Please see below a series of questions we are receiving from our clients. This page will be regularly updated, however, if you have a specific question that has not been answered below, please contact: help@dixcartuk.com. How do I access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme? In order to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, you will […]

Updated: 26.03.2020 at 17:30 Financial Assistance for Businesses During the Coronavirus Crisis Dixcart has prepared a summary of the assistance that the government has made available to businesses at this challenging time. It is split into several categories to make it as easy as possible to follow. Please see article here. Updated: 26.03.2020 at 16:15 […]

Text in Purple denotes an Update made on 26 March 2020 A few businesses will be thriving during the Coronavirus pandemic, as turnover is driven to them, but most will be experiencing a reduction in business and wondering how they will survive. This advice note is for them. The overriding principal, in this type of […]

Text in Purple denotes Updates made on 26 and 27 March 2020 Dixcart has prepared a summary of the assistance that the government has made available to businesses at this challenging time. It is split into several categories to make it as easy as possible to follow. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Available to any size […]

The Chancellor announced on 26 March 2020 that the self-employed will be able to apply for a taxable grant worth 80% of their trading profits, capped at £2,500 per month for the next 3 months. This financial support is similar to the protections offered to employees a week earlier (see our article on how to […]

The government published guidance on 26 March 2020, on which this note is based. The government has promised to publish further guidance on how employers should calculate their claims for Employer National Insurance Contributions and minimum automatic enrolment employer pension contributions, before the scheme becomes live, when we will update this note. This note is […]

On 26 March 2020 HMRC published its more detailed guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The full HMRC guidance can be found here. We do not propose to repeat the full guidance here we set out the answers to many of the questions we have been asked since the Scheme was announced on 20 […]

The government has announced a number of tax and financial measures to support businesses and individuals during the Coronavirus pandemic. Self-assessment tax payments scheduled for 31 July 2020 will be deferred until 31 January 2021. All self employed individuals are eligible and no applications are required. A VAT deferral will be in place for all […]

Updated 27.03.2020 at 16:10. Not long ago, we were faced with political uncertainty with the UK’s departure from the EU. Currently, we are facing a different kind of uncertainty with the coronavirus which knows of no borders and has affected so many people across the globe. We are regularly updating our Coronavirus related articles which […]

Extract from Gov.uk published 20 March 2020: How to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme? You will need to: designate affected employees as ‘furloughed workers,’ and notify your employees of this change – changing the status of employees remains subject to existing employment law and, depending on the employment contract, may be subject to negotiation […]

In response to Covid-19, the Chancellor has set out a ‘temporary’ package of measures to support businesses during this uncertain period. The package includes: A Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) relief package for SMEs Small-and-medium-sized businesses and employers, with fewer than 250 employees, will be able to reclaim SSP paid for sickness absence due to Covid-19, […]

We are in uncharted territory. The situation is fluid and government advice is changing on a daily basis. We do not propose to reiterate the advice – needless to say you should be keeping abreast of all such advice.

Background  This article summarises some of the UK immigration options available to individuals to conduct business and/or work in the UK. For information on the Tier 1 (Investor), the former Tier 1 (Entrepreneur), Start-up, and Innovator visa categories please see: Information Note 580 Short-Term Business Trips  It is possible to visit the UK and conduct business […]

Background  Although the UK is no longer a member of the EU, a transition period is currently in place until at least 31 December 2020. During this period, most EU laws including EU free movement rules, continue to apply in the UK. It remains to be seen how negotiations between the UK and the EU […]

The new Chancellor delivered his first Budget on 11 March 2020 against a backdrop of uncertainty over Coronavirus and Brexit. Large scale spending was announced, to be funded by increased borrowing. We summarise below some of the key tax measures. Please see more Information here:

Post Brexit Implications The 31 of January 2020 has come and gone and we have now officially left the EU and find ourselves in a limbo called the “transition period”. Whether for or against Brexit we now need to look to the future and plan as best we can for what is to come. VAT […]