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HMRC to Remove VAT100 XML Filing Service
Recently, HM Revenue and Customs shared news of changes to its IT infrastructure, involving the migration of VAT Customer Accounts to a new system. Following this migration, HMRC will decommission the current XML submission service from 8 April 2021.
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How TaxCalc is hand-crafting the perfect product
As TaxCalc’s Product Director, Pauline Smith oversees the continued improvement of existing products, and coordinates the launch of new ones. It’s a tough job that’s dictated by a variety of compliance guidelines, evolving customer requirements and the wider goal of a future-proof business.
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Prime Minister’s Statement 31 October 2020 – The latest COVID-19 information!
The latest government announcement regarding a new national lockdown from Thursday 5 November until at least 2 December mean more changes to the available support schemes.
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Get to know the TaxCalc support team
Customer support is a crucial link between a business and the people who buy its products, especially in the world of software. Great customer teams are often at the heart of a business’s long-term success, engendering trust, loyalty and peer-to-peer recommendation. With no chatbots or automated queuing systems, not to mention unlimited access to dedicated support specialists, TaxCalc’s UK-based team is one of the main reasons why customers stay with TaxCalc for years and years.
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Latest COVID-19 Measures – Job Support Scheme Extension and more!
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the Winter Economy Plan on the 24th September. However, giving the ever-changing circumstances facing the country, the support offered to businesses is already being expanded.
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About the COVID-19 VAT deferral ‘New Payment Scheme’
On 24 September 2020, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the ‘Winter Economy Plan’ – a series of measures to continue assisting businesses and employees amid the current pressures caused by COVID-19.
Among those measures was an update to the VAT Payments Deferral Scheme. This allowed businesses to defer payment of any VAT liabilities that fell due between 20 March 2020 to the 30 June 2020 until 31 March 2021. The scheme ended on 30 June 2020.

The Winter Economy Plan. Explained. What does it mean to you and your clients?
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined a series of measures to support jobs and the economy over the next six months. Here we provide an overview of the five new initiatives with a brief explanation. Please pass it on to your clients as you see fit.
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The Big Adjustment: Five Months In
It’s almost five months since our world was turned upside down and we all scrambled
to switch from an office-based enterprise to one that was working more or less entirely from home. As we emerge from lockdown (if indeed we do), we find ourselves at TaxCalc wiser, more productive, more mindful of each other and with a positive outlook, even given the difficulties that our industry and society faces.
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