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Will HMRC treat late processed invoices as errors?
Your business processes invoices when they have been approved by budget holders, so some will be processed a month late, delaying your input tax claim. How might HMRC’s updated guidance help here?
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Are redundancy payments tax deductible?
A seemingly simple question we’re often asked is how much tax relief a business is entitled to for redundancy payments. The answer is that it depends on the situation. How might the circumstances of a redundancy affect the tax deduction?
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Tapering IHT on gifts
You want to make some large cash gifts to your children but you’re worried about the inheritance tax (IHT) implications. ChatGPT says the rate of tax is reduced if you survive more than three years, but you’ve also read that you need to survive seven years. Which is it?
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Free childcare for company owners?
You’re an owner manager and your daughter is due to start nursery. You understand that working parents can get free childcare but a friend said this isn’t available if you only pay yourself dividends. Is this true and what can you do to qualify?