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The bike to work scheme, introduced by the government is a tax break to encourage cycling to work. Read this blog to find out more...

From 6th April 2011 there will be changes to Employer Supported Childcare that will affect employers who operate a childcare voucher scheme and/or directly contracted childcare.

Following a recent decision in the Europeans courts, HMRC have published a new brief which clarifies the rules on when businesses can give away samples of their products VAT free.

HMRC have been issuing questionnaires to companies asking how they monitor the private use of their company vans.

Find out what you need to do....

A new online resource, 'Basic PAYE Tools', replaces HMRC's Employer CD-ROM. The resource is available on the Business Link website. As well as having all the features of the CD-ROM it also has an automatic update facility to ensure that the latest information and figures are contained within the tool.

HM Revenue & Customs have announced that Plumbers, gas fitters and heating engineers are the latest targets on their clampdown on trades’ people failing to declare their earnings and pay tax.

For Greenstones customers (namely the small owner managed business) there are not really any new surprises following today’s budget.

From April 2011 companies and self employed individuals need to be aware of the changes that have been made to the payment of corporation tax and Class 2 national insurance.

With effect from 9 August 2011 HMRC’s bank accounts have changed. It will no longer be possible to use the Bank of England accounts and therefore any payments directed to the Bank of England accounts after this date will be rejected automatically by the banking system and returned to your bank.

As from 16 December 2011 HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are able to accept payments made using the Faster Payments Service. This allows you to make faster electronic payments, typically via internet or telephone banking, enabling them to be processed on the same or next day.