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| Gift Aid Is A Major Legacy Of The Duke Of Edinburgh Remembering a life of service ... |  |

| Employees Can Claim Working From Home Allowance For the new tax year ... |  |

| The Business Godparent Newsletter Spring 2021 Welcome to the 10th edition ... |  |

| Work From Home or Back To The Office? How the future may be a hybrid of the two ... |  |

| Have You Seen The New £50 Banknote? A tribute to Alan Turing ... |  |

| 1st Of April Deadline For Self Assessment Payment Plans Or get a 5% late payment penalty ... |  |

| Government Announce New Tax Consultations Creating a trusted, modern taxation system ... |  |

| COVID-19: Celebrating Diversification On The Anniversary Of Lockdown Oh, how the business landscape has changed ... |  |

| Important Reforms To Companies House Giving businesses more confidence ... |  |

| The UK's New Super-Deduction Tax Break And what it means for your business ... |  |

| Chancellor Extends Furlough Until September 2021 Great news for many workers ... |  |

| Budget 2021: COVID-19 Support Measures At A Glance Positive for many of our clients ... |  |

| Get Our Budget 2021 Summary What Did The Chancellor Announce? |  |

| Budget 2021: What's The Chancellor Going To Announce? Wednesday Is Fast Approaching ... |  |

| Vaccines : Employer Obligations And Employee Rights What's best for your business? |  |

| Late Payment Penalty Waived By HMRC If you set up a payment plan by the 1st of April 2021 ... |  |

| COVID-19 VAT Deferral Payment Guidance Updated And new payment scheme opens soon ... |  |

| Kickstart Scheme Axes 30-Job Minimum Requirement Companies can apply directly ... |  |

| Chancellor Offers More Help To Firms With COVID-19 Loans Some very positive news ... |  |

| 1.8m Taxpayers Miss The January Self Assessment Deadline Thankfully there's an extension ... |  |

| Income Tax And VAT Implications Of Successful Hobbies Are you making money from them? |  |

| Voluntary Receipts: When Is a gift really a gift? Or would it be taxable? |  |

| Self-Assessment Tax Filing Deadline Extended But there's a sting in the tail ... |  |

| HMRC: Another Self-Assessment Scam! No, they haven't changed their bank details ... |  |

| Time To Pay: Tax Returners Spread Over £69m With HMRC A very welcome facility ... |  |

| 6 Reasons To Look After Yourself During Lockdown So that you can continue to work effectively .... |  |

| CJRS: Can Staff Be Furloughed To Look After Their Children? Yes, but it's up to the employer ... |  |

| 2021 Key Dates For Your Diary All very useful ... |  |

| £4.6 Billion In New Lockdown Grants Available! Supporting businesses and protecting jobs ... |  |

| The Business Godparent Newsletter Winter 2021 Welcome to the 9th edition ... |  |

| Are Your HMRC Records Up To Date? Or was it lost in the post? |  |

| HMRC: Be Aware Of Self-Assessment Scams! Taxpayers take note ... |  |

| A Very Merry Christmas From Essendon Accounts And Tax! And a happy New Year ... |  |

| Chancellor Extends Furlough Until The End Of April 2021 Good news for millions of employees ... |  |

| £350k Wrongly Donated To Christmas Charity Scams Be cautious when donating ... |  |

| Annual Investment Allowance: £1m Cap Extended For A Year Business confidence is returning ... |  |

| HMRC's New Nudge Letter Campaigns Are you on the list? |  |

| The Chancellor Has Announced A Pay Rise For Millions! Increases coming in April 2021 ... |  |

| The Third SEISS Grant Opens For Applications Today! With tougher criteria though ... |  |

| Spending Review: What Did The Chancellor Announce? Key points at a glance ... |  |

| Furlough Fraud: Further Guidance From The Government Useful information now CJRS has been extended ... |  |

| Self-Assessment: Time To Pay Threshold Raised To £30,000 Good news for taxpayers ... |  |

| Is The Chancellor Going To Overhaul Capital Gains Tax? The OTS has published its report ... |  |

| Are You Planning A Virtual Christmas Party? We can still eat, drink and be merry ... |  |

| More Information About The CJRS And SEISS Extensions Good news for employees and the self-employed ... |  |

| The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Has Been Extended This is very good new for sole traders ... |  |

| Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Extended For New Lockdown This is very good news for employees ... |  |

| Companies House Reforms: New Rules To Combat Crime All because of a Mafia boss ... |  |

| COVID Job Support Scheme Enhanced To Match New Restrictions And SEISS has been increased too ... |  |

| What A Negative Interest Base Rate Could Mean For consumers and businesses ... |  |

| The Business Godparent Newsletter Autumn 2020 What is your new norm? |  |

| Expansion Of The Job Support Scheme Help for businesses in local lockdowns ... |  |

