Baines Jewitt publications

Factsheets

10 steps to help prevent insolvency

2024 Budget Summary

6% increase in Corporation Tax from 1st April will hit local businesses

A clearer picture of Companies House reform – Making sense of what is coming

A quick guide to paying tax on your pension

A third of UK business owners do not know their company’s value – do you?

A wealth of expertise

Accountancy move for tax expert

Accounting Records

Additional 900,000 sole traders pulled into MTD for Income Tax

Addressing the skills challenge

Agency Workers Regulations

Agriculture – Issue 2 2024

Almost 50 per cent of businesses forgot vital research and development forms

An essential financial opportunity to maximise your State Pension

Analysing the winners and losers after the government’s latest financial plans

Annual Leave

Are banks supportive of SMEs and willing to assist their growth?

Are barriers to investment harming your productivity?

Are tax rises on the horizon? What recent activity at The Treasury means for you and your business

Are you claiming the right office-based expenses?

Are you ready for changes to Limited Liability Partnerships salaried member rules?

Are you ready for changes to R&D tax reliefs in 2023?

Are your systems ready for MTD? Five things to check as the clock ticks down

Audit rules are changing – Get ready

Autumn Budget 2024

Autumn Budget 2024

Autumn Budget delivers Inheritance Tax blow to pension savers

Autumn Statement 2022

Autumn Statement 2023

Autumn Statement 2023

Avoid stress and prepare for payroll year-end

Avoid these costly VAT mistakes

Award success for Baines Jewitt employee

Back to basics: Job expenses

Bad debts on the rise – Time to crack down

Baines Jewitt – A Teesside Golf Club’s Sponsor

Baines Jewitt and Heinzmann UK Ltd are celebrating a 40 year collaborative relationship

Baines Jewitt boosts professional support for North East businesses with appointment of payroll manager

Baines Jewitt features in the latest issue of Tees Business magazine

Baines Jewitt supports North East football

Baines Jewitt welcomes new intake of recruits

Baines Jewitt welcomes new recruits

Be prepared for business rate changes as rateable value update takes effect

Become an eco-conscious business – taking advantage of Climate Change Agreements

Beware tax avoidance scheme promoters – HMRC cracks down with new powers

Big changes are coming to FRS 102 – How can you prepare?

Brexit’s next chapter: EU announces new Green Tax and VAT rules

Bribery Act 2010

Bring Your Own Device

Budget Reflections

Budgeting for the unknown – Contingency strategies and tips for businesses

Business Motoring

Business networking event opens doors to firm friendships

Business Plans

Business Structures

Business Update – Issue 1 2024

Business Update – Issue 1 2025

Business Update – Issue 2 2024

Business Update – Issue 2 2025

Business Update – Issue 3 2023

Business Update – Issue 3 2024

Business Update – Issue 3 2025

Business Update – Issue 4 2023

Business Update – Issue 4 2024

Business Update – Issue 4 2025

Business Update – Issue 1 2023

Business Update – Issue 2 2023

Business Update – Issue 4 2022

Businesses left to pick up the tab for Employment Rights Bill

Businesses must be prepared for imminent changes to Corporation Tax

Businesses must get to grips with a Government crackdown on fraud committed by employees

Can you afford a £7,300 fine from Companies House?

Can you afford to miss your Companies House deadline?

Capital Allowances

Capital allowances for commercial property owners explained

Capital allowances: Full Expensing vs Annual Investment Allowance vs Writing-Down Allowances

Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gains Tax (Family Home)

Capital Gains Tax is increasing – What does this mean for you?

Cars for Employees

Cash Basis for the Self-Employed

Cash flow constraints – 57 per cent of businesses warn of rising costs

Chancellor abolishes Lifetime Allowance in pensions shake-up

Change to dividend reporting to affect thousands of owner-managed businesses

Changes to free childcare, but higher earners will still miss out

Changes to the repayment of Student Loans begin in August

Charitable Giving

Charities in Scotland: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Charities: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Charity- Issue 1 2025

Charity- Issue 2 2024

Chartered accountancy success for former trainee

Chief UK economist warns of period of stagnation – How will this affect your SME?

Child Benefit Charge

Child Benefit repayments changing for thousands this summer

Christmas cheer or tax liability? How ‘trivial benefits’ impact your business

Closing the skills gap

Commitment to training adds up

Community Amateur Sports Clubs

Companies House service goes digital

Companies: Tax Saving Opportunities

Company Electric Car – HMRC introduces two separate rates

Company Secretarial Duties

Complete Suite of Information Factsheets

Confusion on savings interest – HMRC weighs in

Congratulations to Lewis Poppleton

Construction Industry Scheme

Corporate Support for Teesside Hospice

Corporation Tax Quarterly Instalment Payments

Corporation Tax: Quarterly Instalment Payments

Corporation Tax: Self Assessment

Could I Really Make a Go of It?

Could you enjoy a slice of the £1.6bn creative industry tax reliefs?

Could your latest LinkedIn post expose you to tax penalties?

Credit Control

Criminal Finances Act 2017

Crypto asset disposals under scrutiny from HMRC

Crypto transactions to become part of Self-Assessment under new regulations

Data Security: Access

Data Security: Backup

Data Security: Cloud and Outsourcing

Data Security: Data Loss Risk Reduction

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulation – Ensuring Compliance

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulatory Framework

Directors’ Responsibilities

Discrimination

Dismissal Procedures

Double promotion helps Baines Jewitt plan for the future

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Companies House changes now in effect

Eight in 10 small business owners have no exit plan – Do you?

Eight ways your accountant can boost the success of your business

Employee benefits and mandatory payroll reporting

Employee Expenses

Employee Ownership Trusts – Your key to a tax-efficient exit?

Employer Supported Childcare

Employers brace for uplift to the National Minimum Wage

Employers squeezed as wages and National Insurance rise

Employment Benefits

Enterprise Investment Scheme

Exiting the slow lane – Sustaining growth in uncertain times

Facing a skills shortage? Here’s how to solve it

Financial strategies for businesses facing labour shortages

Find out why Baines Jewitt’s new offices are ideal for its growth plans.

Fiscal drag and tax thresholds: What does it mean for you

Fiscal drag bites on earners

Fiscal Statement

Five steps to growing your business, safely

Fixed Rate Expenses

Four new investment zones unveiled and how they could help your business

Franchising

Fraud and How to Spot It

Fuel rate boost for electric car drivers, but other advisory fuel rates cut

Funded and thriving: Understanding financing

Fur and finance – Tax compliance in animal sales

Furnished Holiday Lets – What tax reliefs are available?

Further success for Lewis

Going green – The financial benefits of investing in a cleaner future

Good luck Brittany

Government announces shakeup in the payment of Benefits in Kind

Government increases interest rate on late tax payments

Graduation ceremony success

Grants

Gratuities and tips – what the delay to the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 means for you

Green levies on UK businesses to be cut

Happy retirement Mike!

