Auto enrolment in 2019: minimum contributions are changing
Millions of employees have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension since auto enrolment started in 2012. If you are operating an auto enrolment pension
Retained payments and deposits: how the VAT treatment is changing
Retained payments and deposits: how the VAT treatment is changing Revenue and Customs Brief (RCB) 13 (2018) introduces HMRC’s revised policy in determining that VAT
VAT’s a piece of cake? Pulsin brownies and zero rate
Was the sale of “Raw Choc Brownies”, which had been treated as standard rated sales by Pulsin Ltd, capable of being taxed as zero-rated cakes?
To Eat or not to heat? Hot food and VAT rates
Was Eat Ltd supplying “hot” food liable to VAT at the standard rate, or was it supplying “fresh” muffins and ciabatta products chargeable at the
Financial Focus: Spring 2019
In the Spring 2019 issue of Financial Focus, our wealth management team looks at: Building your assets with infrastructure funds: Investment in energy and infrastructure can work
BKL welcomes new tax partner with international tax focus
Chartered accountants and tax advisers BKL are pleased to announce the growth of their tax team with the appointment of new international tax partner David
Proptech’s promise: how technology is changing the property industry
For decades, the property industry has been labour intensive. Data on property is not always easily available; some processes, such as obtaining planning permission or
BKL meets Leadership Through Sport & Business apprentices at speed interview event
BKL was among 15 accountancy employers welcomed by AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians), along with approximately 25 young people, for a ‘speed-interview’ event, designed to
Incorporation of buy-to-let: all it’s cracked up to be?
Few people buy investment property without borrowing part of the purchase price. As a result, getting tax relief for interest costs is an important part
Readers’ forum: Long retired
Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan answers a reader’s query on the treatment of an outstanding loan from a Guernsey trust. ‘We
