Residential Nil Rate Band & Downsizing

26 Sep 2018 | Firm News

We’ve all come across people who in later life have decided to move to a smaller property, “now the kids have moved out” or “we don’t need the space, it’s too much work”, but how are these people affected when it comes to the new Inheritance Tax rules for leaving...

Making Tax Digital for VAT

20 Sep 2018 | Firm News, MTD

With only seven months to go until the Making Tax Digital for VAT #MTDfV deadline, most businesses above the £85,000 threshold should already be integrating the new digital tax system into their processes, but is that happening in reality and do people really know...

Lucy Orrow: Self Assessment Tax Return Dates for your Diary

13 Sep 2018 | Firm News, Self Assessment

With the last of the public holidays behind us until Christmas and the kids back to school, it’s time to set your mind to filing your tax return. Change of Circumstances? Are you newly self-employed, have you been promoted to company director, made a capital disposal,...

Is your business ready for the unexpected?

28 Aug 2018 | Firm News

Personal circumstances recently reiterated the need for all of us to think about and prepare for the worse. The worse relates to two main events firstly death (one of life’s certainties) and secondly mental or physical incapacity. Some business owners are likely to...

Corporate Finance Update from Nigel Whittle: Mergers

21 Aug 2018 | Firm News, Corporate Finance, Mergers, acquisitions and disposals

Merger and acquisition activity has hit a ten year high in the UK and we are seeing a similar high level of activity here at Lambert Chapman LLP. One of the more difficult transactions is carrying out a successful merger. Anecdotally between 30% – 40% of mergers...

Payroll and Pensions Update for Employers

16 Aug 2018 | Firm News, Payroll

This article concentrates on several changes that have occurred over recent months that all Employers should be aware of and should have already implemented together with common issues we come across within the payroll department. 1. From April 2018, increase in the...