Google have announced their contribution to the UK’s COVID-19 recovery. Its headline item being a huge amount of free advertising that will be available to SMEs and charities across Britain. They are also investing in [...]
There’s a lot of information to take on at the moment. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is rippling through different areas of our lives. Health fears, being socially responsible and simply working are all [...]
We are all left disgruntled by the regular stories about global technology companies paying much less tax than their counterparts with traditional businesses; despite making huge profits in the UK. Given the enormous cost of [...]
Obviously the most devastating consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is the loss of life and the subsequent grief. It is the burden of leadership to have to consider the multiple elements of a crisis simultaneously. [...]
The Scottish government has voted to prevent companies and individuals registered in tax havens from getting any government financial support to help them recover from the health pandemic. Basically, if you haven’t been paying in, [...]
Disappointingly, HMRC say they have received 795 reports of fraudulent furlough claims. They are not yet investigated, but they will be, and those who have defrauded the system will be prosecuted. What is the Coronavirus [...]
HMRC have announced that many of the policy consultations they have in the pipeline are now delayed. This is a totally understandable and sensible response, given their huge new workload dealing with the COIVD-19 crisis [...]
As an employee, if you’re ‘being furloughed’ it means that your job is being put on hold. The current national emergency has pressed pause on your work. You are still employed, you are still being [...]
HMRC have created yet another emergency administrative workaround so that people can access the Child Benefit they’re entitled to. Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland all have their own systems for registering a birth. [...]
HMRC is operating in the same strange new world as the rest of us. And many of us need their help to sort out the financial impact of the health crisis. This is the government [...]
