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Significant tax changes for double cab pick-ups from April 2025
Businesses and individuals are being warned to take note of a major rule change that is set to increase taxes on company vehicles in under three months. From 6 April, double cab pick-ups (DCPUs) with a payload of one tonne or more will be treated as cars for Benefits in Kind (BIK) and capital allowance purposes.
Shaping the future of the accountancy sector
An emerging leader in the accountancy sector is sharing his knowledge with colleagues across the globe as a Coventry and Warwickshire accountancy firm expands its international reach. Jack Dunne, a Client Manager at HB&O, has joined the Emerging Leaders Programme DFK International, a global association of independent accounting, tax, and business advisory firms.
Update on VAT and Private Schools
Effective from 1 January 2025, all education services, vocational training, and boarding services provided by private schools or connected entities became subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%. Classes for children of nursery school age will continue to remain exempt from VAT. This means that private schools that were not VAT-registered will have needed to register with HMRC by 1 January 2025 or as soon as value of the school’s taxable income exceeded £90,000.
Accountants & Business Advisers in Birmingham
Located in Birmingham’s vibrant city centre, HB&O is made up of highly skilled professionals who are committed to providing bespoke support to clients at every stage of their personal and professional journey. From complex audits to tax strategies and risk management, we offer solutions designed to meet your evolving needs. We take a forward-thinking approach to our services, integrating latest technology and software, enabling us to remain at the forefront of financial innovation.
HB&O provides expert audit support to Motionhouse
Touring dance-circus company, Motionhouse, is preparing to launch its next major production which will soon grace the international stage. The Warwickshire-based company will be premiering ‘Hidden’ on Thursday, February 6. The not-for-profit company, founded in Leamington Spa in 1988, is renowned for its track record of exporting creative work around the world and will be touring its latest production around the UK and Europe until 2028.
HB&O supports Motionhouse with audits and financial guidance
Touring dance-circus company, Motionhouse, is preparing to launch its next major production which will soon grace the international stage. The Warwickshire-based company will be premiering ‘Hidden’ on Thursday, February 6. The not-for-profit company, founded in Leamington Spa in 1988, is renowned for its track record of exporting creative work around the world and will be touring its latest production around the UK and Europe until 2028.
post-festive season financial strategies
The festive season often brings a flurry of expenses, end-of-year tasks, and forward planning for business owners. Once the celebrations are over, it’s the ideal time to refocus on your finances and take proactive steps to free up valuable resources for reinvestment, business growth, and tax efficiency. Optimising your tax deductions is one of the most effective ways to achieve this, ensuring you maximise your savings and set your business up for continued success in the year ahead.
Anthoteibinenes F-Q: New Sesquiterpenes from the Irish Deep-Sea Coral Anthothela grandiflora
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HB&O joins the top 50 + 50 Accountancy Firms in the UK!
Coventry and Warwickshire accountancy firm HB&O has broken into the top 100 rankings in the UK for the first time. The independent firm, which has offices in Coventry and Leamington, has been named in the prestigious Accountancy Age Top 50+50 rankings for 2024. Firms are ranked by total UK fee income for the last financial year, with the ranking determined by voluntary submission of data.
Tipping law changes for the UK hospitality industry
A significant change in tipping practices came into effect on 1 October 2024 with the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023. This new legislation requires all service-based businesses, including restaurants, cafes, pubs, and hotels, to ensure that 100% of tips and service charges go directly to the employees who earned them. Previously, employers had no legal requirements to pass on tips or service charges to staff.
Leaky Wave Modes and Edge Waves in Land-Fast Ice Split by Parallel Cracks
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Cryptocurrency Investing: Stimulus Checks and Inflation Expectations
Home | Faculty & Research Overview | Research We provide a first look into the factors that affect retail investing in cryptocurrencies. We use consumer transaction data to examine how household characteristics, liquidity shocks, and hedging requirements shape the crypto investment decisions of millions of U.S. households. We find that—similar to traditional investing—crypto investing responds to wealth, risk attitudes, and liquidity constraints.
Prepare for change: navigating upcoming payroll adjustments
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage increase In the latest Spring Budget update, it was announced that starting from 1 April 2024, both the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will undergo a rate increase per hour. The NMW stands as the minimum hourly rate that nearly all employees are entitled to receive. Meanwhile, the NLW represents a mandatory minimum wage granted to employees aged 23 and above.
Spring Budget 2024
Despite there being few major surprises in the Spring Budget 2024, there is, as always, a great deal of information in the documents that are released on the internet following the Chancellor’s announcement. It is also possible to miss the impact of changes that were announced in previous statements and which are only now coming into effect. In this document we have summarised the latest proposals and their impact, and also included reminders of some of those earlier announcements.
Owners of Airbnb and other short-term let properties will be required to obtain planning permission before renting out rooms
From this Summer, the government plans to implement laws mandating that owners of newly established short-term rental properties in England must obtain planning permission for rental purposes. This measure aims to empower councils in regulating the number of licenses granted within a specific area and can be seen as an extension to the system that is already in place in London.
FinTech Lending with LowTech Pricing - ProMarket
New research indicates that FinTech lending has not been as ‘disruptive’ in risk-based pricing as claimed. While FinTech has provided increased loan access to some individuals, reliance on traditional credit scoring and spillovers from banking regulations leads to mispricing and cross-subsidization of borrowers. The authors suggest alternatives to allocate capital efficiently and improve financial inclusion.
Emergence of Treadmill Running Ability and Quantitative Assessment of Gait Dynamics in Young Ts65Dn Mice: A Mouse Model for Down Syndrome
4. Discussion In the present study, we used a commercially available high-speed, video-based treadmill system to record and analyze the development of gait and gait dynamics in Ts65Dn mice as compared to euploid control mice. Our main findings for Ts65Dn mice vs.
Integrating “One Health” Concepts in the Design of Sustainable Systems for Environmental Use
Open AccessConcept Paper by Mark S. Johnson * and Valerie H. Adams U.S. Defense Centers for Public Health—Aberdeen, Toxicology Directorate, 8252 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5403, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
cAMP Compartmentalisation in Human Myometrial Cells
Abstract : Preterm birth is the leading cause of childhood mortality and morbidity. A better understanding of the processes that drive the onset of human labour is essential to reduce the adverse perinatal outcomes associated with dysfunctional labour.
Formal Genre-Specific Knowledge as a Resource-Dispersing Feature of Task Complexity
Abstract : Recent second language (L2) writing research informed by task-based theories of second language acquisition has enthusiastically adopted task complexity frameworks to describe the specific cognitive demands of a given writing task and the effect of those cognitive demands on written L2 production. However, missing from many studies on the effects of task complexity on L2 written production is a discussion of genre as a potential source of task complexity.
Direct Tax | HB&O
Corporate Tax Structuring Whether you’re looking to financially incentivise staff to improve productivity, restructure your business so you can sell with a more tax efficient outcome, or start an investment portfolio, a plan is a must. Even if minimising tax isn’t your main focus, it should play a significant part in your plan, as tax implications can affect many moving parts of your overall strategy.
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