All the team at Finton Doyle are delighted to announce that we have been selected as a finalist for the Accountancy Firm of the Year (up to 5 partners) for the North West Finance Awards. After an anonymous nomination put Finton Doyle forward for the award, and a thorough interview on the 19th July by […]
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The temporary relaxation of the RTI reporting requirements for small employers has been extended from 5 October 2013 to 5 April 2014. Under RTI you’re required to send a full payment submission report to HMRC every time you pay employees on or before the date of payment. The relaxation applies to employers with fewer than […]
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Did you know there is no time limit for claiming a premium bond win, with the oldest outstanding prize dating back to 1957? Currently National Savings and Investments (NS&I) are looking for the winners of nearly £44million premium bond prizes. There is no time limit for claiming a premium bond win, each prize is held […]
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April 2013 saw the introduction of a new cash basis for calculating taxable income for small unincorporated businesses. The first measure will allow eligible unincorporated businesses to calculate taxable income figures on a simpler cash basis, if this suits the business and the second measure will allow all unincorporated businesses to choose to use flat […]
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The Government has accepted the Independent Low Pay Commission’s (LPC’s) recommendations to increase this years adult and youth wage rates. From the 1st October 2013 the National Minimum Wage will be: • The adult rate (20 years plus) will increase by 12p to £6.31 an hour • The 18-20 year old rate will increase by […]
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Have you been approached by firms that promise you instant cash from your pension fund? This is known as pension liberation, and involves taking cash from your pension fund before you reach the retirement age set by your pension scheme. Unscrupulous firms persuade individuals to apply to move their pension funds out of their current […]
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HMRC has introduced approximately 20 toolkits which provide guidance on areas of error that they regularly see in tax returns. The toolkits set out the steps that you can take in order to reduce those errors and also provide some good advice on record keeping. The toolkits are available to download free of charge from […]
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As you know the new tax year commenced on the 6th April, but what will it mean for you? Your personal allowance (the amount of income you can keep before paying tax) will increase from £8105 to £9440. The personal allowance for older people has been frozen at the same levels as 2012/13. For those […]
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Many of our clients have received emails claiming to be from HMRC but which are in fact a scam. They almost always tempt the recipient with a ‘tax refund’ which will be processed upon the confirmation of personal information, any of which could be used for a variety of criminal activities.So, how do you spot […]
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All the Key Dates & Deadlines for the rest of 2013 & start of 2014 • 19.05.13 – P14, P35. P38 and P38A – file online • 31.05.13 – Issue P60s to employees • 06.07.13 – P9D, P11D and P11Db – also issue copies to employees • 19.07.13 – Class 1A NICs 2012/13 payment due […]
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