking for a  dynamic, forward thinking, tech savvy accountant with good experience in practice to join their growing team. The firm has gone from strength to strength in it’s almost six years in business, having started as an additional service providing tax review and reclaim work to high net worth individual clients. IN Accountancy then Read the full article…

Since 2017, HMRC has captured millions of callers’ voice data on its Voice ID system by encouraging the caller to say a key phrase instead of the conventional password to gain access to their accounts. However, non-profit organisation Big Brother Watch warns that people have been ‘railroaded into a mass ID scheme by the back door’ and has reported HMRC Read the full article…