Henry Catchpole explains how you can help clients manage share options. Introducing a share option scheme for a new start-up or existing business can bring a range of benefits for both company and employee. Advising clients on what’s available –…
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Our profession in numbers
Graham Hambly picks out some highlights from the latest FRC ‘state of play’ report UK accountancy firms need to prioritise increased diversity in their top ranks, particularly at partner level, according to new data released by the Financial Reporting Council…
Contractor Corner
Welcome to Contractor Corner, the series written specifically by Qdos Contractor for accountants with clients who are contractors. IR35: an end of year update IR35 reform was originally set for implementation in April 2020, after a long period of upheaval…
Working from home? don’t forget the tax claim
Many of us have been forced to work from home because of Covid-19. But what tax implications does this have? Nick Lovett explains all. In the current climate more people than ever are working from home. This may be as…
Accountants are key when it comes to the recovery
Small businesses are heralding accountants’ increasingly critical role in keeping them running since Covid-19 arrived, considering them to be among the key workers of the post-pandemic economic recovery according to new research. The study by found 43% of small business…
Doctors and Partnership Expenses incurred privately
In the latest article in his medical accounting series, Philip Redhead discusses how personal income and expenditure of GPs should be dealt with in the light of recent changes by HMRC. HMRC’s changes to its internal manual BIM82080 were introduced…
Broadband slow? Try these tips
Accounting Practice has some top tips on how you can be – and stay – better connected. Poor broadband speed means millions of UK households are struggling with connectivity, according to new research. Increased internet usage during the pandemic as…
QE: A licence to print money?
What is quantitative easing? Accounting Practice examines a increasingly popular phenomenon that continues to divide the experts. Quantitative easing (QE) is the creation of new money to facilitate an increase in spending and investment in the economy. More specifically, a…
When it comes down to savings, head East
Roddy Kohn explains why investing in China is a no brainer, given the havoc being wreaked on Western economies by the pandemic. As if the future outlook couldn’t look bleaker, this weekend’s politics help foretell of worse to come. You…
Marriage? Maybe not but it’s a tax thing
Mark McLaughlin points out that staying single could save inheritance tax in certain circumstances. The UK’s tax regime contains various reliefs, exemptions and allowances, some of which are seemingly designed to encourage couples to be married (or in a civil…