Healthcare- Issue 2 2024

High-income earners need to re-register for child benefit

HMRC income tax receipts rise by £2 billion

HMRC is closing its free Company Tax Return service

HMRC sets its sights on unpaid crypto tax

HMRC targets overseas taxpayers

HMRC updates the factsheet for self-review of the National Minimum Wage

HMRC’s bookkeeping shake-up: New rules for 2025 and beyond

Holiday accrual to come in for zero-hours workers

Homeworking and Tax Relief for Employees

Homeworking Costs for the Self Employed

How can artificial intelligence deliver unexpected savings within your business?

How can SMEs learn to thrive, rather than just survive?

How can you achieve taxation ‘quick wins’ before the end of the tax year

How does Full Expensing work?

How have the increases in employment costs affected wage growth and hiring?

How HMRC treats cryptoassets disposed of by businesses

How to capitalise on the Government’s AI push

How to deal with the rising impact of Inheritance Tax on family homes

How to keep workplace gifts tax-free this Christmas

How to keep your business afloat amid rising HMRC pressures

How to maximise tax relief on losses to offset higher employment costs

How to prepare for an unexpected economic recovery

How to protect your business from inflation

How to protect your business from Kittel VAT risks

Huge congratulations to our senior accounting technician Jane.

I am unable to pay my Income Tax bill – What can I do?

Identity crisis – Companies House begins to verify identities

Identity verification deadline confirmed – Are you prepared?

Incorporation

Increase to Companies House fees: What you need to know

Increased borrowing could mean increased taxes, experts warn

Individual Savings Accounts

Inflation and increased interest rates – What do they mean for businesses?

Inheritance Tax Avoidance

Inheritance Tax Summary

Insolvency

Insuring Your Business

Internet and Email Access Policy

Introduction of a National Insurance credit scheme to help tackle child benefit gaps

Invoice fraud becoming a significant problem

IR35 Personal Service Companies

IR35 rules – What they are and why they matter

Is 2025 your year to incorporate? Here are our top tips

Is it time to restructure your business?

Is setting up a limited company in the UK a wise business move?

Is your remuneration strategy still tax-efficient in 2025/26?

Joint owners of Furnished Holiday Lets prepare for increased taxes

King’s Speech – What did he say? Why does it matter to you?

Kittel VAT: How to control the uncontrollable

Labour introduces harsher penalties for late Self Assessment taxpayers

Labour pledges to avoid raising taxes ‘on working people’

Labour’s election win – Understanding its impact on your finances

Land and Buildings Transition Tax

Land Transaction Tax

Landlords are latest group targeted by HMRC ‘nudge’ letters

Late interest penalties hit 1.4 million taxpayers – and it could get worse

Limited Liability Partnerships

Make voluntary National Insurance contributions to ensure pension entitlement

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – Government kills off confusing year-end statement

Making Tax Digital for Individuals

Making Tax Digital for VAT

Making Tax Digital – Understanding the new penalty regime

Management accounts: The importance of having a clear view of your business during uncertain times

Management buyouts – An alternative approach to exit and succession

Managing Absence

Mandatory payrolling of Benefits in Kind delayed by HMRC

Micro Entity Accounting

Mind the (tax) gap – Why HMRC may have SMEs in its sights

Mini Budget 2022

Mini-Budget – what’s staying and what’s going?

Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime

Money Laundering High Value Dealers

MPs support move to crackdown on unqualified accountants

MTD for ITSA is delayed. Should you still go ahead with cloud accounting?

Narrative Reporting

National Insurance

Navigate the future

Navigating the challenge of late payments

New Advisory Fuel Rates

New law delivers even-handed treatment for separating couples

New R&D supplementary information form in effect

New rules to address the soaring cost of card payment fees

New rules, new pressures

New shareholder dividend reporting requirements are fast approaching

New tax year – new tax rules

Northern Chartered Accountants Students’ Society (NCASS) dinner

Occupational Pension Schemes: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Only six months left to prepare for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – Act now

Optimising credit control policies to deal with chronic late payers

Our Membership of the UK200Group: What it means for our clients

Over 680,000 higher rate taxpayers opt out of child benefit as thresholds remain frozen

Overhaul of non-dom tax status – What does it mean for those affected?

P11D – Are you ready to report and pay tax on Benefits in Kind?

P11D – Remember to report before the July deadline!

Pastures new for Janet

Paying your employees will cost you more after 6 April 2025

Payroll: Basic Procedures

Payroll: Real Time Information

Pension Savings – Tax Aspects

Pensions: Automatic Enrollment

Pensions: Tax Treatment on Death

People investment pays off

Personal Tax: Dividends and Interest

Personal Tax: Self Assessment

Personal Tax: When is Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax Payable

Planning your exit? Watch out for Business Asset Disposal Relief changes

Please leave a message – HMRC dispute resolution hotline restricted to answerphone

Positive Outlook

Preparing for the second payment on account – and what happens when you can’t pay?

Preparing for Your Accountant

Property Investment: Buy to Let

Property Investment: Tax Aspects

Proud sponsors of Stockton Cricket Club…..and a great season!

Putting the brakes on excessive National Insurance payments through car allowances

R&D tax reliefs are changing in April – Are you ready?

Raising Finance

Received a ‘One to Many’ letter recently?

Recruitment drive adds up for Baines Jewitt

Recruitment Procedures: Employment Law

Recruitment Procedures: Seven Steps

Redundancy Procedures

Redundancy regulations are changing – what it means for your payroll and policies

Register of People with Significant Control

Reminder – The deadline to register for Self-Assessment is approaching

Repeal of Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime – Last chance for capital allowance claims

Research and Development

Roadside charging – How to account for credit card payments

Run your business from home? Get to know your VAT entitlement

Running A Limited Company

Running a Limited Company

Scaling up – How you can grow your business in 2024

Securing Business Success

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Self-Assessment taxpayers warned of next payment deadline

Share Ownership for Employees

Should I be worrying about the size of my pension? Inheritance Tax reform raises questions about tax-efficient investment

Should you buy a double cab pickup before April 2025?

Should you submit your 2024/25 Self Assessment return at the start of this tax year?

Small Company Accounting

SME late payments surge: How to mitigate the impact

SME recovery continues as sustainability and growth take centre stage

SMEs to benefit from Chancellor’s change to the Research & Development tax credits schemes

Social Enterprise Entity Structures

Sole traders – Is there a benefit to van ownership?

Sources of Finance

Spring Budget 2023

Spring Budget 2023

Spring Budget 2024

Spring Budget 2024

Spring Budget ushers in property tax shake-up

Spring Statement 2025

Spring Statement 2025

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Starting Up in Business

Statutory Pay

Statutory Residence Test

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 Year Celebration

Strategies for Business Growth: A Financial Perspective

Striking the perfect balance: Director’s salary and dividends for 2023/24

Support for Teesside Music Society

Supporting the Arts: Baines Jewitt Sponsors Teesside Music Society Concert with Benjamin Frith and Heidi Rolfe

Tax basis – Getting ready for the end of the transitional year

Tax expert is appointed Lady Captain of Hartlepool Golf Club

Tax Free Childcare

Tax-Free Investment Zones – How could they support growth?

