Since April 2019, VAT-registered businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold must keep VAT records digitally and send returns using Making Tax Digital (MTD) compatible software. From April 2022, these requirements will apply to all VAT-registered businesses, including those with a turnover below the VAT threshold. Making Tax Digital for VAT – live webinar...
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Check if a message from HMRC is genuine
Use descriptions of emails, phone calls, letters and text messages recently issued by HMRC to help you decide if a contact is genuine or a scam from a fraudster trying to get your personal information. Follow the various links below to find out more: Check genuine HMRC contact that uses more than one communication method...
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NCC achieves important derogation that helps multi-stage vehicle manufacturers
After six months of representations to the Department for Transport (DfT), the NCC has secured an agreement from DfT to grant an end-of-series derogation for multi-stage vehicle manufacturers against Regulation (EU) 2018/1832 amending Regulation (EU) 2017 1151 (Article 15(9). This is of huge significance to the UK motorhome sector. This derogation only applies to multi-stage...
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New laws to provide legally-binding process to resolve commercial rent debts
Government has announced that new laws and a new Code of Practice is to be published to guide landlords and tenants in how to negotiate a way forward. The changes will “protect tenants from rent debt claims against them and help market return to normality”. Commercial tenants are protected from eviction until 25 March 2022,...
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What’s changing with self-isolation in Wales
If you were in a household with someone who tests positive but you are double vaccinated, you did not need to self-isolate unless you have symptoms or a positive test yourself. New Welsh Government guidance is that adults who are fully vaccinated and children and young people aged five to 17 should self-isolate until they...
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Covid rules to be tightened in Wales
Scrapped Covid rules could be brought back to allow Wales to have a “normal” Christmas, First Minister Mark Drakeford has warned. New measures are already being brought in to tackle Wales’ high Covid rates – the worst in the UK. Covid passes will be extended to cinemas, theatres and concert halls from 15 November as...
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Business rates to reduce for one year
In the autumn Budget, Government’s stated aim was to “make the business rates fairer and timelier” – they will now be reviewed every three years. There will be a new one year 50% business rates discount for retail, hospitality, & leisure sectors, although there is a £110,000 cap. Retail outlets e.g. dealerships and showrooms are...
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Questions in the House about the upcoming changes to driving licences
Virginia CrosbieConservative MP for Ynys Môn tabled the following question: “To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the new rules for towing a trailer or caravan with a car from autumn 2021, published September 2021, what assessment he made of the potential risk to road safety that (a) car drivers would no longer need to...
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Potential DVLA strike action
Unions at DVLA are threatening a pre-Christmas strike which will hold “millions of drivers to ransom”. The Government agency is working through a backlog of a reported 50,000 vocational driving licences, stretching back more than two months.
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HSE spot checks continue
The Health and Safety Executive have announced that they are continuing to undertake spot-checks of businesses to make sure they are working safely with regard to coronavirus. The spot check programme provides expert advice during the calls and visits, advising businesses on how to manage risk and protect workers, customers and visitors. They are also...