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Of the many complaints regarding the frequently poorly designed new Companies House forms, most have centred on the requirement for lengthy statements of capital to be filed on each occasion that the issued share capital of a company is varied. In...

An interesting article in this week's Sunday Times highlighted the use by Premier League players of their own private companies to avoid paying tax on a significant chunk of their earnings. The scheme apparently works in the following way:- a...

Last week I attended one of the numerous pre-Budget seminars organised by accountants within the region. The conversations over refreshments had a number of themes:- The rate of company insolvencies seems to have slowed down (something reflected in the...

There is much current discussion of the proposed increases in CGT to be announced as part of the Emergency Budget on 22 June, and speculation regarding the promised "generous" rules for business assets. Unfortunately, Government pronouncements to...