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Jacob Grattage, Reporter, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Migration to One Login to access company register ramps up as Companies House urges directors to create new accounts as Government Gateway access replaced. Companies House confirmed the ‘main sign in’ option for accessing Companies House will be via Gov.uk One Login service with date for final mandatory switch in pipeline. The first step will be a refresh of the landing page when users access Companies House, lin

CIPD HR-inform. Croner. Stacie Cheadle, technical writer, explains the statutory right to be accompanied with practical advice on how to deal with requests and definitiion of companion. When it comes to having formal meetings with employees, there are a few things to consider. Have you used an appropriate invite? Have you given them enough notice? Should they be offered the right to be accompanied? The final question is one that gets asked a lot. There are certain formal meet

CIPD HR-inform. Croner. In the third in our mini series on maternity leave, Stacie Cheadle, technical writer at Croner, explains how keeping in touch (KIT) days work and payment rules. Q. Do we have to pay a keeping in touch day? We have an employee who is currently on maternity leave. A new IT system is being installed next month and the providers are coming in to do a number of training days for staff. We would like her to attend, and she has indicated that she is prepared

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. The Great British Summer Savings VAT discount ends on Tuesday with government reporting millions of pounds saved by families but there are potential pitfalls for businesses due to VAT complexity and exemptions. Millions of pounds have been saved by families so far via a VAT cut from 20% to 5% on kids’ meals in restaurants and tickets to attractions like theatres and soft play, alongside free bus fares in England for ch

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. HMRC releases handy new online tool to allow taxpayers to check filing and payment deadlines, and add key dates to calendar apps for instant reminders. This is a brand new HMRC tool, currently in beta stage, and can be used to check the deadlines for PAYE for employers, self assessment, VAT and the construction industry scheme (CIS) for contractors, with the warning that the taxpayer must enter the correct information

Croner VIP Tax Team. Croner. In this week’s Q&A, RL, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains whether capital gains tax (CGT) relief is available at sale when a family member lives rent free and pays for an extension. Q. My client owns a property which was previously let out. A few years ago his son moved in and now occupies the property as their main residence. The son does not pay any rent but does pay for upkeep costs, including adding an extension to the property last

CIPD HR-inform. Croner. Stacie Cheadle, technical writer at Croner, looks at what employers need to know about hiring apprentices, employee status and funding changes effective from 1 August. August is a big month. With various qualifications being awarded, significant decisions about the future are being made by young people. For many, of whatever age, an apprenticeship is a serious option, and many accountancy firms do already hire a sizeable number of apprentices training

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Plans to carve out pensions from salary sacrifice with annual cap will increase tax bills by £2.9bn for employers while employees set to lose £800m a year. UK businesses will have to pay 78% of the extra tax the government expects to raise each year by slashing salary sacrifice pension contributions, shows new data from Bowmore Wealth Group, with an annual bill of £2.9bn as a result of the changes. The figures are base

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Wickes rolls out free Xero software to members as low awareness about MTD among tradespeople flagged with only one in five ‘fully prepared’ for quarterly reporting. Not surprisingly with several hundred thousand sole traders and self employed not signed up for HMRC’s MTD yet, there is a significant chasm between awareness and readiness among tradespeople and sole traders in the building trade, one of the key target aud

Jacob Grattage, Reporter, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Interest rates jump for all student loan repayments as chancellor keeps 6% cap on interest set by Rachel Reeves. In the latest annual update to interest rates for undergraduate and postgraduate student loans, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed the maximum interest rate applied to plan 2 and plan 3 loans will stay capped at 6% between 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027. Rachel Reeves's final months a

Croner VIP Tax Team In this week’s Q&A, Alex Jones, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the unusually complex rules on whether input tax can be reclaimed on alcohol provided at a corporate entertainment event. Q. My client provides complimentary alcohol for ‘free’ as part of their supply, can they recover input tax on the alcohol? A. At first glance, the answer appears straightforward. The hospitality is seemingly provided for free – meeting the definition of busines

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Accountants not yet signed up to mandatory tax adviser register are being sent emails by HMRC to warn must sign up before final deadline. The new HMRC tax adviser register is mandatory and requires any tax agent and accountancy firms to sign up to the new system ‘if they interact with HMRC’. The emails will be sent to firms and sole practitioners with and without an agent services account (ASA), clarifying that any org

Jacob Grattage, Reporter, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Over 294,000 taxpayers not yet registered for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax warned: ‘We will automatically sign up taxpayers’ In a new development HMRC has confirmed it will begin automatically signing up taxpayers who should already be using Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax but have yet to enrol. HMRC stated: ‘From September 2026, HMRC will begin signing up customers who should be using MTD for the 20

CIPD HR-inform. Croner In the fifth heatwave of the summer with the mercury hitting 38C, here are some key issues for employers to consider. England recorded its driest July on record with just 6.5mm of rainfall recorded – just 10% of its long-term meteorological average for the month, and less than half of the previous record of 13.4mm set in 1911, according to the Met Office. More than half the country has hosepipe bans and temperatures are expected to exceed 38C again with

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Over 400,000 landlords and self employed still not signed up to MTD for Income Tax if have £50,000 qualifying income with first quarterly return deadline only two weeks away. The new Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax system is compulsory, except for a very few exemptions, so it is absolutely critical to sign up even though the up to £200 HMRC financial penalties will not be imposed in year one for failure to file

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. HMRC has clarified how to report student loans under new Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules for earners with over £50,000 in qualifying income, including buy to let landlords and self employed, from August. The latest agent update, HMRC set out how to deal with student loans under MTD, another complexity of the new mandatory quarterly reporting system. Based on the assumption that the individual taxpayer is using MTD softw

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. Pubs, clubs and live music venues will see a 20% reduction in business rates from next year saving the typical pub around £1,100. In a busy first few days in office, latest announcement sees the prime minister Andy Burnham confirm 20% cut in business rates from April 2027 for pubs, social clubs and smaller live music venues, benefiting around 32,000 businesses and costing £100m a year. The measure will only apply to ve

Croner VIP Tax Team In this week’s Q&A, Alexander McCarthy, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the capital allowance rules on plant and machinery for a container business Q. My client runs a storage business that rents shipping containers as storage units. They are not fixed in place, and they are moved around and connected together if a client wants a larger storage area. They would also be open to the idea of allowing a client to take their rented container to the

Mike Ambery is retirement savings director at Standard Life. Croner. With inheritance tax on pension pots just months away, beware the risk of cashing in pensions quickly without assessing tax implications, warns Mike Ambery, retirement savings director at Standard Life. Tax is becoming an increasingly important part of how people think about their pensions, particularly as inheritance tax (IHT) changes loom from next April. For some, this prospect may lead to decisions about

Sara White, Editor, Business & Accountancy Daily. Croner. HMRC set out plans to require mandatory direct debit for VAT and PAYE payments affecting up to 87% of current registered businesses and sole traders. A massive change in VAT and PAYE is coming as HMRC consults on plan to require all payments to be made by direct debit rather than by bank transfer, card or even cheque, except for the largest businesses The move will affect an enormous 2.4 million companies, sole trade