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HMRC Announcements
- Check genuine HMRC contact that uses more than one communication methodon 11/09/2026 at 3:17 pm
Check recent contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam.
- Customs Declaration Service: service availability and issueson 11/09/2026 at 2:57 pm
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Customs Declaration Service.
- Guidance: Filing your Company Tax Return onlineon 11/09/2026 at 2:07 pm
Find recognised commercial software suppliers and software you can use to file your Company Tax Return and any supplementary pages online.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Guidanceon 11/09/2026 at 1:49 pm
Guidance on the process of Alternative Dispute Resolution, which is when an impartial HMRC mediator assists in resolving a tax dispute outside of the Tribunal […]
- Guidance: External temporary storage facilities codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Serviceon 11/09/2026 at 12:40 pm
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for an external temporary storage facility […]
- Employment Income Manualon 11/09/2026 at 12:09 pm
A guide to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
- Accredited official statistics: Corporation Tax Statistics 2026on 11/09/2026 at 12:08 pm
Analyses of Corporation Tax receipts and liabilities.
- Guidance: PAYE draft forms: P45on 11/09/2026 at 11:22 am
Find approved final versions of form P45 for PAYE software developers.
- Work out your qualifying income for Making Tax Digital for Income Taxon 11/09/2026 at 11:01 am
Find out what counts as qualifying income from self-employment and property when using Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
- Check what to do if HMRC has signed you up for Making Tax Digital for Income Taxon 11/09/2026 at 10:58 am
If you’ve been contacted by HMRC telling you we have signed you up, find out what steps you need to take next.
Companies House Announcements
- Being a company directoron 11/09/2026 at 11:55 am
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
- Guidance: Ceased or suspended Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)on 04/09/2026 at 5:02 pm
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have had their ACSP status either suspended or ceased (removed).
- Guidance: List of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)on 04/09/2026 at 5:02 pm
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have registered as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP). This is also known as an […]
- Form: Convert a UK societas to a public limited company (SE CV01)on 04/09/2026 at 1:50 pm
Use this form SE CV01 to convert an existing UK societas (UKS) to a public limited company (PLC).
- Form: Register a limited liability partnership (LL IN01)on 04/09/2026 at 1:49 pm
Application form to register (incorporate) a limited liability partnership (LLP) within the UK.
- Form: Register a private or public company (IN01)on 04/09/2026 at 1:48 pm
Application to register (incorporate) a private or public company within the UK.
- Form: Give notice of individual person with significant control of a limited liability partnership (LL PSC01)on 02/09/2026 at 3:57 pm
Use this form to give notice of an individual person with significant control (PSC) of a limited liability partnership (LLP)
- Form: Give notice to change details of a person with significant control of a limited liability partnership (LL PSC04)on 02/09/2026 at 3:00 pm
Use this form to change details of an individual person with significant control (PSC) of a limited liability partnership (LLP)
- Form: Give notice of change of details for person with significant control (PSC04c)on 02/09/2026 at 2:59 pm
Use this form to give notice of change of details for person with significant control (PSC).
- Form: Give notice of change of details for person with significant control (PSC04)on 02/09/2026 at 2:59 pm
Use this form to give notice of change of details for person with significant control.
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09/04/2021
Find out about the off-payroll working rules (IR35) for agencies, when the changes to these rules apply
Record Keeping – How long must records be retained for: Corporation tax
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09/04/2021
When to retain records to Companies and unincorporated associations that may be required to make a company
HMRC & Companies House Announcements
HMRC Announcements
- Check genuine HMRC contact that uses more than one communication methodon 11/09/2026 at 3:17 pm
Check recent contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam.
- Customs Declaration Service: service availability and issueson 11/09/2026 at 2:57 pm
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Customs Declaration Service.
- Guidance: Filing your Company Tax Return onlineon 11/09/2026 at 2:07 pm
Find recognised commercial software suppliers and software you can use to file your Company Tax Return and any supplementary pages online.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Guidanceon 11/09/2026 at 1:49 pm
Guidance on the process of Alternative Dispute Resolution, which is when an impartial HMRC mediator assists in resolving a tax dispute outside of the Tribunal […]
- Guidance: External temporary storage facilities codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Serviceon 11/09/2026 at 12:40 pm
Find the codes which can be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for an external temporary storage facility […]
- Employment Income Manualon 11/09/2026 at 12:09 pm
A guide to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
- Accredited official statistics: Corporation Tax Statistics 2026on 11/09/2026 at 12:08 pm
Analyses of Corporation Tax receipts and liabilities.
- Guidance: PAYE draft forms: P45on 11/09/2026 at 11:22 am
Find approved final versions of form P45 for PAYE software developers.
- Work out your qualifying income for Making Tax Digital for Income Taxon 11/09/2026 at 11:01 am
Find out what counts as qualifying income from self-employment and property when using Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
- Check what to do if HMRC has signed you up for Making Tax Digital for Income Taxon 11/09/2026 at 10:58 am
If you’ve been contacted by HMRC telling you we have signed you up, find out what steps you need to take next.
Companies House Announcements
- Being a company directoron 11/09/2026 at 11:55 am
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
- Guidance: Ceased or suspended Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)on 04/09/2026 at 5:02 pm
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have had their ACSP status either suspended or ceased (removed).
- Guidance: List of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs)on 04/09/2026 at 5:02 pm
This list includes details of businesses and sole traders that have registered as an Authorised Corporate Service Provider (ACSP). This is also known as an […]
- Form: Convert a UK societas to a public limited company (SE CV01)on 04/09/2026 at 1:50 pm
Use this form SE CV01 to convert an existing UK societas (UKS) to a public limited company (PLC).
