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The landscape for UK small business is strong, with a new report confirming confidence across the sector. The report, from the Federation of Small Businesses, suggests that small businesses expect to grow this year, following a “robust” improvement in confidence during the past three months. Encouragingly the research showed that business confidence was at its […]
Many small businesses have welcomed the announcement by HMRC that it intends to move away from automatic penalties for tax to a less rigid approach. As part of the drive, a “more proportionate approach” will be taken when small employers miss PAYE filing deadlines. This announcement follows on the back of HMRC accepting “reasonable excuses” […]
Tax and Accounts News Round up We are delighted to provide our regular round up of tax and accounts news for you to download here: Evans Weir Tax and Accounts News Round Up Summer 2015 In this edition we look at: The Budget Forecast – Chancellor Osborne returns for his second budget of 2015 (first […]