Are your clients getting all they can from the tax man?
1 day (6 CPD Hours)
Introduction
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During difficult economic times your clients will dependon you to help them reduce their tax burden as much as possible. It is crucial for both your practice and your clients’ survival that your tax knowledge is up to date
to ensure that your clients are taking full advantage of any tax saving opportunities.
Run in partnership with the ICAEW Tax Faculty,
this conference will bring together leading experts to review the practical ways in which you can assist your small business clients and help them to maximise the opportunities that are available with careful tax planning.
This year’s conference will be chaired by Chris Sanger,Incoming Chairman ICAEW Tax Faculty and Frank Haskew,Head of the ICAEW Tax Faculty. It features a high-profile speaker line-up including Francesca Lagerberg 2008
Taxation Tax Lecturer of the year and Chairman
of the Tax Faculty Technical Committee.
The course in detail
09:30 – 09:35 Welcome Address by Chair
09:35 - 10:20 Choice of business form
*Husband and wife companies, and other family structures
*Should small businesses disincorporate?
*IR35, MSCs and umbrella companies – the latest developments
10:20 - 11:05 Employment taxes update
*PAYE & NIC changes: e-filing, interest, penalties, payrolling benefits
*Savings schemes: umbrellas, self-employed workers, salary sacrifice
*Company cars v ECOS and AMAPs
*Case overview
*Tips and the national minimum wage
11:05 - 11:20 Refreshments
11:20 - 12:05 Capital allowances
This session will cover the mechanics of the new rules for plant and machinery, integral features and cars and how to maximise allowances through judicious choice of claims.
12:05 - 12:50 Saving Tax on property expenditure using capital allowances
The session will look at what is classified as plant as opposed to integral features and what doesn’t count at all.
12:50 - 13:50 Lunch
13.50 - 14:50 HMRC powers - the future, the past and how they fit together - with a detailed case study
14:50 - 15:05 Refreshments
15:05 - 15:50 Pension and investment
The state pension system
*Who should be in/out of the state second pension
*Deferral & Lump sums
*Obtaining estimates
*Surviving spouse/civil partner
Pensions Act 2008 and the new personal accounts from 2012
*Main Features
*Employer Duties
*Impact on existing pension schemes including Stakeholder
*Planning ahead
Employee benefit programmes
*What’s in and what’s out – a 21st Century design
*What are the pitfalls of salary sacrifice
*Given the current economic climate, what is an appropriate design for SMEs
15:50 - 16:30 Planning in the new CGT world
A look at CGT business reliefs under the new CGT regime covering:
*Roll-over
*Hold-over and deferral reliefs
*Entrepreneur’s relief in the new CGT world
What are the benefits of attending?
*Understand how to structure a business efficiently for tax and commercial purposes
*Learn how to reduce property tax expenditure using capital allowances
*Understand the new CGT business reliefs
Who should attend?
*Tax advisers in private practice
*General practitioners in small to medium sized firms
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