30 March 2021
Property sales have been booming recently with the stamp duty holiday, and while many taxpayers will need to report and pay their capital gains tax on residential property within 30 days, we are urging them to check whether they can submit their self-assessment tax return early instead of using HMRC’s “capital gains tax on UK property” account.
30 March 2021
HMRC has issued a further tranche of offshore nudge letters this month, once again stating that it has information which shows the taxpayer may have received overseas income or gains which have not been subject to UK tax. The letters do not always detail the information HMRC has, but normally a brief telephone call to the helpline can shine a light on the data held.
30 March 2021
For years it’s been common practice for directors of owner-manged businesses to reward themselves through dividend payments rather than through the payroll, largely because of the more attractive taxation treatment. Dividend payments pre-suppose the company has sufficient distributable reserves to do so, but the impact of coronavirus means some may struggle to make these payments.
30 March 2021
Middle market businesses believe their revenues will increase in 2021 and that a full UK economic recovery will emerge within two years, despite the challenges presented by Brexit and the global pandemic which impacted trade throughout 2020 and early 2021.
30 March 2021
This week's articles include 'Paying dividends – as simple as 1,2,3…or is it?', 'HMRC’s clock is ticking for collecting offshore liabilities', 'Do you really need to pay your capital gains tax within 30 days?', 'Making Tax Digital for VAT: don’t forget digital links' and finally 'Hidden history'.
30 March 2021
Since Making Tax Digital was first introduced for some VAT registered businesses in 2019, the digital links aspect of the new rules was misunderstood and regarded as the hardest to implement. The same remains true today, but for many taxpayers 1 April marks the first day of the first VAT return period that must comply with these new rules.
30 March 2021
Most people are unaware they have the right to view privately held inheritance tax-exempt, heritage items. Viewings of such artefacts are currently suspended, but you can now check the register for the hidden historical gems you are entitled to see.
29 March 2021
The RSM Capital Markets team have acted as reporting accountants to ActiveOps plc on their admission to the AIM Market of London Stock Exchange plc. ActiveOps plc (ticker: AOM), an existing audit client, has raised £76 million for selling shareholders with an initial market capitalisation of £120 million.
29 March 2021
This Tax Strategy applies to RSM UK Holdings Limited and all its wholly owned corporate subsidiaries and LLPs, collectively “RSM”, for the financial year ended 31 March 2021. It describes RSM’s approach to the management of its own tax affairs.
29 March 2021
Case study: RSM’s M&A and private equity team has advised on the sale of enquiryMAX Limited to Keyloop.