To incorporate or not to incorporate, that is the question! More frequently it seems….

With online incorporations and filings, incorporating a business is becoming easier and easier. Conversely, with the constantly changing dividend rules coming into effect, the gap between limited companies and sole traders/ partnership is closing significantly. Due to these changes, whether or not small businesses or partnerships should trade via a limited company is a question […]

Rewarding your team. New Year, New Tax Breaks

HMRC have made things easier, which is a welcome change. Previously, rewarding your employees for a birthday or wedding could have tricky tax consequences, involving reporting benefits on P11D’s or the company arranging Payment Settlement Agreements with HMRC. The new rules on trivial benefits have made some welcome changes to allow employers to treat their employees, which […]

Chris DowningDirector, Inspire Professional Services Ltd

To incorporate or not to incorporate, that is the question! More frequently it seems….

With online incorporations and filings, incorporating a business is becoming easier and easier. Conversely, with the constantly changing dividend rules coming into effect, the gap between limited companies and sole traders/ partnership is closing significantly. Due to these changes, whether or not small businesses or partnerships should trade via a limited company is a question […]

Rewarding your team. New Year, New Tax Breaks

HMRC have made things easier, which is a welcome change. Previously, rewarding your employees for a birthday or wedding could have tricky tax consequences, involving reporting benefits on P11D’s or the company arranging Payment Settlement Agreements with HMRC. The new rules on trivial benefits have made some welcome changes to allow employers to treat their employees, which […]

Briefing Note – Charities and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) – Are you in the regime?

In Summary To determine whether you need to report to HM Revenue & Customs under the CRS, you should consider the following questions (see also the flowchart at the back of this note). 1              Are you a Reporting Financial Institution? Charities will be Reporting Financial Institutions if they derive more than 50% of their gross […]

Briefing Note – Charities and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) – Are you in the regime?

In Summary To determine whether you need to report to HM Revenue & Customs under the CRS, you should consider the following questions (see also the flowchart at the back of this note). 1              Are you a Reporting Financial Institution? Charities will be Reporting Financial Institutions if they derive more than 50% of their gross […]

Colman Coyle joins IR as the exclusive Capital Markets Member in the United Kingdom

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Oksana Howard of Colman Coyle. Oksana has joined IR as our exclusive Capital Markets Member in the United Kingdom. “Our ultimate goal is to represent your best interest, by making good business decisions based on sound legal knowledge – every time.” Colman Coyle Solicitors […]

Oksana HowardPartner, Colman Coyle

UK Banks Unfazed By Pending Supreme Court Brexit Decision

Law360, London (January 20, 2017, 7:41 PM GMT) — Britain’s banking and legal communities are already looking beyond the U.K.’s Supreme Court decision, due Tuesday, on whether the government can bypass Parliament when triggering the formal process for leaving the European Union, a move that would throw four decades of shared laws and regulation into […]

David FosterPartner, Moore Barlow LLP

Non-Contractual Disclaimers

Contractual disclaimers are not always treated favourably by UK law, with their validity limited by the law on unfair contract terms. However, a recent ruling has clarified that a non-contractual disclaimer excluding liability for negligent misstatements in documents online could be relied upon by a bank1. The disclaimer in question was on the defendant bank’s […]

Alex CanhamPartner, Herrington Carmichael LLP