Newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt made an emergency statement in an attempt to calm the financial markets. Just three weeks after the mini-Budget was announced, vast swathes of its policies have now been redacted by the new Chancellor. Tax cuts scrapped includes the promised cut in the basic rate of income tax;…
Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor announced in May of this year a range of measures to help reduce the impact of the anticipated “October 2022 Ofgem utility price cap increase”. The announcement followed an earlier assistance package revealed in February, ahead of the April 2022 Ofgem price cap increase from £1,277 to £1,971. Sunak’s measures,…
By Becky O’Flynn, MTD Manager at White Hart Associates HM Revenue & Customs have published guidance on the introduction of the new penalty regime which will be effective from January 2023. The changes were deferred from April 2022 to grant HM Revenue & Customs more time to make the necessary system changes. Essentially, these…
By Jake Cohen, Finance and Regulatory Analyst at White Hart Associates Travel businesses do not want mandatory bonds or the forced segregation of customer monies as part of a new-look Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (ATOL) scheme. These are two of the key findings from the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA’s) long-awaited summary of responses from…
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement was delivered amidst dire social and economic circumstances. Living costs continue to increase at an alarming rate; the levels of inflation escalating to the highest in 30 years within an economy struggling to find its feet after the Coronavirus pandemic. Events played out on an international level will also have consequences…
Today the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered a Spring Statement amidst rising inflation and a struggling economy trying to recover from a pandemic. If you are trying to decipher how it impacts upon you and your business, rest assured our Spring Statement Summary will be with you tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here are the key…
HM Revenue and Customs have just announced that they are waiving late filing penalties and late payment penalties for Self-Assessment taxpayers for a unique one-month period only. These reprieves are a temporary departure from previous years’ 5% late payment penalty fee, which was charged on any unpaid tax that was still outstanding as of 3rd…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced additional financial support for the hospitality and leisure industry; pledging an additional £1 billion for businesses negatively impacted. Indeed, the Chancellor directly addressed the difficulties endured by the hospitality and leisure industry by acknowledging how negatively impacted these ventures were during the COVID-19 pandemic, extending to recent times with the…
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced that the Government will revert to ‘Plan B’ in response to the rise in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. This plan introduces updated guidelines, and includes new restrictions for both businesses and individuals. There has been some confusion around the interpretation of the ‘Plan B’ regulations, but…
On Wednesday 27th October, all eyes will be on Chancellor Rishi Sunak, as he delivers his Autumn Budget. However, in an unusual move HM Treasury has released a number of funding announcements in advance of The Budget Speech. Critics have stated that the announcements are simply a ‘political PR exercise’, designed to soften the blow…
