National Living Wage to increase to £10.50 within five years
Conservative Chancellor Sajid Javid announced at the Conservative party conference that he would raise the National Living Wage to £10.50 within five years. The current amount for over 25s is £8.21, but the Living Wage Foundation believe that it should already be £9...
IFRS 16 leases rules have changed 1 January 2019
Leasing is very common and is often used as a financing solution to access buildings and equipment without suffering large up-front cash outflows. Most of a company’s operating leases to date tended not to be shown on the balance sheet. Going forward the introduction...
Changes to business risk reviews for large Business Customers from 1 October 2019
Hawsons have worked with many Large Businesses and International groups over the years so that they can introduce the appropriate systems and procedures and achieve “low Risk status” with HMRC. Part of this process has been to liaise between the Businesses and HMRC to...
Charity tax improvements might unlock more people giving to charity
According to a new report from the Charity Tax Commission led by the former chairman of the Inland Revenue (Sir Nicholas Montagu), tax reliefs offered to UK charities are in urgent need of an overhaul. The new proposal aims to ensure that charities increase their...
