22 June 2010

Emergency Budget June 2010

The Chancellor delivered his first Budget calling it a "Progressive Budget, tough but fair." His target was to reduce the current structural deficit which he intended to do by a mixture of spending cuts and tax rises. Many of these changes had been leaked to the press beforehand, no doubt in an effort to manage expectations. 

We have also produced an Emergency Budget Summary with issues concerning charities and the not for profit sector. Please click here to read.

31 March 2010

Private Client Practitioner Top 25 Accountancy Firm Award

haysmacintyre is pleased to announce its recent success in being judged amongst the top 25 accountancy firms in the country for private client work by Private Client Practitioner magazine.

iXBRL accounts and other electronic filing

From April 2011, HMRC is making it compulsory for organisations to file company accounts, tax returns and computations in an electronic format called iXBRL – inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language.

loss of personal allowances

individuals who have earnings over £112,950 will from 6 April 2010 lose their tax free personal alowance.

year end tax planning

this is the time of year, leading up to 5 April, when you should consider getting your personal and business affairs straight to ensure that full advantage is taken of all available tax reliefs.