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CJRS     From 28th May 2021 if employers want to make CJRS claims for 16 or more employees they can use HMRC  updated templates at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wages-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme - making it easier to add the details...

  Self-Employment Income Support Scheme – future grants confirmed The UK Government has today announced that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will continue until September with a fourth and fifth grant. The fourth and fifth grants will take into...

MEMBERS MATTER   ICAEW COUNCIL ELECTIONS FOR LONDON start on Monday 8th February. 3 SPA members need your help in a very competetive election. 15 candidates for 9 places.   I (Howard Gross) am standing for re-election. I have been on council since 2002, I am the...

Tens of thousands of small businesses will receive insurance payouts covering losses from the first national lockdown, following a court ruling on 15 January 2021. The Supreme Court found largely in favour of small firms receiving payments from business interruption...

Yesterday Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the following :- Overview £4bn in new grants to support retail, hospitality and leisure firms £594m for struggling firms in other sectors. How will it work? Firms forced to close would receive one-off grants worth up to...

Below are extracts from Howard's end of year bumper holiday edition  I have included the following:- SWAB TESTS The Government is to introduce a temporary income tax exemption and National Insurance contributions (NICs) disregard, to ensure that employees who purchase...