Tax News - April Newsletter 2008

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News for Small Business
April 2008

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Editors Note

Now that the Budget is over for another year we felt it was important to make you aware of the immediate changes that this will bring in April. Our 'April Changes' feature last month highlighted the updates from the Budget, however The Companies Act 2006 will be changing as of 6th April and there are some immediate benefits and compliance that the small business owner should be up to date with.

We have produced and article below to help you digest what changes will affect Limited Companies and their Directors.

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The Companies Act: The changes affecting Ltd Co's

On the 6th April 2008, we will see a further stage of the implementation of the Companies Act 2006. Limited Companies and their Directors should take note of the following changes:

- Accounts filing deadline reduction and statement changes
- Audit threshold increase
- Company Secretary changes

Have you been made aware of these changes? ...read more


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