Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, business rates return in April
Government stays silent on whether retail and hospitality business rates holiday will be extended, as 170,000 businesses appeal against rates
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Government stays silent on whether retail and hospitality business rates holiday will be extended, as 170,000 businesses appeal against rates
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Tory backbenchers decry plans to hike self-employed national insurance from 9 per cent to 12 per cent
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Business groups dismayed by Treasury move to hit small business with 5% corporation tax increase to help repay Covid debt
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Amazon tells small businesses selling through its platform that it is increasing its fees by 2 per cent to cover cost of Government digital sales tax
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Rishi Sunak considering tax on online sales to help high street as part of wider review into business rates reform
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MPs vote through IR35 tax reform, bringing thousands of freelance contractors within PAYE for the first time
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Alison Horner of MHA MacIntyre Hudson goes over what you need to do to defer your next VAT payment because of coronavirus difficulties
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Small business asks chancellor Rishi Sunak to not go back on Tory election pledge to reform, not scrap entrepreneurs’ relief
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Alison Horner of MHA MacIntyre Hudson goes over what you need to do to defer your next VAT payment because of coronavirus difficulties
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Small business asks chancellor Rishi Sunak to not go back on Tory election pledge to reform, not scrap entrepreneurs’ relief
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But fines will be imposed on freelance contractors from April 2021 as Treasury cracks down on willful deception
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak seeks to reassure freelancers that HMRC will not be “heavy handed” when new IR35 rules come into effect on 6 April
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Chancellor to announce review of business rates in budget, mulls scrapping them in favour of landlords paying tax on land value
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Internet giant could pass cost of 2% digital tax imposed by Conservative government onto small business, just as it has done in France
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Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.