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Budget 2013 – non tax changes
Following the earlier blog on the more major changes in taxation announced in the 2013 Budget, the following (although including some taxation references) are essentially the other announcements made in the 2013 Budget. Help for home buyers Two schemes are available. Help to buy: equity loan This scheme will run for three years from 1…
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Budget 2013 – Tax Implications
Following our successful Budget Update events today, I’ve been asked to post some of the headline tax changes announced by George Osborne. The full list of rates and allowances is available to download elsewhere on our web site and on the FREE Burgis & Bullock mobile APP at the following link. Personal tax allowance 2014-15 The coalition…
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Coventry City FC head towards Administration
The long running dispute between the football club and the owners of the Ricoh Arena (ACL) over an alleged £1.3 Million in rent arrears has come to a head this week with ACL petitioning the High Court to put the Club into Administration. Whilst this doesn’t look at first sight like good news, it is…
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Year End Tax Saving Tips
Although the budget is upon us and we’re just 3 weeks away from the end of the tax year, there are still a number of opportunities available to save tax in the current year. Here we explain just a few but there are many more we simply don’t have space to explain in detail here.…
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Can you rely on VAT advice?
When you telephone the H M Revenue & Customs National Advice Service, are you relying on the advice that you are given? Moreover do you expect that H M Revenue & Customs will allow you to continue to rely on that advice ? In tax parlance, it is recognised that a taxpayer has a “legitimate…
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Are small businesses targeted by HMRC?
HMRC would argue that all businesses have their taxation affairs scrutinised equally and fairly, but a cursory glance at some recent statistics make us wonder. In 2011 tax inspectors raided 499 homes and business premises, a 155% increase on 2010. The amount of extra revenue raised through investigations has soared to £434 million a year.…
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Grant Funding available in West Midlands
Does your business employ less than 250 full time staff; received public funding less than EUR 200,000 in the last 3 years; be creating jobs in the next 12 months; or has your business been refused a loan or other credit facility? If the answer to the above is YES then your business may qualify…
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Can my tax affairs be made public?
Well, if you’re on the Inland revenue naughty list they certainly can! In another interesting development HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have for the first time published a list of ‘deliberate defaulters’ who have been found to have underpaid at least £25,000 of tax during enquiries into their 2010 tax affairs. The list features nine…
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VAT Penalty on Incorporation?
Have you recently changed legal entity, for example by incorporating a sole proprietorship or partnership ? Or has a sole proprietor taken someone into partnership? If you have, be sure to advise H M Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) within 30 days of the change! Why? Because if you don’t there is a growing likelihood that…
Businesses from across the Stratford district came together last week for a successful networking event hosted at the picturesque Wootton Park. The event provided an excellent opportunity for local business owners and professionals to build new connections, share experiences and gain valuable insights to support the growth and success of …
October 7, 2026
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