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Help and support for tax agents and advisers
Get help with online webinars from HMRC if you're an agent.
Available webinars, known as talking points, can last up to an hour.
To attend a live webinar, register and sign in at least 5 minutes before it starts.
You can ask your host questions during a webinar using the on-screen text box.
Live webinars
Making Tax Digital – latest update
Register for the next live webinar on Making Tax Digital for VAT. This will give the latest information on Making Tax Digital and will allow agents to ask questions about any aspect of it that they’re not sure about.
Off-payroll working rules from April 2020
Register for the next live webinar for off-payroll working rules from April 2020. This webinar gives an update about the reform of off-payroll working rules from April 2020, for engagements with:
- the public sector
- medium and large sized organisations
Trade losses
Register for the next live webinar on trade losses. This will look at the different ways trade losses can be relieved by individuals. Including examples of the different loss relief provisions, time limits applicable to each claim and further points to consider.
Basis periods
Register for a live webinar on basis periods. This will give information about:
- the different rules that apply to commencement years
- the effect on a basis period when there’s a change of accounting date
- overlapping periods
We also look at some pointers when dealing with a change from sole trader to partnership and from partnership to sole trader.
Disguised remuneration – changes to the loan charge following the independent review
Register for the next live webinar on disguised remuneration. This webinar will provide an overview on how the changes to the loan charge affect individuals, employers and employees.
Negligible value claims and share loss relief
Register for the next live webinar on negligible value claims and share loss relief. This webinar looks at certain conditions that must be met for your clients to claim an asset that has become a negligible value. It also gives an overview of share loss relief.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Register for the next live webinar on SSP. This webinar is for employers and includes:
- what you need to think about when your employee is sick
- the qualifying conditions
- what happens when an employee is not entitled to SSP
- how to pay SSP
Brexit
Watch videos about trading with the EU after Brexit.
Business taxes
Trade losses
Catch up with the trade losses webinar from 9 January 2020. This webinar looks at the different ways trade losses can be relieved by individuals, including:
- examples of the different loss relief provisions
- time limits applicable to each claim
- further points to consider
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
Catch up with the SEIS webinar from 1 October 2019. This webinar looks at:
- the SEIS application procedure for companies
- key aspects of legislation to be aware of
- how investors claim SEIS relief
- common errors made by companies and investors
Self-employment
How to show self-employed business expenses on the tax return
Catch up with the how to show self-employed business expenses on the tax return webinar from 10 December 2019. To help you enter accurate figures on the tax return, in the webinar we explain:
- what business expenses are
- most common allowable expenses
VAT
New VAT reverse charge for construction services
Catch up with the new VAT reverse charge for construction services webinar from 30 September 2019. If your clients provide building services, they could be affected by this reverse charge. This webinar will discuss how their cash flow may be impacted and what they need to do to prepare.
VAT Flat Rate Scheme
Catch up with the VAT Flat Rate Scheme webinar from 22 August 2019. This webinar covers:
- what the Flat Rate Scheme is
- limited costs to business and how to check if this applies to you
- how to keep VAT records
- how to fill in the VAT Return
Employing people
Off-payroll working rules from April 2020
Catch up with the off-payroll working rules from April 2020 webinar from 18 October 2019. This webinar gives an update about the reform of off-payroll working rules from April 2020, for engagements with:
- the public sector
- medium and large sized organisations
National Minimum Wage – how to carry out checks to make sure compliance with minimum wage legislation
Catch up with the National Minimum Wage webinar from 6 November 2019. Employers must pay the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage at the right rate. This webinar will help stop errors that employers make which tip them into non-compliance.
Expenses and benefits – social functions and parties
Catch up with the expenses and benefits – social functions and parties webinar from 3 December 2019. This short webinar is for employers and covers the tax and National Insurance treatment of providing their employees with annual social functions such as a Christmas party or summer barbecue.
