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As an employer, you may want to review the options going forwards. Change to employee roles, working hours, working patterns or workplace may all be on the agenda. Could staggered hours help employees come back to the workplace safely? If homeworking has been a success, could you use it long term to cut property costs? A degree of reorganisation may make sound business sense, enabling you to build for the future.

COVID-19 spotlights Research and Development (R&D). Funding initiatives like the Fast Start Competition, managed by Innovate UK, have recently been available for break-through projects in science and technology. Companies involved in R&D may also be eligible for support such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Future Fund. But how do these measures fit in the context of the R&D tax incentives available for companies generally?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak used his recent Summer Economic Update to announce a £30 billion plan to create and protect jobs as government support for the economic recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic moves into a new phase. As part of his ‘plan for jobs’, the Chancellor introduced a Job Retention Bonus to support the phasing out of the furlough scheme, a VAT reduction for businesses in the hospitality and tourism sector and a temporary reduction in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). Here, we look at what these measures mean for businesses and individuals.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) has seen an upsurge in homeworking. For many people, there are questions on the tax on the equipment required.

As lockdown restrictions lift across the UK, businesses are preparing for a new working environment. The Chancellor may have begun winding down the schemes that have supported businesses through the pandemic, but government-backed loans and the furlough scheme will remain factors for some time yet.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented the Summer Economic Update against a backdrop of economic uncertainty caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused major disruption to businesses and economies worldwide. Drastic measures have seen millions of people locked down. Working from home has become the new normal for many, while others have been furloughed to keep jobs viable.

Notable for what didn’t change, as well as what did…

There are many ways in which your eventual liability to capital gains tax (CGT) can be minimised, particularly when share prices are depressed.

A round-up of key dates for May, June and July 2020.

HMRC extends MTD digital links deadline until 2021, and the rise in contactless card payment limit.

If coronavirus means you can’t pay a tax bill on time, the government is offering Time To Pay (TTP) as a way of easing cash flow problems.