| Loan Extensions Announced In The Winter Economic Plan A very positive move from the Chancellor ... |  |

| Tax Deferrals Announced In The Winter Economic Plan Some useful help for struggling businesses ... |  |

| Chancellor Announces Further SEISS Grants With a more focussed eligibility too ... |  |

| The Government's New Job Support Scheme Everything we know so far ... |  |

| The Chancellor's Winter Economic Plan What did he announce? |  |

| CJRS: October Furlough Scheme Changes What does it mean for your employees? |  |

| SEISS: Last Chance To Make A Claim The deadline is the 19th October ... |  |

| Grants For Businesses Affected By Local Lockdowns You can claim up to £1,500 every three weeks ... |  |

| Veteran's Relief: Seconday NIC Savings For Employers The Government are asking what employers think ... |  |

| Coronavirus Support: Have You Advertently Been Fraudulent? Furlough, bounce back loans and income support ... |  |

| CJRS: September Furlough Changes How will it affect your business? |  |

| COVID-19 Has Made Health And Safety Everyone’s Business Don't leave anything to chance ... |  |

| Companies House To Resume The Compulsory Strike Off Process Are you behind with your statutory filings? |  |

| What's Important About Mental Health First Aid? It's as important as physical first aid ... |  |

| Important Information About The Job Retention Bonus Are you going to claim? |  |

| Furloughed Employees To Receive Full Redundancy Payments CJRS is ending and the Government wants to help ... |  |

| COVID-19: Employees, Holidays And Quarantine Restricted Countries Do you have clear guidelines in place? |  |

| The 5% VAT Rate Cut For Hospitality Businesses A welcome announcement ... |  |

| HMRC: 90-Days To Notify Of Overclaimed COVID-19 Grants Have you received grants you weren't entitled to? |  |

| Brand Visibility Is More Important Than Ever! A guest post by Terry Kendhammer ... |  |

| The Eat Out To Help Out Scheme And VAT How does it work? |  |

| Self Assessment Taxpayers Can Defer Their July Payment On Account There will be no penalties or interest either ... |  |

| Government Announces Roadmap To Making Tax Digital For VAT, Income Tax and Corporation Tax ... |  |

| A Temporary, But Welcome Change From Companies House Part Of The Corporate Insolvency And Governance Act 2020 ... |  |

| Coronavirus: What’s The Upside? Yes, there are some ... |  |

| Cashflow Forecasting Bolt-on Free To Essendon Clients! Get a 90-day forecast automatically ... |  |

| The Business Godparent Newsletter Summer 2020 Welcome to the 7th edition ... |  |

| The Summer Economic Update From Chancellor Rishi Sunak The Government's three point plan ... |  |

| Coronavirus: The Positives Of Lockdown Yes, there are some ... |  |

| Xero Projects: The All-in-one Tool To Track Profitability On Every Job I love this fantastic add-on ... |  |

| How To Protect Yourself From COVID-19 Scams We all need to be careful ... |  |

| Xero Users: Want To Save Time And Reduce Errors Paying Bills? Do you like the sound of a free trial? |  |

| Can You Claim The Self-Employed Income Support Scheme Grants? HMRC releases expanded guidance ... |  |

| My Personal View Of The UK Property Market Rebuilding confidence won't be easy ... |  |

| Have You Seen The New Business Godparent Website Yet? It's a hub for all our newsletter articles ... |  |

| Could Your Dog Be Your Perfect Work Colleague? Occasionally slobbery, but certainly fun ... |  |

| A Summary Of Current Government Business Support Have you applied for everything you eligible for? |  |

| The Rules On Tax Relief For Employees Working From Home An employers perspective ... |  |

| Coronavirus: Update On CJRS And SEISS A very positive move ... |  |

| Tax Relief For The Self-Employed Working From Home Do you know what you can claim? |  |

| Red Sofa Interview: Rachel Brushfield, The Talent Liberator Do you want to energise your career? |  |

| The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme UP to two week's cover ... |  |

| Temporary Changes To Tax-Free Childcare You may now be eligible ... |  |

| The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Has Been Extended Employees now have support until October ... |  |

| COVID-19: Who Will Guide You Through The Coming Recession? The Business Godparent, of course ... |  |

| Understanding The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Have you checked your eligibility yet? |  |

| Small Business Owners: Staying Productive During Lockdown It's not going to last forever ... |  |

| COVID-19: Bounce Back Loans Announced Available from 4th May 2020 ... |  |

| Be Careful! Fraudulent Sales Orders Are On The Rise Be aware and take action ... |  |

| Furloughing: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Opens The number of applications is staggering ... |  |

| Don't Be Remote If You're Running A Team From Home Regular contact is all-important right now ... |  |

| Getting Ready For The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Have you got your furlough agreements ready? |  |

