Upcoming Talking Points for Tax Agents
05 February 2019
HMRC's regular Talking Point webinars provide ongoing information, guidance and tips for Tax Agents and Advisers to help understand tax issues.
To follow is a list of the Talking Points webinars coming up over the next few weeks. There are a limited number of spaces, so save your place now.
Negligible Value Claims and Share Loss Relief
Looking at certain conditions that must be met for your clients to claim an asset has become of negligible value. Also, an overview of share loss relief.
Thursday 7 February – 11am to midday
An Intermediate Guide to the Enterprise Investment Scheme
This webinar will follow on from the introductory webinar on the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). It will take a more in depth look at the EIS, from both a company and individual perspective. It will also provide insight from the Venture Capital Relief Team on procedural aspects of the EIS.
Friday 8 February – midday to 1pm
Stamp Duty Land Tax – Higher Rate for Additional Dwellings and Dwellings Purchased by Companies – Relationships and Status
Stamp Duty Land Tax analysis of how the higher rate rules apply when affected by personal relationships (both formal and informal) and other situations, for example, divorce, trustees, parents supporting their children and first time buyers. The webinar will help clarify liability and potential refund position on subsequent changes of relationship status.
Wednesday 13 February – midday to 1pm
Statutory Sick Pay
What needs to be considered when an employee is sick.
Thursday 14 February – 2pm to 3pm
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Business: the latest information on MTD for VAT and the agent services account
This webinar is for anyone already familiar with MTD for VAT and the Agent Services Account. It will cover the latest news on MTD requirements; getting a new Agent Services Account; preparing your clients and signing them up for MTD. It will include common questions and do some ‘myth busting’.
This webinar will not go over the basics. So if you are new to MTD, you may want to listen to these earlier webinars:
If you have any questions for HMRC subject experts, you can send an email prior to the webinars, including the title of the meeting in the ‘Subject’ line of your email.
These interactive webinars will be run on the ‘GoToWebinar’ platform. The organiser will run through how to ask questions on the day.
Feedback received from a recent Talking Points webinar indicates that many agents would recommend them to colleagues.
If you have missed any of the earlier Talking Points webinars, you can watch the recordings here.