HMRC have launched a new Trusts Registration Service (TRS), so that trustees can register their trust online and provide information on the beneficial owners of the trust. The new service launched in early July for trustees and replaces the 41G (Trust) paper form, which was withdrawn at the end of April. Under the existing self assessment rules, the trustees (or their agents) ...
Surrey Wildlife Trust Pine and Dine
On Friday 8th December 2017 the Ward Williams Financial Services team along with a few close colleagues from Ward Williams Chartered Accountants, joined the Surrey Wildlife Trust and other companies on a festive volunteering day to help remove invasive Scotts Pine from the heathland of Barossa, Camberley. The importance of the maintenance of this rare heathland was explained t ...
Delay to roll out of Tax free childcare
The government have announced a delay to the roll out of tax free childcare which was expected to be fully implemented by the end of the year. From 24 November 2017 the service is available to parents whose youngest child is under 6 or who has their 6th birthday on that day. Parents can apply online through the childcare service which can be accessed via the Childcare Choices w ...
Automatic enrolment still applies to temp staff at Christmas
With the festive season fast approaching, employers may be planning to take on temporary staff to help their business survive the rush. Automatic enrolment applies to these employees in the same way as permanent employees, even if they will only be working for a short time. Employers will still need to assess temporary staff and auto enrol any eligible employees into a qualifyi ...
Employee gifts - tax free?
At this time of year some employers may wish to make small gifts to their employees. A tax exemption is available which should give employers certainty that the benefits provided are exempt and do not result in a reportable employee benefit in kind. In order for the benefit to be exempt it must satisfy the following conditions: the cost of providing the benefit does not exc ...
A basic guide to GDPR for small businesses
1. What is the Data Protection Act about? The main aim of the Act is to promote a high standard of handling personal information to protect the individual’s right to privacy. This Act applies to all companies which hold data about living individuals in paper or electronic format. The 8 Data Protection principles for good data handling All data must be… Fairly and lawfully ...