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In his keynote, Intuit director of product Nick Williams labelled MTD a “huge opportunity” for accounting firms to “grow and future-proof” their practices – while pointing out that QuickBooks was on ...

the mtd for income tax should co exist within your "Agent Services Account" - so if you have ASA you should simply need to add that functionality in if its not already present. note ASA account ...

This week’s Accountech Bytes features new chief executives at accounting software suites IRIS and TaxCalc, news that Making Tax Digital for corporation tax has been axed, and evidence that auditors ...

As part of acquiring a new customer we have agreed to pay 50% of their early exit fee from another supplier. How should this be treated, I cant see that its revenue, should it be in overheads as ...

You might be a growing business with multiple locations, a franchise group, or a landlord with several properties. Whatever your setup, HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme means it’s time to get ...

The Tax Law Review Committee of the Insitute of Fiscal Studies (on which I have the honour to serve - see page 2 for full list) has published a discussion paper "Setting standards for tax software: ...

In July, I wrote about the Laing O’Rourke Services Ltd and Willmott Dixon Holdings Ltd vs HMRC case (which HMRC lost). HMRC did not appeal the decision, therefore, national insurance relief must be ...

In previous jobs I have done intercompany accounting for a UK and Central Europe only constuction company and global business services companies. I am ...

Initial thoughts are yes, VAT is charged because we can only zero rate if we have proof of export, and there will be no proof of export as it wasn't exported! The German business may technically be ...

A VAT repayment has been sent to the wrong bank account. It's not HMRC's fault as there was one digit wrong in the account number provided.

Client has asked whether they have to charge VAT on the installation of an EV charger to one of their customers as the customer is suggesting that the installation charge should be zero rated. Does ...