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A Steady Start to 2024 -
The year has begun on a tentative footing following the excesses of November and December, when asset prices galloped higher. Investors have paused to reflect on the ‘wall of worry’ that is said to accompany most bull markets. 

This…

13 February 2024

It was widely and incorrectly reported last week (w/c 8 Jan), that new reporting rules for digital platforms was…

In his 2023 Autumn statement the Chancellor’s giveaway came in the form of a cut to National Insurance rather…

The Institute of Charted Accountants Scotland (ICAS) has made an interesting and very useful comparison of the 2023/24 Scottish…

Investors enter 2024 with optimism -
Global stocks closed 2023 with their fourth largest annual return of the last twenty years. But those gains mostly came from a narrow group. The seven largest companies in the US - Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Facebook & Tesla – returned a colossal 111% on average.

Self-Assessment deadline 31st January Countdown for 5.7 million customers to file their tax return With less than a month…

The Scottish Budget plans for 2024/25 were announced by the new Scottish Finance Secretary, Shona Robison, on 19 December 2023 and included a new income tax band for higher earners in Scotland.

We are thrilled to bring you the latest update from Greaves West & Ayre's payroll department. In our ongoing pursuit of excellence and innovation, we are excited to announce that we are adopting a new cloud-based payroll platform – PayCircle. This transition is set to enhance the way clients manage their payroll, making it more accessible and secure than ever before.

If you are considering purchasing a company car, it is important to understand the benefit in kind (BIK) implications. The BIK rules tax any private benefit a director or employee receives from the company. For any vehicle, you need to determine if it is classed as a car or a van.

In simple terms when we talk about business succession we mean the long-term plan for the business. In practice, it is difficult to cover all of the taxation and accounting issues surrounding succession in business across the generations in one short article, but here goes . . .