It is time for us to start chasing your self-assessment tax returns. Sorry! We know that it is human nature to let things you don’t like get pushed down your ‘to do’ list, but there are lots of reasons to get your information to us as soon as you can. It could actually be easier

Willis Cooper is moving over to use Go Cardless. This is a system that enables you to set up a direct debit to pay our invoices automatically on the due date. This gives you peace of mind that fees will be paid on time and stops the hassle of you having to set up the

Do you have a VAT direct debit set up i.e. is your VAT payment made automatically? If you do then please read on…..   HMRC are changing their IT system for VAT over the next few months. As part of these processes they will be moving over the direct debit details. They intend to do

You are probably all fed up of hearing that these are ‘uncertain times’ but unfortunately it is still very true. As the lockdown eases, we are all hoping for a lovely big economic bounce back to restore the world to what it used to be. But what if this doesn’t happen?   If the future

A very special welcome to our newest and youngest member of the team, Kilo. He will be taking the role of trainee shredder and learning from his big sisters, Indie & Echo. Kilo is new to the office life so we would like to apologise in advance if you receive a few teeth marks in

You might not have greeted the 6th April with a glass of bubbly, fireworks and nibbles but the new tax year has now started. The 2021/22 tax year began on the 6th April and there are a few changes that you might want to know about: • The personal allowance – the amount that you

With the start of the new tax year, there are a few changes coming up with the national living wage and national minimum wage.   The National Living Wage is due to increase by 2.2% on 1 April 2021. Currently, the rate is £8.72 per hour and this will rise to £8.91 per hour.  

Under normal circumstances we would have been reminding you about the payments for your personal tax bill in the run up to 31st January which is the usual deadline. However, this is not a usual year, as we all know!   For this year, if you have not paid your personal tax for the year

You may have heard about a ‘super deduction’ for tax after the budget last week. This relates to the purchase of plant and machinery and the capital allowances (or tax deduction) that you can claim on these purchases. The idea being that you claim a deduction for tax of not just what you paid for

We would like to introduce Lucie Macarthur as a new member of the Willis Cooper team. Lucie is an accountant with over 15 years experience and a valuable addition to the Willis Cooper team. No doubt she will be chatting to some of our clients soon and in the meantime we would like to extend