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Tax
What could the proposed Capital Gains Tax review achieve?
21st August 2020
Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently wrote to the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) to ask them to review the current capital gains tax (CGT) rules. He wants the OTS to establish CGT is still fit for purpose...
Pensions
The Pension Schemes Bill at a glance
19th August 2020
The Pension Schemes Bill currently awaiting a third reading in the House of Lords will significantly change the legal and regulatory framework governing defined benefit pension schemes, most specifically by making a wide range of pensions related actions a criminal...
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What can your charity do to combat the impact of COVID-19?
18th August 2020
COVID-19 and, more specifically, the measures put in place to combat the pandemic have had a massive impact on charities. The contribution their staff and volunteers can make has been restricted by social distancing, fundraising events have been suspended. Donations...
Medical
For GP practices, forewarned has to be forearmed
11th August 2020
If you are responsible for funning a GP practice, you will doubtless remember the recent scare caused by certain headlines in the medical press. Those headlines warned practices that they could find themselves facing a large, unexpected and definitely unwanted tax...
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Charities and not-for-profits are hacked because of the Blackbaud ransomware attack
11th August 2020
Dozens of charities, universities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK, US and Canada have fallen victim to a high level cyber-attack. Their vulnerability to the attack was a result of their software supplier Blackbaud (the world's largest provider of education administration,...
Pensions
How will the new guidance from ICAS, ICAEW and PRAG change the way you need to audit and report the performance of your pension scheme?
14th July 2020
The ICAS, ICAEW and PRAG have just released new guidance on the way they feel COVID-19 will affect the way pension schemes are reported and audited. Their aim is to help those involved in preparing the required financial statements to...
