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News story: Agent toolkits, digital meetings, webinars, e-learning and videos

Updated: New webinars added for 2-Step verification, Agent services and Making Tax Digital for business

Agent toolkits

The agent toolkits annual update has begun for 2017. Our experts are looking at the toolkits and over the next 6 months will be making changes.

Toolkits have checklists of the most common errors HMRC sees in returns and tells you how to avoid them.

Don’t forget to check out the current 20 toolkits regularly so that you don’t miss the changes as they happen.

Videos YouTube videos

What is Research and Development (R&D) tax relief? Outlines what R&D relief is who and how to claim it.

What expenses qualify for R&D tax relief? Provides a very simple explanation of what costs qualify for R&D, and some simple errors made by customers.

How to claim R&D tax relief when you receive a grant Addresses one of the most common queries regarding R&D and how it interacts with grants.

There’s more detailed guidance, including case studies at R&D tax relief: making R&D easier for small companies.

Agent Talking Points

Agent Talking Points are weekly online digital meetings for tax agents and advisers and complement HMRC’s quarterly Working Together online agent meetings.

They usually last 45 minutes to an hour and focus on topics agents have said they’re interested in or on new issues identified by agents and HMRC that may have widespread impact. HMRC experts will be available to answer questions.

Register quickly and easily at least 5 minutes before a meeting is due to start.

Paying the right amount of tax through Pay As You Earn (PAYE)

This meeting will cover the changes being implemented in May. HMRC will improve the way we use Real Time Information to make automatic adjustments to PAYE tax codes as they happen, rather than waiting until the end of the tax year. This event will explain how this will affect employers and their staff.

Register for this meeting on Wednesday 5 April 2017, 11am to midday.

As this meeting is likely to be oversubscribed we’ve added a second meeting later.

Register for this meeting on Wednesday 5 April 2017, 2pm to 3pm.

Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)

This meeting will cover the new digital service released by ATED. They will be demonstrating the service from registration through to submitting returns.

Register for this meeting on Tuesday 11 April 2017, 11am to midday.

As this meeting is likely to be oversubscribed we’ve added a second meeting later.

Register for this meeting on Tuesday 11 April 2017, 2pm to 3pm.

What’s new in 2017 to 2018 for employers

This meeting will give an overview of the payroll changes from 6 April 2017.

Register for this meeting on Wednesday 19 April 2017, 11am to midday.

As this meeting is likely to be oversubscribed we’ve added a second meeting later.

Register for this meeting on Wednesday 19 April 2017, 1pm to 2pm.

Negligible value

This meeting will cover an introduction to negligible value claims and share loss relief.

Register for this meeting on 27 April 2017, midday to 1pm.

As this meeting is likely to be oversubscribed we’ve added a second meeting later.

Register for this meeting on 27 April 2017, 2pm to 3pm.

Changes to Inheritance Tax

This meeting will provide an overview of recent changes to Inheritance Tax, including Residence Nil rate Band (RNRB) and Transferrable nil Rate Band (TRBRB).

Register for this meeting on 4 May 2017, midday to 1pm.

The New Trusts Registration Service

This meeting will look at how to register a new trust and how to update the registered information for existing trusts.

Register for this meeting on 4 May 2017, 2pm to 3pm.

National Minimum Wage: Common errors made by employers

Employers must pay the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage at the right rate. Sounds simple doesn’t it, but there are a number of errors that employers make which tip them into non-compliance. Sign up to find out more.

Register for this meeting on 9 May 2017, 10:30am to 11:30am.

HMRC Payment Strategy

This meeting will focus on reducing cheque payments and the elimination of payable orders

Register for this meeting on 18 May 2017, midday to 1pm.

As this meeting is likely to be oversubscribed we’ve added a second meeting later.

Register for this meeting on 18 May 2017, 2pm to 3pm.

Tax avoidance: an update on current measures to tackle tax avoidance and how HMRC can help your client’s settle

This digital meeting provides an update on current measures to tackle tax avoidance and how HMRC can help your clients settle their tax affairs.

Register for this meeting on 23 May 2017, midday to 1pm.

Capital allowances and vehicles

This meeting mainly covers the special rules for cars.

Register for this meeting on 25 May 2017, 11am to midday

As this meeting is likely to be oversubscribed we’ve added a second meeting later.

Register for this meeting on 25 May 2017, 1pm to 2pm.

Recordings Self Assessment 2017 (SA17)

Watch this meeting from 20 December 2016 - income from Property covering expenses and deductions, allowances and reliefs.

Find out more in the HMRC property rental toolkit.

Your income from property tax return

This video shows how and where to show property income on your Self Assessment tax return. Areas covered include:

entries for Rent a Room claiming for running costs and expenses

It also shows how profits are calculated and losses shown.

Watch this meeting from 5 January 2017 covering trade losses.

Find out more in the HMRC Income Tax losses toolkit.

Watch this meeting from 12 January 2017 covering Self Assessment and paying HMRC.