- Form: Register a limited liability partnership (LL IN01)on 04/09/2026 at 1:49 pm
Application form to register (incorporate) a limited liability partnership (LLP) within the UK.
- Form: Register a private or public company (IN01)on 04/09/2026 at 1:48 pm
Application to register (incorporate) a private or public company within the UK.
- Form: Give notice of individual person with significant control of a limited liability partnership (LL PSC01)on 02/09/2026 at 3:57 pm
Use this form to give notice of an individual person with significant control (PSC) of a limited liability partnership (LLP)
- Form: Give notice to change details of a person with significant control of a limited liability partnership (LL PSC04)on 02/09/2026 at 3:00 pm
Use this form to change details of an individual person with significant control (PSC) of a limited liability partnership (LLP)
- Form: Give notice of change of details for person with significant control (PSC04c)on 02/09/2026 at 2:59 pm
Use this form to give notice of change of details for person with significant control (PSC).
- Form: Give notice of change of details for person with significant control (PSC04)on 02/09/2026 at 2:59 pm
Use this form to give notice of change of details for person with significant control.
Business News
BBC Business
- ‘Skimpflation’ warning as tinned mackerel alternative hits more supermarket shelveson 12/09/2026 at 9:37 pm
Consumer group Which? has called the sale of jack mackerel, a cheaper, less nutritious species of fish, an example of “skimpflation”.
- Ryanair boss O’Leary defends ‘high-fare rapists’ airlines remarkson 11/09/2026 at 4:37 pm
O’Leary has said airline passengers “can’t afford to fly with the high-fare rapists around Europe”.
- Alstom to build new battery-electric train fleeton 11/09/2026 at 3:43 pm
The government says the work will support thousands of jobs across the UK.
- US prices remain high as fuel costs squeeze household budgetson 11/09/2026 at 3:22 pm
Prices in the US rose 3.4% in the 12 months to August, according to the latest official report on inflation.
- US prices remain high as fuel costs squeeze household budgetson 11/09/2026 at 3:22 pm
Prices in the US rose 3.4% in the 12 months to August, according to the latest official report on inflation.
- Can you really juggle a job and study for a degree?on 11/09/2026 at 3:04 pm
Students in Glasgow say the cost of living is making part-time work increasingly important.
- Interest rates could rise again across the world – here’s whyon 11/09/2026 at 2:35 pm
As countries grapple with energy costs pushing up inflation, this month will see how central banks respond.
- I moved my shop 20 miles because I couldn’t afford £300 a week on fuelon 11/09/2026 at 1:14 pm
People in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, tell BBC Scotland News the impact rising petrol prices is having.
- AI boom helps drive surprise UK growth in Julyon 11/09/2026 at 11:17 am
The economy expanded by 0.4%, official figures show, whereas analysts had predicted no growth.
- Can Europe recharge its battery industry?on 11/09/2026 at 12:05 am
Europe has some promising battery tech, but can it make up ground lost to Chinese battery giants?
Government
- Alan Lovell appointed Chair of British Steelon 11/09/2026 at 2:00 pm
The Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Lovell as Chair of British Steel.
- UK Government backs Scottish life sciences with US partnershipon 11/09/2026 at 9:54 am
Scotland’s position at the forefront of healthcare innovation to be strengthened thanks to a new Scotland-Massachusetts Bio-Bridge.
- Statement on the 10th UK-U.S. SME Dialogue – Cardiffon 11/09/2026 at 9:15 am
Over 80 UK and U.S. SMEs and business organisations participated in the Dialogue convened by BIST
- TRA publishes final determination on HVO biodiesel from the USAon 10/09/2026 at 2:51 pm
The TRA has published its final determination in the HVO biodiesel investigation, following the Secretary of State’s decision.
- Sellafield celebrates 10 years of nuclear clean up innovationon 10/09/2026 at 11:23 am
A decade of collaboration, innovation, and breakthrough technologies through the Game Changers programme.
- Heating oil suppliers: using fair terms and conditionson 10/09/2026 at 10:00 am
Open letter to remind suppliers that the terms and conditions in their contracts with consumers must be fair and transparent.
- Glasgow directors banned after importing more than 350,000 vapes disguised as medical equipment in £15 million tax evasion schemeon 10/09/2026 at 9:50 am
Both directors disqualified as company directors until 2035
- UK Minister Uma Kumaran visits Dominican Republic to strengthen co-operationon 09/09/2026 at 2:03 pm
The visit highlights UK-Dominican Republic co-operation on economic growth, clean energy, regional security and support for women and girls.
- Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continueson 09/09/2026 at 12:01 am
The Charity Commission has removed four charities from an ongoing statutory class inquiry into 105 charities.
- Clear protection for British glass: provisional measure imposedon 08/09/2026 at 3:25 pm
The Government has accepted the TRA’s recommendation for a provisional measure to be imposed on Chinese imports of glass containers.
Client Testimonials
Hogarth Electronics
We have been with Strathmere Accountants since our formation and have gone from strength to strength. The level and quality of advice received, in our opinion, has played a major part in our success. They are more of a Business Partner than our Accountant and they seem to take a genuine interest in the development of our business.
Welwyn Garden City
Devonshire Systems
We decided to change Accountant because we seemed to paying a lot of money for, what we thought, was a very basic service. The change over couldn’t have been simpler. We gave Strathmere Accountants a contact number and they did the rest. Our bill been halved and advice is always on the other end of the phone, when required. Very efficient and helpful about sums it up.
Watford
Aspel Properties
Strathmere Accountants are very proactive in telling us what is happening at the Practice. When we heard about IT alliances they had formed with leading industry players, we decided to act. We qualified for their Free Consultancy offer and made a saving of nearly £6,000 on consultancy costs. An Accountant giving money back!
St Albans
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