Spring Statement: A tax cut spree
In yesterdays Spring Statement, the Chancellor announced a new “tax plan” that will ensure the government takes a “principled approach to cutting taxes”. These were made to support the UK economy after inflation hit a 30 year high of 6.2% in February. Some of the key measures Rishi Sunak announced as part of the plan […]
Eazitax and SaaS announce Partnership
Today we are proud to announce our partnership with Safety providers SaaS (Safety as a Standard). Safety in the Taxi and PHV profession is essential and SaaS are leading the way with affordable and accessible e-learning, webinars and certifications for both drivers and operators. We are working closely with SaaS through our operator outreach, bringing […]
The Good, The Unfiled, and The SEISS Declaration
Well as I write this, we have just finished the tax return season. ‘Just finished the tax return season Gary. But it finished in January’ I hear you cry… Well, no, this year HMRC in their wisdom decided to extend that deadline, and when I say extend, I mean no fines for missing the deadline […]
The New-Look Eazitax
The New-Look Eazitax I was brought up in a taxi family. ‘The Uncles’ only moaned about two things: punters and tax. One I cant fix, but when I qualified as an accountant, I vowed to show drivers the love their accountants never did. We started Drivertax in a shed at the end of my Garden […]
Gary’s Big Autumn Budget Prediction 2021
Gary’s Big Autumn Budget Prediction 2021 Touch My Crystal Ball The next important thing on any accountants horizon is the forthcoming budget on 27th October. Obviously, 2021 has been a strange year like no other. We have just come to the end of the pandemic furlough scheme; the redundancies are therefore just about to start. […]
What’s News and What’s Old News in the World of Tax
What’s News and What’s Old News in the World of Tax 1. MTD for ITSA (Income tax self-Assessment) We have been talking about the implementation of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital since 2017, but post pandemic finally we have a date of 2023 for its implementation. Tax returns are mainly filed online anyway but with the […]
Eazitax at the PHTM Expo
Eazitax at the PHTM Expo I look forward to seeing you all at the PHTM Expo, as well as exhibiting, I’ll be speaking there over the two days. Day one as Eazitax, the accountant, looking at the ‘Next Big Thing’ for me and my number crunching mates and on Day Two we are back to […]
Gary From Eazitax’ s State of The Union Speech
Gary From Eazitax’ s State of The Union Speech Driver status has changed for good, or has it? The tale of driver or worker status in the modern world began in 2016. Two Uber drivers, James Farrar and Yaseen Asleem, took Uber to an employment tribunal on behalf of a group of drivers. Uber […]
What is Continuality? (and why operators need to know about it, if they want to keep their drivers)
What is Continuality? (and why operators need to know about it, if they want to keep their drivers) Since those nice app people lost their supreme court case, I have been kinda busy on my status consultancy work, so I thought for my article it would be nice to take a break and focus on […]
The End of an Era? Tech and Workers Rights.
The End of an Era? Tech and Workers Rights. What Uber did Next… Stop press, hold the front-page Uber does deal with the GMB union. As I finish proofing this article the news comes in about the epoch-making (not my phrase, borrowed from the press) deal with a ground transport provider…. Obviously except for the […]