Blog26th Jun 2024 Taxing Times In The Election Campaign Last week marked a key milestone in the race for Number 10, with many of the major political parties releasing their manifestos for the next term of Government. Each of the parties’ fiscal projections includes plans for various tax rises… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Onboarding: 5 Key Steps to Ensure A Successful Process Onboarding is a part of the recruitment process that can often be forgotten and underutilised. Relationships at work are so important and the onboarding process is often the first introduction new starts will have with your team. Therefore, the integration opportunity here cannot be denied. … By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Can A Fractional Finance Director Help Achieve Growth? One of the new trends we’re seeing in the finance market has been the rise of the fractional finance director. A fractional finance director is a part-time member of the team hired on a contractual basis. This director is then… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Keeping a Cool Head During Election Fever Will Pay Dividends Politicians up and down the land are currently pounding the campaign trail, following the Prime Minister’s shock announcement of a General Election of 4th July. The sense of impending change is inevitably unsettling for many, particularly as the election of… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Keeping Talent: A Guide to Mastering Workplace Retention Across the world, the challenge of retaining top talent has emerged as a major concern for employers in almost every industry. This is also a challenge we’re seeing across Ireland and the UK. Employee turnover has previously been at an… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 8 Bounce Back Loan questions answered Business owners with Bounce Back Loans should be aware that the UK Government and lenders are taking a more active approach to recovering loans provided during the pandemic. This is because lenders need to recover the funds to repay the… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 ESG Diligence: The Key To Sustainable M&A Transactions In today’s dynamic investment landscape, the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors has become more than just a trend. It is emerging to be strategically imperative alongside other more traditional performance measures such as profitability and financial performance. … By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Gender Pay Gap Reporting Changes: Are You Prepared? As we approach June 2024, ROI businesses must turn their attention to an increasingly relevant issue – the gender pay gap. The need for accurate and timely submissions of gender pay gap data is not just a statutory requirement; it’s… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 How To Create a Family Friendly Workplace In today’s competitive job market, attracting and retaining top talent requires more than just offering competitive salaries and benefits. Increasingly, employees are seeking workplaces that prioritise work-life balance and support their family commitments. Employers who embrace family-friendly practices not only… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The Legal Sector: How Can You Navigate Its Complexities? In the rapidly evolving landscape of the legal sector, law firms are constantly having to stay ahead of the curve and find ways to navigate the challenges they face. So, what are the major challenges being faced by the sector… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Non-Dom Tax Changes – Navigating The ‘Tax Twilight’ Zone Updated: 3rd June Rarely has the concept of non-UK domicile status and its impact on how an individual is subject to tax in the UK been in the headlines so much as in recent years. This is in part due… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Potential VAT Refund Fraud – Are Your Bank Details Correct? We have been alerted to a number of cases where taxpayers’ bank account details have been amended without their knowledge. This fraud involves the submission of a letter or form VAT 484 purporting to be from the taxpayer requesting that… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Are The Goalposts On Salaried Member Rules Moving? What are salaried member rules? The salaried member rules for Limited Liability Partnerships (“LLPs”) were introduced in 2014 to ensure only those members who held a genuine ‘partner’ role were taxed as self-employed individuals, such that those with arrangements closer… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Charities in the Cost of Giving Crisis: 7 CFO Solutions Despite the extreme pressures brought on by the pandemic, we witnessed in awe the charity sector rallying together and continuing to support those in need. Barely recovered, the voluntary sector (along with everyone else) was then quickly thrown headfirst into… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Redundancy Planning- Practical Strategies for Employers In the face of economic pressures and uncertainty, an increasing number of NI businesses are confronted with the difficult decision of implementing large-scale redundancies. Employers have a duty to follow a fair redundancy process which meets employees’ rights while protecting… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Understanding employment taxes in the US Considering how relevant they are in our day-to-day lives, employment taxes can be very complicated to understand. As the employer, it’s your job to deposit and report employment taxes and prepare and file Form W-2. This is used to report… By Caroline Murphy View more