| £750 Million Coronavirus Charity Funding Package Announced Helping charities continue their amazing services ... |  |

| Spring 2020: Welcome To The 6th Edition Of The Business Godparent! Helping you to maximise the potential of your business ... |  |

| COVID-19: The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme Who qualifies and who's exempt? |  |

| Capital Gains Tax: A Warning To All Those Selling Property! Applies to any residential property sold after 6th April 2020 ... |  |

| COVID-19: HMRC VAT Payment Deferrals You still have to submit your returns ... |  |

| COVID-19: What Help Is Available For Sole Directors? Nothing specific has been announced yet ... |  |

| COVID-19: Self-Employed Grants Announced By The Government But you'll have to wait until June ... |  |

| COVID-19: The UK's New Job Retention Scheme What we know so far ... |  |

| COVID-19: Latest Government Announcements - 23rd March, 2020 We are working tirelessly to support our clients ... |  |

| Urgent COVID-19 Updates For Businesses - 19th March, 2020 What new measures has the Government announced? |  |

| Coronavirus: Curveballs, Advice And Help For Businesses And how Essendon Accounts is prepared ... |  |

| Budget 2020: What Did The New Chancellor Announce? Get our Budget 2020 summary ... |  |

| Budget 2020: My Predictions For An Interesting Announcement The government's first budget ... |  |

| How To Manage Email Overload Don't let it take over your life ... |  |

| Changing Your Company Year-End Yes, you can do it ... |  |

| Coronavirus: How Could It Affect Your Business? Whatever you do, don't panic ... |  |

| Did You File Your Tax Return On Time? What if you missed the deadline? |  |

| National Minimum Wage Increase Due In April 2020 Is your payroll going to be ready? |  |

| Budget 2020: Don't Mention The B Word! I'm not referring to Boris or Brexit ... |  |

| Winter 2020: Welcome To The 5th Edition Of The Business Godparent! Packed with useful tips to help tackle the wonderful world of your accounts ... |  |

| To Claim, Or Not To Claim ... That Is The Question! The art of allowable business expenses ... |  |

| Keep Your Home Safe This Christmas Don't make it a target ... |  |

| 2020 Predictions That Didn't Come True Where's my monkey butler? |  |

| Merry Christmas From Essendon Accounts And Tax! And a prosperous new year ... |  |

| Changes To Capital Gains Tax, PPRR And Letting Relief Home sweet home ... |  |

| Gross Domestic Product: The Economy Is Not In Recession! What a Government can do to prevent a recession ... |  |

| Thinking About The Cycle To Work Scheme? It's a great way to reduce your carbon footprint ... |  |

| Is There Going To Be A Tax On Single-Use Plastics? To be sustainable, maybe we need one ... |  |

| Changes To The Employment Allowance From April 2020 Will you be eligible to claim? |  |

| Accountants Change Lives! Accounts and tax returns don’t ... |  |

| Brexit: Keep Calm And Carry On? Your questions answered by the Business Godparent ... |  |

| Welcome To The 4th Edition Of The Business Godparent! Packed with useful tips to help tackle the weird and wonderful world of accounts ... |  |

| Second Brexit Special Employers Bulletin Issued By HMRC More clarity in case of a no-deal Brexit ... |  |

| You Still Need an EORI Number Even If You're Not VAT Registered! Without one, you can't trade with the EU post-Brexit ... |  |

| HMRC And EORI: The Brexit Edition Of The Agent Update Welcome to mythbusters ... |  |

| Are You Looking For Business Funding? Essendon may be able to help ... |  |

| Essendon 5th Birthday! A Thank You We had a lovely birthday party ... |  |

| All VAT-Registered Businesses To Get An EORI Number And all others should get one ... |  |

| It's Official! Late Payments Cause Damage Many other factors are worrying too ... |  |

| How To Protect Your Premises From Burglars 16 top tips from Thames Valley Police ... |  |

| Potential Inheritance Tax Overhaul Two great idea that came out of consultation ... |  |

| You're Invited To The Essendon Accounts And Tax 5th Birthday Party! Come and enjoy A finger buffet and a glass of fizz ... |  |

| What's The Future Of Our Taxes? Do we need to batten down the hatches? |  |

| First Mandatory Quarterly Making Tax Digital VAT Returns Are Due If you haven't registered yet then get a move on ... |  |

| What Are The Rules Around Jury Service For Your Employees? You need to handle it correctly ... |  |

| Welcome To The 3rd Edition Of The Business Godparent! Our famous red sofa has been out and about again ... |  |

| Change Of Date For The 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Will you and your employees be affected? |  |

| Do You Know about The 'Pay Now' Button For Paying Tax Online? HMRC like to make things easy for you ... |  |