Taxation of the Family

Taxation planning should be an ongoing process, not just pre-Budget

Taxes on the rise: A certainty, not a possibility

Ten-year anniversary

The benefits of Employee Ownership Trusts

The benefits of HMRC’s salary advance reporting changes

The Chancellor’s Budget is coming – It is time to prepare

The cybercriminals are coming – Is your business ready?

The danger of uncertainty – How the economy and Autumn 2025 Budget may be holding back investment

The dangers of non-compliance with the new Companies House ID verification

The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 – understanding the impact on pay in the hospitality sector

The Employment Rights Bill – Why it matters for your future finances and success

The future of payments – Cards, cash and beyond

The Government may be setting sights on Inheritance Tax

The hidden economy: What income should you declare?

The impact of increased Corporation Tax receipts for business owners

The ins and outs of pre-notification of R&D claims

The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage

The New Tax Status Rules: IT, CGT and IHT

The rate of late tax payments interest rates continues to rise

The rise of the higher rate taxpayer

The rise of the machines – How artificial intelligence can elevate your SME to new heights

The value of technology – Why you should not rule out investment

Think about the support you need for your business

Three easy ways to manage your director’s loan account

Three great reasons to file your tax return early

Three tips for managing maternity and paternity pay for small businesses

Time is running out to check for gaps in your State Pension record!

Time is running out to make use of the super-deduction

Time to exit: New research shows many business owners are planning ahead

Time to rethink your property portfolio? What you need to consider

Too many businesses falling into VAT traps

Too many sole traders are still missing out on their State Pension

Top tips for securing finance for new businesses

Total Income Tax and National Insurance income hits new high

Tour of port and river Tees highlights economic importance to the region

Trainee chartered accountant aims for new heights

Travel and Subsistence

Trivial benefits in kind and the advantages they give to employers

Trivial benefits in kind: A quick guide for employers

Trusts

UK Business Confidence Survey 2023: Insights from Baines Jewitt

UK company law is changing – Get ready now!

Understanding the new electric car charging rules

Unlocking growth: Grant funding

Upcoming Inheritance Tax changes that could affect you

Using an iPhone? Keep an eye out for tax refund scammers

Valuing Your Business

VAT: Annual Accounting Scheme

VAT: Bad Debt Relief

VAT: Cash Accounting

VAT: Flat Rate Scheme

VAT: Points for Smaller Business

Venture Capital Trusts

Wage growth slows and unemployment rises – What this may mean for your business in months to come

We’ve moved!

What are the implications of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment for Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises?

What are the risks with directors’ loans?

What does Sterling’s historic value against the dollar mean for investment?

What does the former Chancellor’s cut to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) mean for you?

What does the Government’s plan for small businesses mean for you?

What is the most tax-efficient salary choice for you after the Budget?

What is the Residence Nil-Band Rate? And why does it matter to you?

What the summer could mean for your business

What you need to know about the High-Income Child Benefit charge and the upcoming changes

What you should include in a business plan

What’s on the horizon for taxation?

When are interest rates likely to fall and why does it matter to you?

When can you take a dividend from your business?

Why capital allowances should be top of your to-do list this April

Why companies fail to pay the National Minimum Wage and how to avoid the same mistakes

Why integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) into your reports can help grow your business

Why you need to meet with your accountant before April

Why your business needs to prioritise sustainable practices now

Will a minimum wage rise trigger unexpected student loan repayments?

Will Trump’s tariffs impact your business?

With Income Tax unlikely to change, is it worth altering your dividend-based salary strategy?

Work milestone for Gill

World class exam success for chartered accountancy trainee

Worried about a new tax bill? A guide for pensioners

Year End Tax Planning Guide – February 2024

Year End Tax Planning Guide – Spring 2023

Year End Tax Planning Guide 2025

£56 million overpaid in pension tax

Business Newsletters

Business Update – Issue 4 2025

Baines Jewitt welcomes new recruits

Company Electric Car – HMRC introduces two separate rates

HMRC updates the factsheet for self-review of the National Minimum Wage

New shareholder dividend reporting requirements are fast approaching

The dangers of non-compliance with the new Companies House ID verification

Big changes are coming to FRS 102 – How can you prepare?

Eight in 10 small business owners have no exit plan – Do you?

Making Tax Digital – Understanding the new penalty regime

Work milestone for Gill

Happy retirement Mike!

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 Year Celebration

Identity verification deadline confirmed – Are you prepared?

Could your latest LinkedIn post expose you to tax penalties?

The Government may be setting sights on Inheritance Tax

The danger of uncertainty – How the economy and Autumn 2025 Budget may be holding back investment

How have the increases in employment costs affected wage growth and hiring?

Only six months left to prepare for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – Act now

What does the Government’s plan for small businesses mean for you?

A wealth of expertise

Proud sponsors of Stockton Cricket Club…..and a great season!

Ten-year anniversary

Wage growth slows and unemployment rises – What this may mean for your business in months to come

The cybercriminals are coming – Is your business ready?

How can artificial intelligence deliver unexpected savings within your business?

Should I be worrying about the size of my pension? Inheritance Tax reform raises questions about tax-efficient investment

Unlocking growth: Grant funding

The Employment Rights Bill – Why it matters for your future finances and success

A clearer picture of Companies House reform – Making sense of what is coming

Running a Limited Company

Further success for Lewis

Business Update – Issue 3 2025

Are tax rises on the horizon? What recent activity at The Treasury means for you and your business

Cash flow constraints – 57 per cent of businesses warn of rising costs

Green levies on UK businesses to be cut

Child Benefit repayments changing for thousands this summer

Are your systems ready for MTD? Five things to check as the clock ticks down

Mind the (tax) gap – Why HMRC may have SMEs in its sights

Mandatory payrolling of Benefits in Kind delayed by HMRC

Kittel VAT: How to control the uncontrollable

Increased borrowing could mean increased taxes, experts warn

How to prepare for an unexpected economic recovery

Identity crisis – Companies House begins to verify identities

Too many sole traders are still missing out on their State Pension

Three easy ways to manage your director’s loan account

People investment pays off

Award success for Baines Jewitt employee

How to maximise tax relief on losses to offset higher employment costs

How HMRC treats cryptoassets disposed of by businesses

HMRC is closing its free Company Tax Return service

Joint owners of Furnished Holiday Lets prepare for increased taxes

Beware tax avoidance scheme promoters – HMRC cracks down with new powers

Is your remuneration strategy still tax-efficient in 2025/26?

Capital allowances: Full Expensing vs Annual Investment Allowance vs Writing-Down Allowances

Business Update – Issue 2 2025

Pension Savings – Tax Aspects

The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage

The New Tax Status Rules: IT, CGT and IHT

Double promotion helps Baines Jewitt plan for the future

Charity- Issue 1 2025

New rules, new pressures

Too many businesses falling into VAT traps

Additional 900,000 sole traders pulled into MTD for Income Tax

Labour introduces harsher penalties for late Self Assessment taxpayers

Should you submit your 2024/25 Self Assessment return at the start of this tax year?

