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Reporting CJRS Furlough Grants

The latest version of the CT600 Corporation Tax Return requires companies to report CJRS furlough grant payments received and the amounts that the company was entitled to during the period. Where any overpayments have already been disclosed to HMRC that amount should be reported. The total amount overclaimed should then be entered in box 526. […]

Read more December 6th, 2021

National Minimum Wage April 2022

National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wages (NLW) increased from 1 April 2022. Please see the table below for the new rates: Employers should review the ages of employees to ensure they are paid the correct gross pay when carrying out your payroll procedures. At Shapcotts we check an employee’s age as part of […]

Read more November 1st, 2021

Budget Summary Autumn 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his Autumn Statement on Wednesday 27 October 2021. In his speech he set out the plans to “build back better” with ambitions to level up and reduce regional inequality. Our summary focuses on the tax measures which may affect you, your family and your business. To help you decipher what was […]

Read more October 28th, 2021

Final Month For CJRS “Furlough” Grants

The Government are pulling the plug on support to employers for furloughed staff at the end of September as they anticipate that the economy will be back to normal by October. The grant claims for employees furloughed in the month of September are 60% of the employee’s usual pay up to a maximum cap of […]

Read more September 10th, 2021

National Insurance Rise

The Government has announced that the rates of national insurance are to be increased by 1.25% with effect from 1 April 2022. The same national insurance rise will also be applied to dividend income. The purpose of the increase is to fund NHS and social care reform. The increase will affect those people over the […]

Read more September 9th, 2021

Details Of Latest CJRS “Furlough” Grants

The fourth version of the CJRS “furlough” grant scheme started on 1 May 2021 and will run until 30 September. Employees affected will continue to be supported such that they are entitled to be paid at least 80% of their “usual pay” subject to a limit of £2,500 a month for hours not worked. The […]

Read more May 10th, 2021

Get Ready For “Off-Payroll” Working Rules

Where large or medium-sized organisations are paying workers via personal service companies (PSC) or agencies they will need to operate new procedures from 6 April 2021. The new “off-payroll” rules will apply to partnerships, LLPs and larger charities as well as limited companies. Only those organisations that would be classed as “small” under the Companies […]

Read more March 12th, 2021

Budget Summary Spring 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his much-anticipated second Budget on Wednesday 3 March 2021. There were many rumours of changes that would be implemented, but much of the content concerned maintaining the current position for up to five years causing a fiscal drag to boost tax revenues. In his speech, he stated his Budget ‘meets the […]

Read more March 4th, 2021

Claim Your Furlough Grant By 14th

We now have further details of the operation of the extension of CJRS “furlough” that will apply from 1 November 2020 through to the end of March 2021. The government support will initially be at the rate of 80% of an employee’s reference pay for hours they are furloughed, subject to a maximum of £2,500 […]

Read more December 9th, 2020

Details Of The Extended CJRS

What you need to do for Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims – for periods from 1 November (from HMRC announcement on 10 November) The key facts are: The CJRS is being extended until 31 March 2021. The government will review the scheme in January 2021. 30 November 2020 is the last day employers can […]

Read more November 12th, 2020

How The New Job Support Scheme Works

Update 2 November 2020: On 31 October the Prime Minister announced the second lockdown in England. This lockdown will start from 00:01 Thursday 5 November and last 4 weeks until Wednesday 2 December. This has meant that the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has now been delayed until December. To find how […]

Read more October 30th, 2020

Job Support Scheme Starts 1 November

The Chancellor has announced a new 6 month Job Support Scheme to help businesses and employees survive the winter months. We are still awaiting full details of the scheme that will replace the current “flexible furlough” scheme but the main features are as follows:- Employers of all sizes will be eligible for the new scheme […]

Read more October 15th, 2020

New Job Support Scheme Announced

Yesterday Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a new job scheme starting 1 November 2020 to replace the current Job Retention (“furlough”) Scheme which ends 31 October 2020. All small and medium-sized businesses are eligible, larger businesses must show their turnover has fallen during the pandemic. Employers can use the new scheme even if they have not […]

Read more September 25th, 2020

Review Of Furlough Claims

In recent weeks, HMRC have been making it clear that they will be auditing furlough claims where they believe there has been an inaccuracy, whether deliberate or not. They believe between 5-10% of claims made contain some form of error. It is likely that there will be a large number of furlough claims across the […]

Read more September 22nd, 2020

Job Retention Bonus

The government is introducing a new Job Retention Bonus to provide additional support to employers who keep on their furloughed employees in meaningful employment, after the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends on 31 October 2020. The Job Retention Bonus is a one-off payment to employers of £1,000 for every employee who they previously claimed […]

Read more August 27th, 2020