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We have all seen and heard the jokes about the accountant's stereotype.  From Monty Python's would be Lion Tamer to more recent mocking of Tim Vine in Not Going Out.  Recently at Simpson Wood we attempted to dispel this view.  As Craig Stratford

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Written by: Daniel McAllister

With the new tax year having just started, it is time to turn our attention to the upcoming deadline for the filing of form P11D(b) and the related forms P9D & P11D.  These forms report to HM Revenue & Customs the ...

Almost 200 Huddersfield Town fans, including former Town manager Peter Jackson and former player and current BBC Radio Leeds pundit Kieran O'Regan battled through the wind and rain on Saturday 3 March, walking over 27 miles from Canalside Sports Complex to Bury's Gigg Lane, as part of the club's 'Walk for P...

Nichola Sykes, the manager of Simpson Wood's Trust department has been presented with a long service award after 25 years with the firm.  She is pictured here receiving her award with partners

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Written by: Marianne Yates

For anyone who has managed to avoid all the coverage, George Osborne presented his budget earlier today and the main tax measures within it were as follows:

Personal tax allowance increased to £9,205 from April 2013.

Higher r...

A reminder to all VAT registered businesses that from 1 April 2012 it will be compulsory to submit your VAT returns online and settle any liabilities electronically. If this applies to you, HMRC should be writing to you shortly to explain the changes.

Up to now online filing was only r...

When redesigning our website recently, I tried to do some research into the history of our firm. Unlike the BBC programme Who Do You Think You Are I did not have a team of researchers available to me and found it difficult to locate much information....

Capital allowances are due to be significantly reduced in April 2012 so it is important to plan carefully in order to maximise the tax relief you are able to claim.

For the last couple of years tax relief has been available at 100% on new equipment up to £100,00...

The end of the tax year is fast approaching meaning that you should be thinking about any actions required before 5 April. We have summarised below a few ideas that you should consider:

Business planning
Capital expenditure
- the amount of...

I have decided in a moment of madness to walk to Bury on 3 March as part of the Huddersfield Town 'Walk for Pounds' event in aid of the Keep It Up campaign to raise funds for the charity Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

The walk will start at 4am (unheard of for me!) an...