Expenses and benefits for employers – phones, internet and homeworking
Catch up with the expenses and benefits for employers – phones, internet and homeworking webinar from 5 December 2019. This webinar provides an overview of the tax and National Insurance treatment where an employer provides:
- a mobile phone or reimburses the use of a personal mobile phone
- broadband in an employees home, or pays towards it
- homeworking expenses to its employees
SSP
Catch up with the SSP – what needs to be considered when an employee is sick webinar from 22 August 2019. This webinar includes:
- what needs to be considered when an employee is sick
- the qualifying conditions
- what happens when an employee is not entitled to SSP
- how to pay SSP
Online services
Making Tax Digital for Business
Making Tax Digital – latest update
Catch up with the Making Tax Digital – latest update webinar from 19 December 2019. This webinar will provide the latest information on Making Tax Digital for VAT.
Watch webinars, and catch up with the:
- Making Tax Digital – your agent services account webinar from 3 October 2019 for the latest information, including the new agent services account and signing clients up to Making Tax Digital
- Making Tax Digital for business part 1 webinar for an introduction to Making Tax Digital for VAT from 4 December 2018
- Making Tax Digital for business part 2 webinar for more information on Making Tax Digital for VAT and the agent 4 December 2018
- Making Tax Digital for business webinar from 22 May 2018
- Making Tax Digital for business webinar from the 6 March 2018 to find out what you need to do to help your clients prepare for the change and how to get involved in the pilot
Property
Income from property for individual landlords – part 1
Catch up with the income from property for individual landlords – part 1 webinar from 11 December 2019. The webinar looks at restricting finance cost relief and the cash basis eligibility and computational rules.
Income from property for individual landlords – part 2
Catch up with the income from property for individual landlords – part 2 webinar from 18 December 2019. This webinar looks at some of the:
- main expenses and deductions
- allowances and reliefs
Agent toolkits
Use agent toolkits to help you understand how to submit accurate returns to HMRC. They include checklists which you can use to avoid common errors.
Published 30 November 2017
Last updated 20 January 2020 + show all updates
Last updated 20 January 2020 + show all updates
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The latest webinars for off-payroll working rules from April 2020, disguised remuneration, negligible value claims and share loss relief, Statutory Sick Pay, trade losses, self-employment, expenses and benefits – social functions and parties, expenses and benefits for employers – phones, internet and homeworking, Making Tax Digital and income from property for individual landlords – part 2 have been added.
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The latest webinars for trade losses, basic periods, income from property for individual landlords and capital allowances and vehicles have been added.
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The latest webinars on 'how to show self-employed business expenses on your tax return' and 'how to carry out checks for the National Minimum Wage' have been added.
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The latest webinars for Making Tax Digital, expenses and benefits, income from property for individual landlords and off-payrolling working rules have been added.
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The webinars in the 'Upcoming online webinars', 'Business taxes', 'VAT', 'Employing people' and Making Tax Digital for Business' sections have been updated.
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A new webinar about Off-payrolling working rules from April 2020, and videos about trading with the EU in a no-deal Brexit have been added. The 'Making Tax Digital – your agent services account' and 'New VAT reverse charge for construction services' webinars have been updated
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The latest webinars about the new VAT reverse charge, income from property for individual landlords, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), Flat Rate Scheme, Statutory Sick Pay and Making Tax Digital for Business have been added.
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The latest webinars for off payroll working rules, the new VAT reverse charge for construction services and income from property for individual landlords have been added.
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The latest webinars for the new VAT reverse charge for construction services, Statutory Sick Pay, capital allowances and vehicles and Stamp Duty Land Tax have been added.
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The latest webinars on help and support for agents have been added.
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The latest webinars for negligible value claims and share loss relief, capital allowances and vehicles and PAYE expenses and benefits (P11D) have been added.
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The latest webinars on help and support for agents have been added.
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Webinars on Stamp Duty Land Tax Higher Rate for Additional Dwellings and Dwellings Purchased by Companies, Statutory Sick Pay, Making Tax Digital for Business, Corporation Tax carried-forward losses and an overview of the Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge reporting requirements have been added.
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