A well-written press release should be short, to the point and contain all the essential information in the first paragraph. Most importantly, it should be a story that be published without too many changes as, all the facts are there and the content is well structured. Here are a few tips to help you to […]
Company car advisory fuel rates
These rates are the suggested reimbursement rates for employees’ private mileage in their company cars and are reviewed each quarter on 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December. The rates that apply from 1 September 2015 are shown below, with the previous quarter’s rates shown in brackets, if changed: Engine Size Petrol […]
Email Etiquette
These days, everyone is under pressure. We respond to email from computers, tablets and smartphones. We are all working harder and sometimes we can fall into bad habits when it comes to our email etiquette. Here are a few tips to help counter this: Open emails quickly and respond It is very frustrating to send […]
Updated guidance on Employee Travel (Booklet 490)
HMRC have updated their guidance on employees’ travel and subsistence in booklet 490, available on the Gov.uk website. The publication provides numerous examples illustrating which journeys do and do not qualify as business journeys and are eligible for tax relief. No tax relief is available for ordinary commuting or private journeys. Ordinary commuting is where […]
Google Chromebook
What is it? A Chromebook is a laptop running Google Chrome OS as its operating system. The devices are designed to be used primarily while connected to the internet, with most applications and data residing in the cloud. They are not designed to be full featured laptops like Windows or Apple machines. Are they any […]
Selling your Company? Shares or Assets?
The Corporation Tax deduction for acquired goodwill and other intangible assets that has been available to companies since April 2002, has meant that companies buying other businesses have generally preferred to buy the trade and assets rather than the shares in the target business. However, the vendors would normally prefer to sell their shares in […]
Creating a healthy workplace
We all know how important the work environment is in terms of productivity, creativity and job satisfaction. All businesses strive, or should strive to achieve a healthy work environment for their employees. But what constitutes a healthy work environment? Literal health, as in good ventilation, natural lighting and lots of plants? Psychological health, as in […]
Buying a Business? No relief for goodwill now
Ever since April 2002 when a limited company acquires the trade and assets of another business it has been possible to obtain a tax deduction for the goodwill and other intangible assets of the acquired business, generally in line with the accounting treatment. So, if the goodwill of the acquired business was worth say £500,000 […]
Employment intermediaries consultation on Workers’ Travel
The government is also proposing to remove tax relief for ordinary commuting (in general, home-to-work travel) for workers who are: Supplying personal services Engaged through an employment intermediary (including PSCs); and subject to (or to the right of) the supervision, direction or control of any person The effect of this will be that individuals whose […]