Act now or lose tax breaks, says South West expert
Copy of letter published in the Financial Times:
Small business champion Paul Aplin, who has just received a national award for his work on taxation, says the Chancellor must provide some relief from government red tape in next week’s Autumn Statement.
West Country chartered accountant Paul Aplin, a long-time champion of small businesses, has won a top industry award in recognition of his influential work on taxation issues.
Staff who work in the Central Referral Centre and on the 24 hour Support and Advice line at St. Margaret’s Hospice (SMH) have a distinctive new uniform thanks to Taunton firm A. C. Mole & Sons.
Charles Chandler is the new president of the South Western Society of Chartered Accountants (SWSCA).
Independent South West chartered accountancy firm A.C. Mole & Sons has won a national award in the prestigious ‘Oscars’ of the tax profession.
A South West firm, founded 110 years ago, has been short-listed for two national awards in the prestigious ‘Oscars’ of the tax profession. A.C.Mole & Sons is in the running for the 2013 LexisNexis Taxation Award for best single office tax practice, an accolade the firm first won in 2004. Tax partner Paul Aplin is nominated for the best tax writer award.
With the Budget less than a week away (Wednesday March 20), South West tax expert Paul Aplin says the Chancellor must help small businesses.
“Reducing red tape doesn’t cost the government anything, but it frees small businesses to do what they are best at: creating jobs and driving economic growth,” says Aplin, tax partner at A.C.Mole & Sons and chairman of the influential Tax Faculty technical committee at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Farmers could be losing out on valuable tax breaks because they don’t know what’s available, says a leading South West tax expert.