Why capital allowances should be top of your to-do list this April

Change to dividend reporting to affect thousands of owner-managed businesses

Complete Suite of Information Factsheets

Discrimination

Commitment to training adds up

Chartered accountancy success for former trainee

Spring Statement 2025

Spring Statement 2025

Planning your exit? Watch out for Business Asset Disposal Relief changes

Paying your employees will cost you more after 6 April 2025

Why you need to meet with your accountant before April

Upcoming Inheritance Tax changes that could affect you

Time is running out to check for gaps in your State Pension record!

Will Trump’s tariffs impact your business?

Charity- Issue 2 2024

Healthcare- Issue 2 2024

Agriculture – Issue 2 2024

Year End Tax Planning Guide 2025

Business Update – Issue 1 2025

Fur and finance – Tax compliance in animal sales

Optimising credit control policies to deal with chronic late payers

Budgeting for the unknown – Contingency strategies and tips for businesses

How to capitalise on the Government’s AI push

Received a ‘One to Many’ letter recently?

Will a minimum wage rise trigger unexpected student loan repayments?

HMRC’s bookkeeping shake-up: New rules for 2025 and beyond

Confusion on savings interest – HMRC weighs in

Become an eco-conscious business – taking advantage of Climate Change Agreements

Sole traders – Is there a benefit to van ownership?

What are the risks with directors’ loans?

Is 2025 your year to incorporate? Here are our top tips

Employee Ownership Trusts – Your key to a tax-efficient exit?

Are you claiming the right office-based expenses?

I am unable to pay my Income Tax bill – What can I do?

What is the most tax-efficient salary choice for you after the Budget?

Should you buy a double cab pickup before April 2025?

Christmas cheer or tax liability? How ‘trivial benefits’ impact your business

Budget Reflections

Business Update – Issue 4 2024

Capital Gains Tax is increasing – What does this mean for you?

Employers squeezed as wages and National Insurance rise

Bad debts on the rise – Time to crack down

Autumn Budget delivers Inheritance Tax blow to pension savers

The value of technology – Why you should not rule out investment

Businesses left to pick up the tab for Employment Rights Bill

Autumn Budget 2024

Autumn Budget 2024

Fiscal drag and tax thresholds: What does it mean for you

With Income Tax unlikely to change, is it worth altering your dividend-based salary strategy?

Labour pledges to avoid raising taxes ‘on working people’

How to protect your business from Kittel VAT risks

Capital allowances for commercial property owners explained

Is it time to restructure your business?

Financial strategies for businesses facing labour shortages

Baines Jewitt supports North East football

Supporting the Arts: Baines Jewitt Sponsors Teesside Music Society Concert with Benjamin Frith and Heidi Rolfe

Reminder – The deadline to register for Self-Assessment is approaching

Repeal of Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime – Last chance for capital allowance claims

Why your business needs to prioritise sustainable practices now

Why integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) into your reports can help grow your business

Facing a skills shortage? Here’s how to solve it

Crypto asset disposals under scrutiny from HMRC

Congratulations to Lewis Poppleton

Navigate the future

SME late payments surge: How to mitigate the impact

How to keep your business afloat amid rising HMRC pressures

Worried about a new tax bill? A guide for pensioners

Audit rules are changing – Get ready

The Chancellor’s Budget is coming – It is time to prepare

King’s Speech – What did he say? Why does it matter to you?

Good luck Brittany

Business Update – Issue 3 2024

Management buyouts – An alternative approach to exit and succession

What the summer could mean for your business

Total Income Tax and National Insurance income hits new high

Invoice fraud becoming a significant problem

Taxes on the rise: A certainty, not a possibility

Labour’s election win – Understanding its impact on your finances

Tour of port and river Tees highlights economic importance to the region

Are you ready for changes to Limited Liability Partnerships salaried member rules?

Using an iPhone? Keep an eye out for tax refund scammers

Increase to Companies House fees: What you need to know

New Advisory Fuel Rates

Three great reasons to file your tax return early

Graduation ceremony success

Northern Chartered Accountants Students’ Society (NCASS) dinner

Business Update – Issue 2 2024

The rise of the higher rate taxpayer

High-income earners need to re-register for child benefit

P11D – Remember to report before the July deadline!

SME recovery continues as sustainability and growth take centre stage

Preparing for the second payment on account – and what happens when you can’t pay?

Gratuities and tips – what the delay to the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 means for you

Business networking event opens doors to firm friendships

Accountancy move for tax expert

Corporation Tax Quarterly Instalment Payments

Running A Limited Company

Bring Your Own Device

Baines Jewitt – A Teesside Golf Club’s Sponsor

Venture Capital Trusts

VAT: Points for Smaller Business

VAT: Flat Rate Scheme

VAT: Cash Accounting

VAT: Bad Debt Relief

VAT: Annual Accounting Scheme

Social Enterprise Entity Structures

Valuing Your Business

Trusts

Travel and Subsistence

Taxation of the Family

Tax Free Childcare

Statutory Residence Test

Small Company Accounting

Statutory Pay

Share Ownership for Employees

Starting Up in Business

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Securing Business Success

Sources of Finance

Research and Development

Personal Tax: Self Assessment

Personal Tax: Dividends and Interest

Register of People with Significant Control

Pensions: Tax Treatment on Death

Redundancy Procedures

Pensions: Automatic Enrollment

Recruitment Procedures: Employment Law

Payroll: Real Time Information

Recruitment Procedures: Seven Steps

Payroll: Basic Procedures

Raising Finance

Property Investment: Tax Aspects

Property Investment: Buy to Let

Preparing for Your Accountant

Personal Tax: When is Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax Payable

Internet and Email Access Policy

Money Laundering High Value Dealers

Insuring Your Business

Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime

Micro Entity Accounting

Managing Absence

Making Tax Digital for VAT

Making Tax Digital for Individuals

Limited Liability Partnerships

Land Transaction Tax

Occupational Pension Schemes: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Land and Buildings Transition Tax

National Insurance

IR35 Personal Service Companies

Narrative Reporting

Grants

Fraud and How to Spot It

Franchising

Fixed Rate Expenses

Insolvency

Enterprise Investment Scheme

Inheritance Tax Avoidance

Employment Benefits

Inheritance Tax Summary

Employer Supported Childcare

Individual Savings Accounts

Employee Expenses

Incorporation

Homeworking Costs for the Self Employed

Homeworking and Tax Relief for Employees

Corporation Tax: Self Assessment

Directors’ Responsibilities

Corporation Tax: Quarterly Instalment Payments

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulation – Ensuring Compliance

Construction Industry Scheme

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulatory Framework

Company Secretarial Duties

Data Security: Data Loss Risk Reduction

Data Security: Cloud and Outsourcing

Data Security: Backup

Data Security: Access

Criminal Finances Act 2017

Credit Control

Could I Really Make a Go of It?

