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  18th June 2018 | Sarah Lockhart-White

  What are the recent changes to Substantial Shareholding Exemption?

  The UK’s substantial shareholdings exemption (‘SSE’) applies, in certain circumstances, to exempt gains arising on the disposal of shares by corporate shareholders. In Finance Act 2017 the SSE legislation was reformed and these changes apply to disposals on or after 1 April 2017.

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  14th June 2018 | Robert Leggett

  Is an HMRC Business Tax Account compulsory for businesses within MTD?

  Many businesses do not access, and may not even be registered for their HMRC Business Tax Account (‘BTA’), as most of information is being dealt with or sought from their tax agents. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) has been made aware that for a business within MTD, specific transactions which the client will have to complete will require access to its BTA.

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  11th June 2018 | Jonathan Wingfield

  Accounts year end - what does it mean?

  As your business ‘year end’ approaches, especially if it’s your first, it can be confusing as to what this actually means, and what happens once your accountant has received your paperwork for the year. A business’ year end can be any date, and may depend on when your business started trading. Sole traders, partnerships and limited companies have differing rules around year end, which I won’t go into here but instead focus on the year end process itself.

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  4th June 2018 | Tim Shaw

  What should I know about transfer pricing?

  The UK has had transfer pricing legislation since 1915 but the legislation and documentation requirements became considerably more wide reaching and onerous with the introduction of Corporation Tax Self Assessment in 1999.

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  1st June 2018 | Andrew Scott

  What are the tax implications of growing your business?

  Business tax manager Andrew Scott answers some of the key questions around tax and your business.

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