HMRC has confirmed that almost 800,000 employees who have been working from home during the pandemic have already claimed tax relief on household related costs. The saving is worth up to £125 per year for each employee, and eligible workers can claim the full year's entitlement if they have been told to work from home by their employer, even if it has been for just one day dur ...
Charity News: Corporate transparency and register reform
Three major consultations took place over the winter that contained proposals that could significantly impact charitable companies. These included proposals for requiring all companies to file their accounts digitally with Companies House and a shortening of the filing deadline for doing so, the powers of the Registrar to query filed information and implementing the ban on corp ...
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Fifth Grant
16th July 2021 Full details of the fifth SEISS grant, including a new turnover test which determines the level of the grant, are now available. Level of grants The rules for the fifth SEISS grant are generally the same as for the fourth grant, however, a turnover test has been introduced. The fifth grant is calculated as 80% of three months’ average trading profits capped a ...
Charity News: Responsible investment
Last year CCEW undertook a ‘listening exercise’ seeking views on the adequacy of its guidance for trustees on responsible investment, the alignment of a charity’s investment policy with its mission and purpose. This exercise highlighted a number of technical and practical barriers to responsible investment, such as the apparent need for trustees to prioritise financial return o ...
Furlough scheme starts to wind down
The government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) begins winding down from 1 July. The latest data from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows that at the end of April 3.4 million jobs were still on furlough so the change to the furlough scheme will affect thousands of employers across the country. Since last March, the government has paid 80% of the salaries of ...
Charity News: Off-payroll working
The government has confirmed that changes to off-payroll working rules will apply to the private sector from 6 April 2021, including charities and other not-for-profit organisations. Small entities will be exempt from these rules, commonly referred to as IR35. For charitable companies in order to qualify for this exemption two of the following three thresholds must be met; ann ...
Government confirms start date for Plastic Packaging Tax
The UK government has confirmed that its plastic packaging tax (PPT) will come into force on 1 April 2022. The PPT will be charged at a rate of £200 per metric ton of chargeable plastic packaging components of a single specification. It will apply to plastic packaging components manufactured in or imported into the UK. Plastics covered by the tax include bioplastics, includi ...