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We’ve been inundated with questions around furlough and the self employed. The most common question is “Can directors furlough themselves?” In theory directors can be furloughed in the same way as other employees. However, a condition of furloughing is that the individual must not undertake work of any kind for the company during this time. […]

To ensure the health and safety of our staff & their families and of our clients we have implemented working from home arrangements. Fortunately as an early adopter of cloud hosted solutions we have been fully equipped to work away from the office since 2010. Our offices are closed to visitors although key staff members […]

Witney Cotswold Classic 2020 Bronsens are proud to sponsor the Witney Cotswold Classic for the third successive year. The Cotswold Classic 10 mile road race is a firmly established event in the local running calendar on an undulating course with a fast finish. The 2020 event takes place on Saturday 5th September. Our marshals will […]

Why not come and join us on 27 June 2020 for the World Aunt Sally Championships?  

Understandable this event has been cancelled for 2020. Hopefully we will see you in 2021! Taking a break from our world of numbers Bronsens are pleased to sponsor this years Chip Lit Festival Our chosen author is Marian Keys who will be reading from her new book “Grown Ups” at The Theatre Chipping Norton Tickets […]

This article considers the question: should businesses invest in new equipment or other long-term capital acquisitions at this time? In truth, no one knows what the impact of the Brexit will be? Brexiteers believe that the floodgates will open, and the rest of the world will rush to buy our goods and services whereas Remainers, […]

In order to qualify as a deduction for tax purposes we have to demonstrate that the expenditure was incurred “wholly and exclusively” for the purposes of our business or employment. We will also need to consider a further criterion: where the expenditure has a duality of purpose. In a 1980’s case, a barrister claimed for […]

Companies House have published a list of bizarre excuses for the late filing of their statutory accounts. They include: “goats ate my accounts” “I found my wife in the bath with my accountant” “pirates stole my accounts” “we delivered the accounts to the betting office next door to Companies House” “a volcano erupted and prevented […]

Suppliers who sell goods and services to larger concerns often find that the terms of their supply, limits or bans the process of factoring the debts to release funds into cash flow. Cynically, this could be seen as a method these larger customers have used to control options available to their smaller suppliers. Unfortunately, suppliers […]

Options for reducing the impact of taxation on our earnings are somewhat limited. That said, there are still opportunities that will keep you the right side of the law and will increase the take home pay of employees. One such opportunity available to employers is to pay so-called trivial benefits. The benefits may be of […]

VAT digital links on hold HMRC has announced a one-year delay to its enforcement of digital VAT rules through the making tax digital (MTD) for VAT return filing process. The delay was in response to the problem of implementing digital links because of the increased number of people working remotely and businesses adapting to the […]

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his first Budget on Wednesday 11 March 2020. In his speech he stated ‘we are at the beginning of a new era in this country. We have the freedom and the resources to decide our own future’. ‘It is a Budget of a government that gets things done’. Click here […]

Countdown to off-payroll rules change The extension of the public sector off -payroll working rules (known as IR35) to the private sector is still set to go ahead in April 2020, despite the postponement of the Budget and a call from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) for the change to be delayed. Click here […]

Although the Brexit issue is not yet decided it may be salutary for businesses to consider the changes they will need to face if we depart with a no-deal Brexit. We have touched on these issues in past articles posted on this blog, but today we have reproduced the present regulations you will need to […]

Guidance on the use of a British passport to travel abroad after 29 March 2019, if there is a “no-deal” Brexit, was issued by government last month. The pertinent facts are reproduced below: After 29 March 2019, if you’re a British passport holder (including passports issued by the Crown Dependencies and Gibraltar), you’ll be considered […]

As we will possibly live on until our 80s and beyond, and as that may involve coping with disability of one form or another, the need for consideration of support as we get older is ever more pertinent. Readers will no doubt have heard the term “power of attorney”, but not many, we suspect, will […]