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Should you consider a Family Investment Company (FIC)?

Should you consider a Family Investment Company (FIC)?

Date posted: 16th Jun 2025

Sometimes seen, as an alternative to a trust, Family Investment Companies (FICs) are once again emerging as a popular planning vehicle among wealthy families looking to preserve and…

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Reminder: P11D Deadline Approaching

Reminder: P11D Deadline Approaching

Date posted: 16th Jun 2025

The P11D filing deadline is fast approaching on 6 July 2025, and it’s essential that employers ensure all relevant benefits-in-kind (BIKs) provided to directors and employees during the…

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HMRC campaign to ask business owners to check their tax returns

HMRC campaign to ask business owners to check their tax returns

Date posted: 16th Jun 2025

HMRC has launched a new round of “nudge letters” aimed at individuals listed as Persons of Significant Control (PSCs) over UK companies. If you’re a PSC, this campaign…

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UK and overseas property businesses

UK and overseas property businesses

Date posted: 16th Jun 2025

Profits arising from land or property are treated as arising from a property business. For tax purposes, profits from land and property in the UK are kept separate…

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Voluntary VAT registration – are there benefits?

Voluntary VAT registration – are there benefits?

Date posted: 16th Jun 2025

Many businesses strive to keep their turnover under the VAT registration limit (currently £90,000) because not only are they wary of the additional administrative costs but also because…

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Jointly owned holiday lets – Should you make a Form 17 election?

Jointly owned holiday lets – Should you make a Form 17 election?

Date posted: 16th Jun 2025

The favourable tax regime for furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) came to an end on 5 April 2025.

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CLIVE OWEN LLP APPOINTS HEAD OF TAX AMID CONTINUED GROWTH

CLIVE OWEN LLP APPOINTS HEAD OF TAX AMID CONTINUED GROWTH

Date posted: 11th Jun 2025

Clive Owen LLP, one of the North’s leading independent accountancy and business advisory firms, is gearing up for further growth and expansion within its tax advisory team following the internal appointment of a Head of Tax.

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Update June 2025: Company Director and Owner ID Verification at Companies House

Update June 2025: Company Director and Owner ID Verification at Companies House

Date posted: 5th Jun 2025

By Martin Hobson, Partner As I wrote in my previous blog in April, The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 has introduced significant changes to Companies House…

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Grant Audits: The good, the bad and the compliant

Grant Audits: The good, the bad and the compliant

Date posted: 22nd May 2025

Many of the grant schemes available to businesses today require an independent accountant’s report (IAR) to be submitted in support of claims

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Help us to help you….

Help us to help you….

Date posted: 19th May 2025

You may have recently received our tax return checklist letter requesting details of what we need to complete your 2024/25 tax return.  Although the deadline isn’t until January,…

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