Tax

  1. Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme

    Find out about the new SSP claims service for employers during coronavirus.

  2. MTD: The future and the virus

    Philip McNeill contrasts the impact, focus and roll-out of CJRS and SEISS in the context of Making Tax Digital.

  3. ICAS CJRS fact sheet

    Read the updated ICAS fact sheet on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

  4. HMRC update on IHT and COVID-19

    HMRC has provided an update on a range of IHT issues arising from COVID 19, including details of adjustments to some of their processes.

  5. COVID-19 R&D update

    HMRC is receiving a high volume of questions about the R&D reliefs in the light of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

  6. CJRS extended to 31 October 2020

    Find out more about the 12 May Job Retention Scheme announcements

  7. Coronavirus: VAT liability changes

    Jan Garioch CA discusses recent VAT changes to provide some assistance in the current pandemic.

  8. SEISS – application procedures

    Philip McNeill highlights recent updates and changes to the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme.

  9. Revenue Scotland: COVID-19 operational changes

    Revenue Scotland is making some operational changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent government guidance.

  10. Who can access the JRS Portal?

    Justine Riccomini runs through the latest information available on the HMRC JRS Portal through which employers and agents can claim furlough assistance grants.

  11. Re-writing history during COVID-19

    Justine Riccomini explores why it is important to abide by the Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation (PCRT) guidance to safeguard all concerned.

  12. COVID-19: employees WfH

    We look at the tax consequences are of the payment of allowances and purchase of necessary equipment for employees WfH.

  13. Directors, furlough, “statutory duties”

    Justine Riccomini looks at “statutory duties” for directors under the Government’s Covid-19 Job Retention Scheme.

  14. ICAS fact sheet: Job Retention Scheme

    Justine Riccomini explains what ICAS is doing for its members in relation to the Job Retention Scheme and other Covid-19 measures over the coming weeks.

  15. Self-Employed Income Support Scheme

    Philip McNeill discusses some queries and uncertainties that attach to the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme.

  16. COVID-19 advice for agents

    A look at guidance for agents on how to support their clients through the COVID-19 crisis.

  17. Tax - coronavirus guidance

    See the latest guidance in tax amid the coronavirus crisis.

  18. COVID-19 – VAT deferment

    This article summarises the VAT deferral scheme, based on information available at 30 March 2020.

  19. COVID -19: Assistance for self employed

    The Chancellor has announced the government’s plans for supporting the self-employed affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.