The LB Business Broadcast
Welcome to the Lewis Brownlee Podcast, an in-depth podcast for those who are interested in staying up-to-date with all aspects of business, tax and finance. Each show offers a variety of resources, insights, and updates from industry professionals to keep you at the cutting edge of this ever-changing world.
Episodes
In this LB Talking Points video, our Client Relationship Manager Amber Naughton and Tax Adviser Steven Cameron, discuss Making Tax Digital for Landlords, and how the rules will affect their current accounting practices plus the benefits this could have for their property business.
Self-employed businesses and landlords with annual business or property income above £10,000 will need to follow the rules for MTD for Income T...
In this LB Talking Points video, our VAT Compliance Manager Yvonne Collings and Cloud Accounting Specialist Andy Kemp, discuss the Digital Links aspect of Making Tax Digital, and how moving to a cloud accounting system could benefit your business.
Making Tax Digital (MTD) was brought in back in April 2019 for VAT registered businesses with a turnover above the VAT registration threshold (currently £85,000). All VAT-regist...
Jayne Tressler (Business Services Group Manager) and Lewis Pridgeon (Tax Compliance Manager) are discussing some of the key aspects of employee benefits.
A benefit-in-kind is any benefit that an employee or director receives from their company which is not included in the individual’s payslip. Sometimes people refer to these as ‘perks’ or ‘fringe benefits’ and contrary to popular belief, these are not all ‘tax-free freebie...
Our Managing Director Sarah Alexander discusses the new Help to Grow programme from the government.
The programme is now open for registrations and will launch in June, with the aim of helping small and medium sized businesses across the UK learn new skills, reach new customers and improve profits.
• The Help to Grow Management scheme offers small businesses a 12 week programme delivered by leading business scho...
In our latest video, our MD Sarah Alexander focuses on the subject of Shareholders Agreements!
A shareholders’ agreement is entered into between all or some of the shareholders in a company. It regulates the relationship between the shareholders, the management of the company, ownership of the shares and the protection of the shareholders. They also govern the way in which the company is run.
A properly drawn up ...
Here our MD Sarah Alexander and Head of our Midhurst office Melanie Phillips provide an overview of the upcoming changes to self-assessment, namely Making Tax Digital for self-assessment which will apply from 6 April 2023.
The changes mean that you will need to keep digital records of all your business income and expenses when it comes from self employment and property
Making Tax Digital is a key part of the Gove...
Changes to off-payroll working (IR35) were due to be introduced in 2020, but were delayed by 12 months. The changes to the IR35 rules will now be implemented from 6 April 2021.
In our latest LB Talking Points webinar, our Business Services Director Christine Deacon and Client Relationship Manager Jess Morris, discuss what IR35 is, who it will affect, how it may affect them, plus other points to note on off-payroll working....
In this LB Talking Points instalment, Our Managing Director Sarah Alexander and our Head of Audit and Assurance Sam Ede, discuss the Domestic Reverse Charge (DRC) for construction services.
Back in 2019 changes to the way the construction industry accounts for VAT were announced. The domestic reverse charge mechanism was originally planned to come into effect on 1 October 2019 but was delayed until 1 October 2020 due to B...
This will be the last roundup webinar in this format, going forward we will be doing short videos focusing on key topics. These can then be watched in your own time and you can focus on the key subjects that are relevant to you.
Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel to see our updates - https://lblink.uk/YouTubeChannel
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Today's webinar focuses on he...
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The fourth SEISS grant is now open to claimants and covers the period from 1 February 2021 to 30 April 2021.
Who can claim?
• If your 2019/2020 tax return was submitted on or before 2 March 2021
• If you've traded in both tax years 2019/20 and 2020/21<...
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The government has updated its webpage on Financial support for businesses during coronavirus (COVID-19) - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covi...
Here is the latest instalment of The LB Weekly Roundup!
This week our Managing Director Sarah Alexander discusses Year End Tax Planning and Payroll, IR35, the Job Retention Scheme, plus much more...
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- As we head towards April now is the time to think about pre-tax year planning, doing the year end administration and filing the necessary forms to H...
The focus of today's webinar was around the grants that can be claimed by businesses. Please see the details below...
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Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment - 31 March 2021 DEADLINE
Supports businesses that have been required to close due to the national lockdown that began 5 January 2021. Eligible businesses may be entitled to a one-off cash grant of up to £9...
Key Points and Budget Highlights:
‣ No changes to income tax, national insurance, or VAT rates; but as income is expected to rise, more people pay tax or go into the higher rates.
‣ Corporation tax (CT) rates to increase to 25% on profits over £250,000 from April 2023; CT rate at 19% remains for smaller companies with profits under £50,000. Taper relief on CT for profits between the two levels.
‣ Super-...
In this webinar, our Managing Director Sarah Alexander and Tax Director Tom Foster discuss the key announcements from the Chancellor's Budget on Wednesday 3rd March!
MAIN PROPOSALS
Tax measures include:
› Super-deduction for companies investing in new plant and machinery
› Time extension of the temporary increase to the SDLT nil rate band for residential property in England and Northern Ireland
› ...
Key points from today's Weekly Roundup webinar:
- With 6 weeks to go until the end of the Tax Year, it is time to make the most of your tax allowances this year. Our Tax Director Tom Foster and Senior Tax Adviser Shaun Dodson have recorded a webinar on this, plus we have also prepared a pdf guide for tax planning.
- Tax Planning Webinar - http://LBLink.uk/LBTP_PYETP
- Tax Planning PDF Guide - http://LBLink.uk/TaxPla...
This week our Managing Director Sarah Alexander discusses Tax Planning, Brexit, Claim and name, VAT deferral payment scheme plus so much more...
KEY POINTS/LINKS:
- Brexit - Key Dates
- April – the movement of goods rules for products of animal origin come into force;
- June – the settlement scheme registration process for people from the EU to remain in the UK ends;
- July – new border controls will come into force...
This week our Managing Director Sarah Alexander discusses ICO fees, Postponed VAT Accounting, the Job Retention Scheme, plus much more...
KEY POINTS/LINKS:
- ICO - The Data Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations 2018 requires every organisation that processes personal information to pay a fee to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), unless they are exempt. Failure to do so will result in a fixed penalty, ...
Here is the latest instalment of The LB Weekly Roundup!
This week our Managing Director Sarah Alexander discusses the Self-Assessment deadline, Off payroll working (IR35) from April 2021, Grants for traineeships and other updates and information! Please see the key points and dates from the session below.
Key points from the session:
- Thank you and well done the the Lewis Brownlee team for their hard work duri...
Here is the latest instalment of The LB Weekly Roundup, where we aim to help support our clients as best we can. We will continue to do a weekly webinar to keep you up to date with any changes and provide as much support as we can.
• Good news for Hospitality and other businesses who were forced to close in the first lockdown. The Supreme Court ruled that insurers should pay business interruption claims, and will provide ...
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