In July 2020 the government introduced a temporary 5% reduced rate of VAT for certain supplies relating to hospitality, hotel and holiday accommodation, such as: Supplies of food and non-alcoholic drinks for consumption on premises [...]

The Government has recently announced that they will be delaying the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for small Businesses and the self-employed. MTD was originally supposed to be introduced in April 2023 this has [...]

As you may be aware, the job retention scheme is ending on the 30th September. Up to the end of September 2021 you will still be able to claim 60% of your employees wage back [...]

  We have received new information on the governments Job Retention Scheme in which they plan on paying 80% of your employee’s wage if they are furloughed. We have found out today that next week [...]

Due to the recent outbreak of Covid-19 we have decided to close our office and ask our staff to work from home. We will be sending out information to all our clients on how to [...]

The Deadline for filing your Tax Return online is closing in. It is now less than a month before your Tax Return must be submitted for the tax year ending 5th April 2019. Your Tax [...]

The offices will be closed for the festive period on the following dates: Friday 20th December 2019 from 1:00pm (staff Christmas lunch) The Office will then be shut from Monday 23rd December 2019 until Friday [...]

We have been made aware that there is a scammer using our name in their emails to encourage the recipients to click a link to view a overdue invoice. We highly recommend NOT opening the [...]

There are various ways in which an individual can help reduce their tax liability and whilst they are generally considered more at this point in the tax year, can actually be considered at any time [...]

With the 2019 tax year ending on the 5th April, there has been a number of announcements made by HMRC & the Pension Regulator. One of which is the increase for the national minimum wage. [...]

The Deadline for filing your Tax Return online is closing in. It is now less than a month before your Tax Return must be submitted for the tax year ending 5th April 2018. Your Tax [...]

The offices will be closed for the festive period on the following dates: Friday 21st December 2018 from 1:00pm (staff Christmas lunch) Monday to Wednesday, 24th to 26th December 2018 (all day) Monday to Wednesday, [...]

Here at James Bell & Co we are always looking for new ways to improve our services. This is why we have partnered with Receipt bank & Iris to bring you discounted licences for the [...]

Here at James Bell & Co we aim to provide our clients with the best service possible. To do this we have recently adopted new technology and software to keep up with modern bookkeeping and [...]

In July 2017, HMRC announced that Making Tax Digital for VAT will come into effect from April 2019. From that date, businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) will have to start [...]

With the 2018 tax year ending on the 5th April, there has been a number of announcements made by HMRC & the Pension Regulator. The first of which is the increase for the national minimum [...]

The Deadline for filing your Tax Return online is closing in. It is now less than a month before your Tax Return must be submitted for the tax year ending 5th April 2017. Your Tax [...]

For the Christmas holiday, our office will be closed on the following days: Friday 22th December 2017 from 1.00pm Monday & Tuesday 25th and 26th December 2017 (all day) Monday & Tuesday 1st and 2nd January [...]

As you may know all businesses that employ any staff must enrol them in a pension scheme on their staging date. From the 1st of October 2017 any new business formed will not receive a [...]

Technology is changing at an ever-increasing pace. Old methods of working are rapidly being replaced by new, cost effective, automated procedures Here at James Bell & Co we have been upgrading our software and systems [...]