Christmas cheer from Watkinson Black
As we approach Christmas we thought we would spread some Christmas cheer amongst our readers by looking at a major change in the taxation of dividends that is taking place from April next year. Currently, dividends carry a “notional tax credit” of 10%. A dividend of, for instance, £9 is treated as if it is … Continue reading Christmas cheer from Watkinson Black
Shoppers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been paying 5p for any carrier bag that they use for their shopping for some time, and from 5th October we in England have joined them. The stated aim of the policy is to encourage people to re-use bags and so reduce the amount of waste going … Continue reading Rules for 5p carrier bags not consistent throughout the UK
I felt compelled to write a personal account of my time (so far) with what is now known as WatkinsonBlack Chartered Accountants. I was 43 years of age when I embarked on my career as an accountant with my long time friend David Watkinson. I had almost finished my Business & Finance course (very useful … Continue reading Margaret Reaches 65 – Personal account of Margaret Black from WatkinsonBlack Chartered accountants Warrington
All at WatkinsonBlack had a really lovely day on Friday with clients visiting our offices for coffee and cakes, chatting about holidays and current news affairs. We even had one young visitor who decided to help with the post. Cakes were donated by staff and visitors, we had a vast array of cupcakes, chocolate cakes, … Continue reading WatkinsonBlack MacMillan Coffee Morning
The government was originally planning to bring in a new on-line system of childcare support from this Autumn. However, some childcare voucher providers raised a legal objection, but the Supreme Court has now ruled in the governments favour. The new scheme is now expected to start in 2017 and will provide up to 1.8m families … Continue reading New childcare support system