Dismissal Procedures

Community Amateur Sports Clubs

Child Benefit Charge

Charities in Scotland: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Charities: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Agency Workers Regulations

Charitable Giving

Annual Leave

Cash Basis for the Self-Employed

Bribery Act 2010

Cars for Employees

Business Motoring

Capital Gains Tax (Family Home)

Business Plans

Capital Gains Tax

Business Structures

Capital Allowances

Companies: Tax Saving Opportunities

Accounting Records

Five steps to growing your business, safely

Are barriers to investment harming your productivity?

A third of UK business owners do not know their company’s value – do you?

HMRC income tax receipts rise by £2 billion

Redundancy regulations are changing – what it means for your payroll and policies

New tax year – new tax rules

Closing the skills gap

What are the implications of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment for Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises?

The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 – understanding the impact on pay in the hospitality sector

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Companies House changes now in effect

Run your business from home? Get to know your VAT entitlement

Holiday accrual to come in for zero-hours workers

Overhaul of non-dom tax status – What does it mean for those affected?

Spring Budget ushers in property tax shake-up

Positive Outlook

2024 Budget Summary

Spring Budget 2024

Spring Budget 2024

Strategies for Business Growth: A Financial Perspective

Pastures new for Janet

Business Update – Issue 1 2024

Year End Tax Planning Guide – February 2024

UK company law is changing – Get ready now!

Employee benefits and mandatory payroll reporting

Introduction of a National Insurance credit scheme to help tackle child benefit gaps

Please leave a message – HMRC dispute resolution hotline restricted to answerphone

Putting the brakes on excessive National Insurance payments through car allowances

Tax basis – Getting ready for the end of the transitional year

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Huge congratulations to our senior accounting technician Jane.

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Labour’s election win – Understanding its impact on your finances

Tour of port and river Tees highlights economic importance to the region

Are you ready for changes to Limited Liability Partnerships salaried member rules?

Using an iPhone? Keep an eye out for tax refund scammers

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New Advisory Fuel Rates

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Graduation ceremony success

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The rise of the higher rate taxpayer

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SME recovery continues as sustainability and growth take centre stage

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Social Enterprise Entity Structures

Valuing Your Business

Trusts

Travel and Subsistence

Taxation of the Family

Tax Free Childcare

Statutory Residence Test

Small Company Accounting

Statutory Pay

Share Ownership for Employees

Starting Up in Business

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Securing Business Success

Sources of Finance

Research and Development

Personal Tax: Self Assessment

Personal Tax: Dividends and Interest

Register of People with Significant Control

Pensions: Tax Treatment on Death

Redundancy Procedures

Pensions: Automatic Enrollment

Recruitment Procedures: Employment Law

Payroll: Real Time Information

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Payroll: Basic Procedures

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Property Investment: Tax Aspects

Property Investment: Buy to Let

Preparing for Your Accountant

Personal Tax: When is Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax Payable

Internet and Email Access Policy

Money Laundering High Value Dealers

Insuring Your Business

Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime

Micro Entity Accounting

Managing Absence

Making Tax Digital for VAT

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Limited Liability Partnerships

Land Transaction Tax

Occupational Pension Schemes: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Land and Buildings Transition Tax

National Insurance

IR35 Personal Service Companies

Narrative Reporting

Grants

Fraud and How to Spot It

Franchising

Fixed Rate Expenses

Insolvency

Enterprise Investment Scheme

Inheritance Tax Avoidance

Employment Benefits

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Employer Supported Childcare

Individual Savings Accounts

Employee Expenses

Incorporation

Homeworking Costs for the Self Employed

Homeworking and Tax Relief for Employees

Corporation Tax: Self Assessment

Directors’ Responsibilities

Corporation Tax: Quarterly Instalment Payments

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulation – Ensuring Compliance

Construction Industry Scheme

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulatory Framework

Company Secretarial Duties

Data Security: Data Loss Risk Reduction

Data Security: Cloud and Outsourcing

Data Security: Backup

Data Security: Access

Criminal Finances Act 2017

Credit Control

Could I Really Make a Go of It?

Dismissal Procedures

Community Amateur Sports Clubs

Child Benefit Charge

Charities in Scotland: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Charities: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Agency Workers Regulations

Charitable Giving

Annual Leave

Cash Basis for the Self-Employed

Bribery Act 2010

Cars for Employees

Business Motoring

Capital Gains Tax (Family Home)

Business Plans

Capital Gains Tax

Business Structures

Capital Allowances

Companies: Tax Saving Opportunities

Accounting Records

Five steps to growing your business, safely

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A third of UK business owners do not know their company’s value – do you?

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The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 – understanding the impact on pay in the hospitality sector

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Holiday accrual to come in for zero-hours workers

Overhaul of non-dom tax status – What does it mean for those affected?

Spring Budget ushers in property tax shake-up

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Spring Budget 2024

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Business Update – Issue 1 2024

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Introduction of a National Insurance credit scheme to help tackle child benefit gaps

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Business Update – Issue 4 2023

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The impact of increased Corporation Tax receipts for business owners

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What’s on the horizon for taxation?

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The rise of the machines – How artificial intelligence can elevate your SME to new heights

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Chief UK economist warns of period of stagnation – How will this affect your SME?

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Huge congratulations to our senior accounting technician Jane.

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Year End Tax Planning Guide – Spring 2023

Business Update – Issue 2 2023

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Over 680,000 higher rate taxpayers opt out of child benefit as thresholds remain frozen

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Fiscal drag bites on earners

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Chancellor abolishes Lifetime Allowance in pensions shake-up

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6% increase in Corporation Tax from 1st April will hit local businesses

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Baines Jewitt features in the latest issue of Tees Business magazine

Avoid stress and prepare for payroll year-end

Make voluntary National Insurance contributions to ensure pension entitlement

R&D tax reliefs are changing in April – Are you ready?

Businesses must be prepared for imminent changes to Corporation Tax

Employers brace for uplift to the National Minimum Wage

Fuel rate boost for electric car drivers, but other advisory fuel rates cut

Self-Assessment taxpayers warned of next payment deadline

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Business Update – Issue 1 2023

Tax expert is appointed Lady Captain of Hartlepool Golf Club

Think about the support you need for your business

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How can you achieve taxation ‘quick wins’ before the end of the tax year

MTD for ITSA is delayed. Should you still go ahead with cloud accounting?

What you should include in a business plan

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Analysing the winners and losers after the government’s latest financial plans

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Autumn Statement 2022

Time to rethink your property portfolio? What you need to consider

When can you take a dividend from your business?

New rules to address the soaring cost of card payment fees

IR35 rules – What they are and why they matter

How to keep workplace gifts tax-free this Christmas

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Business Update – Issue 4 2022

Mini-Budget – what’s staying and what’s going?

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What does Sterling’s historic value against the dollar mean for investment?

The rate of late tax payments interest rates continues to rise

Are you ready for changes to R&D tax reliefs in 2023?

What does the former Chancellor’s cut to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) mean for you?

Time is running out to make use of the super-deduction

Tax-Free Investment Zones – How could they support growth?

