SGR Accountancy

Making Tax Digital

We will help you through the every-changing Making Tax Digital

MakingTax Digital (MTD) will affect most businesses by changing how business recordsare kept and how tax information is sent to HMRC. The first stage of MTD wasfor VAT returns, and we have successfully helped our VAT registered clients tomeet their MTD obligations.

 

Thenext stage, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD for ITSA),will become mandatory for certain self-employed individuals and propertylandlords from 6 April 2026. We will be able to recommend suitable software andhelp you prepare.

 

From6 April 2023, we will also see changes to the ‘basis period’ rules forself-employed individuals that prepare accounts to a date other than 31 Marchor 5 April, with a number of considerations and choices to be made beforehand.If you are self-employed and your accounting date is not 31 March or 5 April,we will be able to advise you.

 

MTD for Income Taxfor partnerships and limited companies will follow at a later date, and we willkeep you informed of any news that affects you.

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Self assessment

Our tax services make sure that your tax liability is calculated taking into account all allowed exemptions and deductions. We simplify the process by using accountancy software to accurately complete tax returns and calculate any tax liability that may occur, along with any payments that need to be made.

Corporation tax

Corporation tax reliefs and rates change annually, so we ensure that we can provide all the right guidance and advice when looking at exemptions, allowances and deductions that may be available.

We will thoroughly review and prepare corporation tax returns in great detail in order to ensure you are complaint and that you don’t incur any penalties.

Capital gains tax

You may be looking at investments, a second property or another asset and our team can make sure you maximise your exemptions while simplifying the difficult area of capital gains tax.

Personal tax planning

We can help with the complex issue of personal tax, we know it can be difficult to understand, which is why we help every step of the way. We take away the time and stress by creating a tax planning strategy that suits your tax affairs, helping ensure you pay the least amount of tax. Our team will advise when payments are due along with what forms need to be filed and returned to keep you compliant.

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Read article
May 8, 2024
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Read article
May 7, 2024
New digital service to check your State Pension forecast launched

A new digital service has been launched that makes it easier to check if you have any gaps in your National Insurance (NI) record that may affect your State Pension entitlement.

Read article
May 3, 2024
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The so-called Micawber principle, as stated by Wilkins Micawber in Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield, says: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.”

Read article
May 2, 2024
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have updated their guidance on what qualifies as ordinary commuting and private travel for tax purposes to include hybrid or flexible working.

Read article
April 29, 2024
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Read article
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