Watch this meeting from 18 January 2017 covering capital allowances and vehicles.

Find out more in the HMRC capital allowances for plant and machinery toolkit.

2-Step verification

Watch this meeting from 21 February 2017.

Agent services

Watch this meeting from 7 December 2016.

Watch this meeting from 14 September 2016.

Watch this meeting from 29 March 2017.

Agent Account Manager service

Watch this meeting from 1 June 2016

Apprenticeship Levy

Watch this meeting from 14 February 2017 covering when you need to pay the levy, how much you need to pay and how to report a payment. The meeting also covers changes to Apprenticeship Funding in England from May 2017 and the new Apprenticeship Service.

Automatic Exchange of Information

Watch this meeting from 14 July 2016 to find out more about what the UK’s Automatic Exchange of Information with other countries may mean for you.

Capital Gains Tax

Watch this meeting from 29 September 2016 on Entrepreneurs’ Relief.

Class 2 National Insurance reform

Watch this meeting from 15 June 2016.

Watch our new Youtube video regarding the impact on Self Assessment returns.

Find out more in the HMRC National Insurance contributions and statutory payments toolkit.

National Living and National Minimum Wage

Watch this meeting from 14 March 2016 covering both areas.

Find out more in the HMRC National Insurance contributions and statutory payments toolkit.

Find out more in the HMRC expenses and benefits from employment toolkit.

Making Tax Digital for business

Watch this meeting from 28 March 2017.

R&D tax relief

Watch this meeting from 24 August 2016 on Advanced Assurance.

Residence

Watch this meeting from 8 April 2016 covering non-UK domicile reforms.

Watch this meeting from 7 October 2016 on Statutory Residence Test - split year treatment cases 1 to 3.

Watch this meeting from 14 October 2016 on double taxation for individuals with dual residency.

Watch this meeting from 3 February 2017 which gave an overview of domicile, why it’s relevant for income and Capital Gains Tax and the impact of the new reforms.

Security

Watch this meeting from 21 April 2016 covering security awareness.

Watch this meeting from 26 May 2016 covering cyber security.

Specialist agent managers

Watch this meeting from 9 June 2016 to find out more about the specialist agent managers role.

Tax Avoidance

Watch this meeting on contractor loans from 30 March 2016 discussing what a recent policy announcement means for individuals who may be involved in disguised remuneration avoidance schemes.

Watch this meeting from 10 May 2016 on disguised remuneration for small and medium enterprises.

Watch this meeting from 1 November 2016 on settling the tax avoidance bills of small and medium enterprises.

Watch this meeting from 16 November 2016 on the new serial tax avoidance regime.

Watch this meeting from 7 February 2017 in which HMRC outlined some of the common issues that arise in insolvency proceedings where tax avoidance is at play and HMRC’s stance.

Watch this meeting from 7 February 2017 where HMRC looked at settling the tax avoidance bills of individuals that might have been involved in tax avoidance schemes.

Trade losses

Watch this meeting from 1 March 2017 which looked at the different ways that trade losses may be relieved.

VAT – changes to the VAT Flat Rate Scheme (FRS)

Watch this meeting from 1 March 2017 which covered the introduction, from 1 April 2017 of the new 16.5% FRS for businesses with limited costs. Businesses using the FRS or new businesses joining the FRS will complete a simple test to work out whether they must use this new rate.

Your Tax Account

Watch this meeting from 1 March 2016.

In partnership with other government bodies Companies House

Watch this meeting from 10 November 2016 covering helping agents file accounts right first time.

Department for International Trade

Watch this meeting from 24 November 2016 covering free help to grow businesses overseas

Intellectual Property Office

Watch this meeting from 28 July 2016 providing an overview of trademarks, patents, designs and copyright and how to protect intellectual property.

Watch this meeting from 30 November 2016 covering trademarks.

Watch this meeting from 16 February 2017 covering copyright.

Pensions Regulator

Watch this meeting from 17 March 2017 which looked at how to support your clients through automatic enrolment.

Watch this meeting from 17 March 2017 which looked at how you can support your clients through re-enrolment.

Webinars

Webinars can last up to an hour. You can ask questions during the presentation and get answers from your HMRC host.

Register and log in at least 5 minutes before a live webinar is due to start.

You can watch recorded webinars at any time but you’ll need to register first.

Capital gains: land and property

The webinar covers common areas such as reliefs and common errors.

There’s no date for a live webinar at the moment.

Watch this webinar recorded in June 2016.

Find out more in the HMRC Capital Gains Tax for land and buildings toolkit.

Help and advice

Check to make sure you’ve a compatible computer or mobile device to watch webinars.

Search for help if you’ve technical problems with webinars.

Contact HMRC online for other webinar help.

E-learning

Complete the online course to find out how to resolve disputes with reviews and appeals.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/webinars-e-learning-and-videos-if-youre-a-tax-agent-or-adviser

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