Budget 2014: ISA charges

Contributed by ACCA, in their own word Changes will make ISAs more flexible and increase the annual subscription limit.  From 1 July 2014, Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), including junior ISAs and Child Trust Funds (CTF), will be more flexible and will also have...

ACCA on Budget 2014

Contributed by ACCA, in their own words Savings, pensions, stamp duty and tax avoidance all feature in ACCA’s response to the Budget 2014.  The Chancellor of the Exchequer has failed to tackle the fiscal drag and his increasing the personal tax allowance next year to...

A Simple Guide to The Budget 2014

Contributed by ACCA, in their own words A SIMPLE GUIDE TO THE BUDGET 2014 This is a basic guide, prepared by ACCA’s Technical Advisory team, for members and their colleagues or clients. It is an introduction only and should not be used as a definitive guide, since...

Update to our Terms of Business

Following a consultation earlier this year we’ve made some changes to our Terms of Business.  The majority of responses were positive; there were some questions, and some objections – the objections were in same cases around not understanding filing...

Developing and Expanding your Business

We’ve expanded our popular and well used PSC guidance notes to incorporate a new guide to Developing and Expanding your Business, recognising the aspiration of many of our PSC clients to go beyond their current business model, minimising risk and maximising...

Strategic report for charities

The Charity Commission and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) have issued an information sheet on how trustees should prepare a strategic report for certain charitable companies. Information Sheet 5 The Strategic Report and Company Charities has been...

RTI penalties

HMRC has relaxed the RTI penalty regime that was due to start in April. The penalties regime will now be introduced in stages. The following are the key dates for the diary: April 2014: in-year interest on any in-year payment not made by the due date October 2014:...