BHP, Chartered Accountants

Summary: Many employers currently report employee benefits annually using Forms P11D. From April 2027, HMRC will phase in real–time payroll reporting for some benefits, with most remaining benefits payrolled from April 2028, subject to limited exceptions. The changes will affect employers of all sizes that provide taxable benefits and expenses.

Yorkshire, UK – BHP, part of Sumer Group, the UK’s fastest-growing mid-market accountancy practice, today welcomes Allen West & Foster, a highly respected accountancy and business advisory firm serving the South Yorkshire area. This merger expands BHP’s, footprint across Yorkshire, further enhancing its ability to deliver exceptional professional services to small and medium-sized enterprises across the region.

Many healthcare professionals have a combination of employment, self-employment and partnership income. While this can increase earnings and lead to a more varied job role, it can also make your tax position more complex and lead to unexpected tax liabilities. The key to this is understanding how tax codes operate and how PAYE interacts with Self-Assessment. You are entitled to one Personal Allowance each tax year, currently £12,570, regardless of how many jobs or income sources you have.

With the Autumn Budget taking place on 28 October, businesses are starting to ask the same question: where might the government look to raise revenue, and what could that mean for growth, investment and tax planning? While no major tax announcements have yet been confirmed, several themes are emerging from government statements, industry commentary and tax professional analysis. The government has pledged not to increase Income Tax, VAT or employee National Insurance.

Join BHP Healthcare Partner Rachelle Kilpin and Dr Clare Sieber from General Practice Mediation as they discuss how to effectively build healthier practice relationships so that disagreements are prevented. Where disagreements do arise, they should be managed appropriately to resolution.

A relaxing holiday can often spark a bigger idea: owning a place of your own. Whether it’s a cottage in Cornwall, a villa in Spain, or an investment property in the UK purchased by an overseas resident, buying a holiday home can be both a lifestyle and financial decision. However, before committing to a purchase, it’s important to understand the tax, legal and financial implications. These can vary considerably depending on where you live and where the property is located.

The Government is proposing a significant change to the UK’s tax compliance framework that could increase the responsibilities of both businesses and individuals when errors are identified in tax returns. If introduced, the new rules would create a formal duty for taxpayers to correct inaccuracies in previously submitted tax returns once they become aware of them.

Choosing how you structure your business is an important decision. For many business owners, the question of whether to trade as a sole trader or through a limited company will come up as the business grows. There are a number of factors to consider, and while tax is often a key part of the decision, it should not be the only consideration. Before making the switch to a limited company, there are four key areas to look at: profit, tax, how you pay yourself and risk.

The Department for Education has published the Academy Trust Handbook 2026 (ATH 2026), effective from 1 October 2026. While the overall framework remains largely unchanged, the latest edition introduces a number of important updates that strengthen expectations around inclusion, financial sustainability, procurement, executive pay and governance. While there are no major structural changes this year, the handbook provides a useful insight into where the DfE’s focus is moving.

When talking to GP clients there is a number that keeps coming up… £100,000. Not because it is a target, but because it has become a line that many GPs are actively trying not to cross. Now this has always been an important number to consider because of the loss of personal allowance, but with the loss of 30 hours free childcare and tax free childcare at this limit, it is driving behaviour in a way that should concern everyone in primary care.