Webinar Agendas

Webinar 1 | 5 June 2025

VAT update | Kevin Hall, Wright Hassall
9:30am - 10:30am

Join VAT specialist Kevin Hall for a practical update tailored for SME business owners.

This session will cover;

  • UK courts & tribunals update: update for the benefit of the SME business owner 
  • Input tax recovery issues 
  • Windsor agreement effective from 1/5/2025
  • Land & buildings misconceptions 
  • Domestic reverse charge - what is and is not a supply within CIS
  • Disbursements or rechargeable expenses 

MTD for Income Tax: One Year to Go – Are You Ready? | Chris Downing
10:45am - 11:45am

With just one year to go, MTD for Income Tax is now a reality that businesses and accountants must prepare for. After years of delays, HMRC’s testing phase is well underway, and the final framework is taking shape. This webinar will provide a crucial update on the latest developments, key changes, and practical steps to ensure compliance. We’ll cover who is affected, what’s required, and how to navigate potential challenges like multiple agents and exemptions. Don’t leave it until the last minute—find out what you need to do now to be ready for April 2026.

Session agenda:

  • Who needs to comply and when? - Understanding the mandated groups
  • Defining ‘qualifying income’ – what counts and what doesn’t
  • Core compliance requirements – submissions, records, and deadlines
  • Managing multiple agents – addressing common concerns
  • Easements and exemptions – what’s available for joint landlords and others
  • Private beta testing – how to join and what we’re learning
  • Essential next steps – what firms and clients should do now to prepare

Given there have been so many changes to the programme, this webinar is deigned to be both a refresher and a status update on MTD and is therefore accessible to all accountants regardless of their background knowledge on the subject. 

Webinar 2 | 12 June 2025

Corporation tax refresher and planning| Tim Palmer CTA ATT,
9:30am - 10:30am

This session will provide a detailed refresher on how corporation tax works, the computations, the planning, and what expenditure is allowable for corporation tax trading purposes.

We will look at company losses and how they can be relieved. We will consider the best extraction of funds i.e. a dividend or a bonus.

We will also consider dividend taxation and company capital gains. We will also consider the corporation tax administration requirements for the smaller company and the planning opportunities available.

This session will cover:

  • Corporation tax update
  • Allowable company trading expenditure
  • Company capital allowances
  • Company loss relief
  • The corporation tax computation
  • Corporate anti-avoidance legislation
  • Company tax planning
  • Case studies
  • General overview

Stamp Duty Land Tax| Alex Hugues, Innovation 4 Busines
10:45am - 11:45am

Covering a background to SDLT and where we currently sit with regard to application of reliefs and exemptions. A general market update and any recent legislation/case law changes that have occurred over the last 12 months. Highlighting current areas of relief that can be utilised and the qualifying criteria to do so.

This can help provide professionals with a better knowledge of SDLT and we also provide a referral service to ensure that clients are receiving the correct advice in a compliant manner, and also save professionals (solicitors/accounts etc) a lot of time researching points themselves.

This session will cover:

  • Background to SDLT
  • Current Market
  • HMRC
  • Current Areas of Relief
  • Qualification
  • Aftercare/indemnity
  • Case study
  • Q&A

 

Webinar 3 | 19 June 2025

EOTs – the good, the bad and the ugly… | Paul Brown, In-Accoutnacy
9:30am - 10:30am

Employee Ownership Trusts are becoming an increasingly popular way for business owners to realise the value in their business. However the EOT is a complex animal which is much misunderstood, and there are many traps for the unwary along the way. While the 0% CGT rate on a sale to an EOT is attractive it is critical to property understand the implications of the structure not just in the short term but also into the future before deciding it is the right route to follow.

This session will cover:

  • What is an EOT?What are the key requirements that have to be met? 
  • How do you incentivise key people in an EOT structure? 
  • How are EOTs funded? 
  • What tax traps are therewith EOTs?

Information to follow
10:45am - 11:45am