| Making Tax Digital: An Update There is even some good news ... |  |

| Pensions: Law Breaking Employers Are Being Targeted The Pensions Regulator launches a new campaign ... |  |

| Are You A Company Director At Risk Of Fraud? Companies House has received many complaints ... |  |

| The Deadlines Continue And P11D Forms Are Next Are you sure you've included everything? |  |

| Reminder: P60 Forms Are Due By 31st May Have you issued them yet? |  |

| 7 Top Tips On How To Be A Successful Landlord Thanks to Mark I'Anson for the tips ... |  |

| HMRC's Payment On Account System Glitches Self-assessment statements are wrong both on and off line ... |  |

| New Thoughts From The Business Godparent Welcome to the new tax year ... |  |

| April 2019: New Payslip Legislation Showing the hours for workers ... |  |

| When To Register Your Business For VAT Have you reached the threshold? |  |

| What's Changing In The New Tax Year? Happy New Year to all tax advisors ... |  |

| Year End Tax Planning How can you reduce your bill? |  |

| Countdown To Brexit: Importers, Exporters, Customs And VAT Is it really only 5 days until we leave? |  |

| The Chancellor's Spring Statement 2019 Download our handy guide ... |  |

| To Claim, Or Not To Claim ... That Is The Question! The art of allowable business expenses ... |  |

| Do You Know What The Self-Assessment Penalties Are? Always file and pay on-time ... |  |

| Essendon Accounts Joins List Of UK's Leading Accountants We are thrilled to be the latest firm to be invited to join ... |  |

| The Ultimate Deadline: It Needs A Proactive Approach Death and Taxes ... |  |

| IR35: Is Next Year Going To See A Massive Change? It may change how contractors are accounted for ... |  |

| Car Tax And Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles How much will you be paying in 2020/21? |  |

| The Tax Return Filing Deadline Is Fast Approaching Don't get it wrong ... |  |

| Brexit: Preparing For A No-Deal EU Exit Is your business ready? |  |

| New Year, New Ideas, New Thoughts From The Business Godparent 2019 is going to be a tough year ... |  |

| 10 Ways To Reduce Your Tax Bill Over Christmas Making the most of your reliefs and allowances ... |  |

| Merry Christmas From Essendon Accounts And Tax! Ready for some festive fun? |  |

| Do You Know The Employment Status Of Your Workers? Are you sure they're not self-employed? |  |

| Shareholder Agreements: The Often Unknown Effects And the dangers of not having one ... |  |

| Joint Ventures Can Reduce Risks For Startups There are many positive advantages ... |  |

| Claiming Tax Relief On Property Investments Section 24 means you can only claim basic rate relief ... |  |

| The Director's Loan Account Everything you need to know ... |  |

| Get Our Autumn Budget 2018 Summary What did the Chancellor say? |  |

| Small Businesses: What If We Leave The EU Without A Deal? How will it affect our importers and exporters? |  |

| Act Now Ahead Of New Payslip Changes Only 6 months to go ... |  |

| Are You Claiming The Marriage Allowance? HMRC are encouraging it ... |  |

| Making Tax Digital for VAT: IT Is The Way Forward And it'll make things easier for you ... |  |

| Business Continuity: Because Bubbles Tend To Burst Are you ready for the next shockwave? |  |

| What's Happening With Class 2 National Insurance? It's the tax question of the week ... |  |

| Beware Of Fake HMRC Websites And Emails Don't fall for the scammers ... |  |

| Why Is Everything About VAT Just So Complicated? Are we just making things difficult for ourselves? |  |

| What To Do When The Computer Says No! The are other ways of raising funds ... |  |

| Improve The Profitability Of Jobs With Xero Projects You can even try it for free ... |  |

| Making Tax Digital Moves Up A Gear Is your business ready? |  |

| Common Reporting Standards And A Requirement To Correct It needs to happen by 30th September ... |  |

| The Future of Tech: My Predictions It moves so quickly ... |  |

| Closure Of The Childcare Voucher Scheme On 4th October How is it going to affect your employees? |  |

| Celebrating Get Out Of The Doghouse Day! It's the third Monday of July ... |  |

| Property Investors: Looking For A Coach And Mentor? Mark l'Anson could be the one ... |  |

| HMRC And PAYE Settlement Agreements Are you missing a trick? |  |

| Why Blogging Is A Must For Any Small Business And how to do it right ... |  |

| Human Resources: The Importance Of Getting HR Right Remember, it's a fundamental function ... |  |

| Top 5 Reasons Cloud Accounting Is Good For Business And how it saves you time and worry ... |  |

| What Is A P11D And When Does It Need To Be Filed? Disclosing your employee's benefits in kind ... |  |

| Dude, My Boat Has Been Found! It's spring bank holiday weekend ... |  |

| Online Trading And Value Added Tax It's a complicated area ... | |