Fiscal Statement

Furnished Holiday Lets – What tax reliefs are available?

MPs support move to crackdown on unqualified accountants

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Eight in 10 small business owners have no exit plan – Do you?

Making Tax Digital – Understanding the new penalty regime

Work milestone for Gill

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Identity verification deadline confirmed – Are you prepared?

Could your latest LinkedIn post expose you to tax penalties?

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The danger of uncertainty – How the economy and Autumn 2025 Budget may be holding back investment

How have the increases in employment costs affected wage growth and hiring?

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The cybercriminals are coming – Is your business ready?

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A clearer picture of Companies House reform – Making sense of what is coming

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Business Update – Issue 3 2025

Are tax rises on the horizon? What recent activity at The Treasury means for you and your business

Cash flow constraints – 57 per cent of businesses warn of rising costs

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Child Benefit repayments changing for thousands this summer

Are your systems ready for MTD? Five things to check as the clock ticks down

Mind the (tax) gap – Why HMRC may have SMEs in its sights

Mandatory payrolling of Benefits in Kind delayed by HMRC

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Increased borrowing could mean increased taxes, experts warn

How to prepare for an unexpected economic recovery

Identity crisis – Companies House begins to verify identities

Too many sole traders are still missing out on their State Pension

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How HMRC treats cryptoassets disposed of by businesses

HMRC is closing its free Company Tax Return service

Joint owners of Furnished Holiday Lets prepare for increased taxes

Beware tax avoidance scheme promoters – HMRC cracks down with new powers

Is your remuneration strategy still tax-efficient in 2025/26?

Capital allowances: Full Expensing vs Annual Investment Allowance vs Writing-Down Allowances

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The New Tax Status Rules: IT, CGT and IHT

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Charity- Issue 1 2025

New rules, new pressures

Too many businesses falling into VAT traps

Additional 900,000 sole traders pulled into MTD for Income Tax

Labour introduces harsher penalties for late Self Assessment taxpayers

Should you submit your 2024/25 Self Assessment return at the start of this tax year?

Why capital allowances should be top of your to-do list this April

Change to dividend reporting to affect thousands of owner-managed businesses

Complete Suite of Information Factsheets

Discrimination

Commitment to training adds up

Chartered accountancy success for former trainee

Spring Statement 2025

Spring Statement 2025

Planning your exit? Watch out for Business Asset Disposal Relief changes

Paying your employees will cost you more after 6 April 2025

Why you need to meet with your accountant before April

Upcoming Inheritance Tax changes that could affect you

Time is running out to check for gaps in your State Pension record!

Will Trump’s tariffs impact your business?

Charity- Issue 2 2024

Healthcare- Issue 2 2024

Agriculture – Issue 2 2024

Year End Tax Planning Guide 2025

Business Update – Issue 1 2025

Fur and finance – Tax compliance in animal sales

Optimising credit control policies to deal with chronic late payers

Budgeting for the unknown – Contingency strategies and tips for businesses

How to capitalise on the Government’s AI push

Received a ‘One to Many’ letter recently?

Will a minimum wage rise trigger unexpected student loan repayments?

HMRC’s bookkeeping shake-up: New rules for 2025 and beyond

Confusion on savings interest – HMRC weighs in

Become an eco-conscious business – taking advantage of Climate Change Agreements

Sole traders – Is there a benefit to van ownership?

What are the risks with directors’ loans?

Is 2025 your year to incorporate? Here are our top tips

Employee Ownership Trusts – Your key to a tax-efficient exit?

Are you claiming the right office-based expenses?

I am unable to pay my Income Tax bill – What can I do?

What is the most tax-efficient salary choice for you after the Budget?

Should you buy a double cab pickup before April 2025?

Christmas cheer or tax liability? How ‘trivial benefits’ impact your business

Budget Reflections

Business Update – Issue 4 2024

Capital Gains Tax is increasing – What does this mean for you?

Employers squeezed as wages and National Insurance rise

Bad debts on the rise – Time to crack down

Autumn Budget delivers Inheritance Tax blow to pension savers

The value of technology – Why you should not rule out investment

Businesses left to pick up the tab for Employment Rights Bill

Autumn Budget 2024

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VAT: Flat Rate Scheme

VAT: Cash Accounting

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Trusts

Travel and Subsistence

Taxation of the Family

Tax Free Childcare

Statutory Residence Test

Small Company Accounting

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Starting Up in Business

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Stamp Duty Land Tax

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Sources of Finance

Research and Development

Personal Tax: Self Assessment

Personal Tax: Dividends and Interest

Register of People with Significant Control

Pensions: Tax Treatment on Death

Redundancy Procedures

Pensions: Automatic Enrollment

Recruitment Procedures: Employment Law

Payroll: Real Time Information

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Property Investment: Tax Aspects

Property Investment: Buy to Let

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Personal Tax: When is Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax Payable

Internet and Email Access Policy

Money Laundering High Value Dealers

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Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime

Micro Entity Accounting

Managing Absence

Making Tax Digital for VAT

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Limited Liability Partnerships

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National Insurance

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Narrative Reporting

Grants

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Franchising

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Inheritance Tax Avoidance

Employment Benefits

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Employer Supported Childcare

Individual Savings Accounts

Employee Expenses

Incorporation

Homeworking Costs for the Self Employed

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Corporation Tax: Self Assessment

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Corporation Tax: Quarterly Instalment Payments

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulation – Ensuring Compliance

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Company Secretarial Duties

Data Security: Data Loss Risk Reduction

Data Security: Cloud and Outsourcing

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Criminal Finances Act 2017

Credit Control

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Dismissal Procedures

Community Amateur Sports Clubs

Child Benefit Charge

Charities in Scotland: Trustees’ Responsibilities

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Agency Workers Regulations

Charitable Giving

Annual Leave

Cash Basis for the Self-Employed

Bribery Act 2010

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Business Plans

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Business Structures

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Baines Jewitt welcomes new intake of recruits

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Business Update – Issue 2 2023

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Mini-Budget – what’s staying and what’s going?

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The rate of late tax payments interest rates continues to rise

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What does the former Chancellor’s cut to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) mean for you?

Time is running out to make use of the super-deduction

Tax-Free Investment Zones – How could they support growth?

Fiscal Statement

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MPs support move to crackdown on unqualified accountants

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Government increases interest rate on late tax payments

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Baines Jewitt welcomes new recruits

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New shareholder dividend reporting requirements are fast approaching

The dangers of non-compliance with the new Companies House ID verification

Big changes are coming to FRS 102 – How can you prepare?

Eight in 10 small business owners have no exit plan – Do you?

Making Tax Digital – Understanding the new penalty regime

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Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 Year Celebration

Identity verification deadline confirmed – Are you prepared?

Could your latest LinkedIn post expose you to tax penalties?

The Government may be setting sights on Inheritance Tax

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What does the Government’s plan for small businesses mean for you?

A wealth of expertise

Proud sponsors of Stockton Cricket Club…..and a great season!

