VAT Deferral: New Payment Scheme

VAT Deferral: New Payment Scheme How can I opt-in to the new payment scheme? How many instalments can I pay my deferred VAT in? I am having difficulty using the online service, what can I do? What if I am still not able to pay my deferred VAT? If you deferred VAT between 20 March […]

Capital Gains Tax: payment for property disposal

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a form of taxation which is put on the sale of a non-inventory asset. If you have sold or disposed of a UK residential property (including part interest in one) after April 2020, you may need to report this and pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) within 30 days of completion. […]

First Homes: guidance and eligibility

The First Homes scheme involves the building of new homes specifically to be sold at a discount. However, these homes are otherwise intended to be of similar specification to full-price homes. These homes will then be put on the market at a discount of at least 30%. For an average new-build property in England, this […]

Rising inflation – what does that mean for UK businesses?

The covid-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of life as we know it. As we are hopefully emerging from the worst of its social impacts, we are now faced with potentially crippling economic effects caused by the proliferating borrowing throughout the pandemic. In this article we will discuss inflation and what this could mean for […]

Increased price for single-use plastic bags across the UK

As Part of a larger scheme to reduce the use, and waste, of plastic across the UK, the government how introduced a further mandatory increase in the prices of plastic bags. This increase was introduced on 21 May and has raised the prices of single-use plastic bags from 5p to 10p. Although seemingly insignificant, since […]

SEISS: should you change your accounting date to save tax?

The SEISS allowed self-employed individuals and partnerships to receive taxable grants if their business has been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The first three grants were given in the tax year 2020/2021, although the profits which the SEISS grants substitute for might have been taxed in a later year. This means that even though […]

Forces Help to Buy: help to get on the property ladder

Forces Help to Buy: help to get on the property ladder. This article summarizes the details of the Armed forces help to buy. This is a pilot scheme that was launched in April 2014 and assists regular armed forces personnel to get onto the property ladder. The scheme has now been extended to 31 December […]

Ready for a SEISS Challenge: Information about Penalties and Claims

As coronavirus support undergoes HMRC scrutiny, we summarise the checks and possible sanctions the self-employed need to look out for when applying for the latest self-employed income support scheme grant (SEISS). The Treasury has provided HMRC with substantial resources to recover wrongly claimed coronavirus support payments, expecting to recoup over a third of grants made. Proving […]

SEISS Fourth Grant – Am I Eligible & How Much Can I Claim?

    If you are self-employed and your business has been negatively impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, you could be eligible for the fourth grant of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme. To make your claim for the fourth grant, you must do so on or before 1 June 2021. This grant will cover the period […]

NR Barton Announce A New Member To The Board of Directors

  NR Barton are proud to announce the promotion of Jonathan Mackie to the board of directors from 6 April 2021. Jonathan qualified as a chartered accountant in 2014 after studying for a Maths degree at the University of Manchester. Jonathan joined NR Barton in December 2017 and began working on modernising and digitalizing internal […]

Integrity

Integrity is at the forefront of everything we do as we apply the strongest ethical and moral rigour across how we work and assist our clients.

At NR Barton we understand the importance of trust and through our integrity we make sure this underpins absolutely everything we do.

We like to do the best for our clients and this isn’t always easy. We aren’t afraid to use our integrity to confront difficult situations. We firmly believe that acting with our utmost integrity those difficult conversations will help to build our trust with our clients. Sometimes the difficult option is the best.

It is also our integrity that has helped us to build a strong local relationship in our market place and the thrive as a business for the last seventy years.

We’re here for the long term and our integrity will help us to achieve that.