Paul Clifton
May 14, 202115 min read
Employed or self-employed - Why all the fuss?
There is little doubt that employment practices in the UK are changing. You may have heard of, or work in, the ‘Gig Economy’. This is...
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Paul Clifton
Dec 23, 202013 min read
IR35 and the Off-Payroll Working Rules
Introduction to IR35 For many years, the government and HMRC were concerned that people were using limited companies in order to unjustly...
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Paul Clifton
May 31, 20194 min read
HMRC's strategic approach for collecting more tax
New Targets for H M Revenue & Custom published in March 2019 The government has invested around £2 billion of additional funding to H M...
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Paul Clifton
Apr 30, 20192 min read
Employing close family in your business
Putting your partner, husband, wife, children or family friends on the payroll of your business can be tax efficient. Paying a close...
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Paul Clifton
Sep 20, 20186 min read
Dancer in pole position for tax relief
Overview of the tax rule Many clients ask what they can claim for as tax deductible expenditure i.e. expenses that can be deducted from...
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Paul Clifton
Feb 24, 20173 min read
Payroll and salary end of tax year tax planning for directors and their own companies
March 2017 will be the last payroll run of the 2016-17 tax year. It is therefore not too late to do some year tax planning. Directors,...
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Paul Clifton
Jan 21, 20162 min read
Tax efficient profits extraction from your limited company
I meet lots of smaller business owners on a regular basis that have taken the plunge and set up their own businesses. By default, they...
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Paul Clifton
Mar 18, 20155 min read
Budget (Spring) 2015 - The highlights
George Osborne made his sixth budget on Wednesday 18 March 2015. There was none of the shock value of last year's announcements on...
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