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Wage growth slows and unemployment rises – What this may mean for your business in months to come

The cybercriminals are coming – Is your business ready?

How can artificial intelligence deliver unexpected savings within your business?

Should I be worrying about the size of my pension? Inheritance Tax reform raises questions about tax-efficient investment

Unlocking growth: Grant funding

The Employment Rights Bill – Why it matters for your future finances and success

A clearer picture of Companies House reform – Making sense of what is coming

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Business Update – Issue 3 2025

Are tax rises on the horizon? What recent activity at The Treasury means for you and your business

Cash flow constraints – 57 per cent of businesses warn of rising costs

Green levies on UK businesses to be cut

Child Benefit repayments changing for thousands this summer

Are your systems ready for MTD? Five things to check as the clock ticks down

Mind the (tax) gap – Why HMRC may have SMEs in its sights

Mandatory payrolling of Benefits in Kind delayed by HMRC

Kittel VAT: How to control the uncontrollable

Increased borrowing could mean increased taxes, experts warn

How to prepare for an unexpected economic recovery

Identity crisis – Companies House begins to verify identities

Too many sole traders are still missing out on their State Pension

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People investment pays off

Award success for Baines Jewitt employee

How to maximise tax relief on losses to offset higher employment costs

How HMRC treats cryptoassets disposed of by businesses

HMRC is closing its free Company Tax Return service

Joint owners of Furnished Holiday Lets prepare for increased taxes

Beware tax avoidance scheme promoters – HMRC cracks down with new powers

Is your remuneration strategy still tax-efficient in 2025/26?

Capital allowances: Full Expensing vs Annual Investment Allowance vs Writing-Down Allowances

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Pension Savings – Tax Aspects

The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage

The New Tax Status Rules: IT, CGT and IHT

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Charity- Issue 1 2025

New rules, new pressures

Too many businesses falling into VAT traps

Additional 900,000 sole traders pulled into MTD for Income Tax

Labour introduces harsher penalties for late Self Assessment taxpayers

Should you submit your 2024/25 Self Assessment return at the start of this tax year?

Why capital allowances should be top of your to-do list this April

Change to dividend reporting to affect thousands of owner-managed businesses

Complete Suite of Information Factsheets

Discrimination

Commitment to training adds up

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Spring Statement 2025

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Planning your exit? Watch out for Business Asset Disposal Relief changes

Paying your employees will cost you more after 6 April 2025

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Upcoming Inheritance Tax changes that could affect you

Time is running out to check for gaps in your State Pension record!

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Charity- Issue 2 2024

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Year End Tax Planning Guide 2025

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Received a ‘One to Many’ letter recently?

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HMRC’s bookkeeping shake-up: New rules for 2025 and beyond

Confusion on savings interest – HMRC weighs in

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Employee Ownership Trusts – Your key to a tax-efficient exit?

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I am unable to pay my Income Tax bill – What can I do?

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Capital Gains Tax is increasing – What does this mean for you?

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Businesses left to pick up the tab for Employment Rights Bill

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Autumn Budget 2024

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Supporting the Arts: Baines Jewitt Sponsors Teesside Music Society Concert with Benjamin Frith and Heidi Rolfe

Reminder – The deadline to register for Self-Assessment is approaching

Repeal of Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime – Last chance for capital allowance claims

Why your business needs to prioritise sustainable practices now

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SME late payments surge: How to mitigate the impact

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Audit rules are changing – Get ready

The Chancellor’s Budget is coming – It is time to prepare

King’s Speech – What did he say? Why does it matter to you?

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Total Income Tax and National Insurance income hits new high

Invoice fraud becoming a significant problem

Taxes on the rise: A certainty, not a possibility

Labour’s election win – Understanding its impact on your finances

Tour of port and river Tees highlights economic importance to the region

Are you ready for changes to Limited Liability Partnerships salaried member rules?

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Increase to Companies House fees: What you need to know

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Graduation ceremony success

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Business Update – Issue 2 2024

The rise of the higher rate taxpayer

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SME recovery continues as sustainability and growth take centre stage

Preparing for the second payment on account – and what happens when you can’t pay?

Gratuities and tips – what the delay to the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 means for you

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Baines Jewitt – A Teesside Golf Club’s Sponsor

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VAT: Flat Rate Scheme

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VAT: Annual Accounting Scheme

Social Enterprise Entity Structures

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Trusts

Travel and Subsistence

Taxation of the Family

Tax Free Childcare

Statutory Residence Test

Small Company Accounting

Statutory Pay

Share Ownership for Employees

Starting Up in Business

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Securing Business Success

Sources of Finance

Research and Development

Personal Tax: Self Assessment

Personal Tax: Dividends and Interest

Register of People with Significant Control

Pensions: Tax Treatment on Death

Redundancy Procedures

Pensions: Automatic Enrollment

Recruitment Procedures: Employment Law

Payroll: Real Time Information

Recruitment Procedures: Seven Steps

Payroll: Basic Procedures

Raising Finance

Property Investment: Tax Aspects

Property Investment: Buy to Let

Preparing for Your Accountant

Personal Tax: When is Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax Payable

Internet and Email Access Policy

Money Laundering High Value Dealers

Insuring Your Business

Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime

Micro Entity Accounting

Managing Absence

Making Tax Digital for VAT

Making Tax Digital for Individuals

Limited Liability Partnerships

Land Transaction Tax

Occupational Pension Schemes: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Land and Buildings Transition Tax

National Insurance

IR35 Personal Service Companies

Narrative Reporting

Grants

Fraud and How to Spot It

Franchising

Fixed Rate Expenses

Insolvency

Enterprise Investment Scheme

Inheritance Tax Avoidance

Employment Benefits

Inheritance Tax Summary

Employer Supported Childcare

Individual Savings Accounts

Employee Expenses

Incorporation

Homeworking Costs for the Self Employed

Homeworking and Tax Relief for Employees

Corporation Tax: Self Assessment

Directors’ Responsibilities

Corporation Tax: Quarterly Instalment Payments

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulation – Ensuring Compliance

Construction Industry Scheme

Data Security: General Data Protection Regulatory Framework

Company Secretarial Duties

Data Security: Data Loss Risk Reduction

Data Security: Cloud and Outsourcing

Data Security: Backup

Data Security: Access

Criminal Finances Act 2017

Credit Control

Could I Really Make a Go of It?

Dismissal Procedures

Community Amateur Sports Clubs

Child Benefit Charge

Charities in Scotland: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Charities: Trustees’ Responsibilities

Agency Workers Regulations

Charitable Giving

Annual Leave

Cash Basis for the Self-Employed

Bribery Act 2010

Cars for Employees

Business Motoring

Capital Gains Tax (Family Home)

Business Plans

Capital Gains Tax

Business Structures

Capital Allowances

Companies: Tax Saving Opportunities

Accounting Records

Five steps to growing your business, safely

Are barriers to investment harming your productivity?

A third of UK business owners do not know their company’s value – do you?

