The Chancellor announced on 24 September a whole new raft of measures and support schemes for businesses and individuals during the COVID-19 crisis. Some of this is very welcomed news but some not so much. As with so many things in life we all wish that more could be done by the government (removing the…
Update on Government schemes in response to COVID-19 We are now well into the lockdown and we hope that you are keeping safe and well. Here, at Banner & Associates we are adjusting to working from home and although there are some differences to the way we service our clients. Remember if you want a…
Budget 2020 – Key Points Newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has just delivered his first ever Budget to the House of Commons, in fact the first Budget since October 2018 and it’s packed with implications for small businesses. We have highlighted below what would affect our clients the most. We have not…
New IR35 rules – some guidance Well the budget did not deliver for many of us and the new IR35 rules will be coming in from 6 April 2020. We have outlined some points about the new legislation below. If you have any questions, please give us a call or an email to arrange a…
Some updates for you all regarding IR35. The rather unpopular Business Entity Tests that were introduced by HMRC are to be scrapped from 5 April 2015 onwards. Hooray! For those of you who didn’t know about the Business Entity Test please note that these were not appropriate and had been campaigned against by various groups…