HMRC income tax receipts rise by £2 billion

Redundancy regulations are changing – what it means for your payroll and policies

New tax year – new tax rules

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The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 – understanding the impact on pay in the hospitality sector

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Companies House changes now in effect

Run your business from home? Get to know your VAT entitlement

Holiday accrual to come in for zero-hours workers

Overhaul of non-dom tax status – What does it mean for those affected?

Spring Budget ushers in property tax shake-up

Positive Outlook

2024 Budget Summary

Spring Budget 2024

Spring Budget 2024

Strategies for Business Growth: A Financial Perspective

Pastures new for Janet

Business Update – Issue 1 2024

Year End Tax Planning Guide – February 2024

UK company law is changing – Get ready now!

Employee benefits and mandatory payroll reporting

Introduction of a National Insurance credit scheme to help tackle child benefit gaps

Please leave a message – HMRC dispute resolution hotline restricted to answerphone

Putting the brakes on excessive National Insurance payments through car allowances

Tax basis – Getting ready for the end of the transitional year

Addressing the skills challenge

Support for Teesside Music Society

UK Business Confidence Survey 2023: Insights from Baines Jewitt

Going green – The financial benefits of investing in a cleaner future

Scaling up – How you can grow your business in 2024

10 steps to help prevent insolvency

Can you afford to miss your Companies House deadline?

HMRC sets its sights on unpaid crypto tax

Trivial benefits in kind: A quick guide for employers

Navigating the challenge of late payments

Four new investment zones unveiled and how they could help your business

An essential financial opportunity to maximise your State Pension

The future of payments – Cards, cash and beyond

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – Government kills off confusing year-end statement

Our Membership of the UK200Group: What it means for our clients

Is setting up a limited company in the UK a wise business move?

Autumn Statement 2023

Autumn Statement 2023

Recruitment drive adds up for Baines Jewitt

Baines Jewitt boosts professional support for North East businesses with appointment of payroll manager

World class exam success for chartered accountancy trainee

Brexit’s next chapter: EU announces new Green Tax and VAT rules

Understanding the new electric car charging rules

How to deal with the rising impact of Inheritance Tax on family homes

Exiting the slow lane – Sustaining growth in uncertain times

Funded and thriving: Understanding financing

A quick guide to paying tax on your pension

Business Update – Issue 4 2023

How can SMEs learn to thrive, rather than just survive?

The benefits of HMRC’s salary advance reporting changes

The impact of increased Corporation Tax receipts for business owners

HMRC targets overseas taxpayers

What’s on the horizon for taxation?

Almost 50 per cent of businesses forgot vital research and development forms

The rise of the machines – How artificial intelligence can elevate your SME to new heights

Can you afford a £7,300 fine from Companies House?

When are interest rates likely to fall and why does it matter to you?

Chief UK economist warns of period of stagnation – How will this affect your SME?

Could you enjoy a slice of the £1.6bn creative industry tax reliefs?

Three tips for managing maternity and paternity pay for small businesses

Find out why Baines Jewitt’s new offices are ideal for its growth plans.

Huge congratulations to our senior accounting technician Jane.

New R&D supplementary information form in effect

£56 million overpaid in pension tax

The benefits of Employee Ownership Trusts

Eight ways your accountant can boost the success of your business

What you need to know about the High-Income Child Benefit charge and the upcoming changes

Why companies fail to pay the National Minimum Wage and how to avoid the same mistakes

Baines Jewitt welcomes new intake of recruits

Business Update – Issue 3 2023

Are banks supportive of SMEs and willing to assist their growth?

Time to exit: New research shows many business owners are planning ahead

Management accounts: The importance of having a clear view of your business during uncertain times

The hidden economy: What income should you declare?

Inflation and increased interest rates – What do they mean for businesses?

Baines Jewitt and Heinzmann UK Ltd are celebrating a 40 year collaborative relationship

The ins and outs of pre-notification of R&D claims

Changes to free childcare, but higher earners will still miss out

Trivial benefits in kind and the advantages they give to employers

Late interest penalties hit 1.4 million taxpayers – and it could get worse

Roadside charging – How to account for credit card payments

Spring Budget 2023

Year End Tax Planning Guide – Spring 2023

Business Update – Issue 2 2023

Businesses must get to grips with a Government crackdown on fraud committed by employees

Striking the perfect balance: Director’s salary and dividends for 2023/24

Over 680,000 higher rate taxpayers opt out of child benefit as thresholds remain frozen

Landlords are latest group targeted by HMRC ‘nudge’ letters

What is the Residence Nil-Band Rate? And why does it matter to you?

Fiscal drag bites on earners

Changes to the repayment of Student Loans begin in August

P11D – Are you ready to report and pay tax on Benefits in Kind?

We’ve moved!

Government announces shakeup in the payment of Benefits in Kind

Be prepared for business rate changes as rateable value update takes effect

Crypto transactions to become part of Self-Assessment under new regulations

How does Full Expensing work?

Chancellor abolishes Lifetime Allowance in pensions shake-up

SMEs to benefit from Chancellor’s change to the Research & Development tax credits schemes

6% increase in Corporation Tax from 1st April will hit local businesses

Spring Budget 2023

Baines Jewitt features in the latest issue of Tees Business magazine

Avoid stress and prepare for payroll year-end

Make voluntary National Insurance contributions to ensure pension entitlement

R&D tax reliefs are changing in April – Are you ready?

Businesses must be prepared for imminent changes to Corporation Tax

Employers brace for uplift to the National Minimum Wage

Fuel rate boost for electric car drivers, but other advisory fuel rates cut

Self-Assessment taxpayers warned of next payment deadline

Corporate Support for Teesside Hospice

Business Update – Issue 1 2023

Tax expert is appointed Lady Captain of Hartlepool Golf Club

Think about the support you need for your business

Taxation planning should be an ongoing process, not just pre-Budget

How can you achieve taxation ‘quick wins’ before the end of the tax year

MTD for ITSA is delayed. Should you still go ahead with cloud accounting?

What you should include in a business plan

Avoid these costly VAT mistakes

Analysing the winners and losers after the government’s latest financial plans

Trainee chartered accountant aims for new heights

Autumn Statement 2022

Time to rethink your property portfolio? What you need to consider

When can you take a dividend from your business?

New rules to address the soaring cost of card payment fees

IR35 rules – What they are and why they matter

How to keep workplace gifts tax-free this Christmas

How to protect your business from inflation

Business Update – Issue 4 2022

Mini-Budget – what’s staying and what’s going?

Mini Budget 2022

What does Sterling’s historic value against the dollar mean for investment?

The rate of late tax payments interest rates continues to rise

Are you ready for changes to R&D tax reliefs in 2023?

What does the former Chancellor’s cut to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) mean for you?

Time is running out to make use of the super-deduction

Tax-Free Investment Zones – How could they support growth?

Fiscal Statement

Furnished Holiday Lets – What tax reliefs are available?

MPs support move to crackdown on unqualified accountants

Top tips for securing finance for new businesses

Companies House service goes digital

Back to basics: Job expenses

New law delivers even-handed treatment for separating couples

Government increases interest rate on late tax payments