10 - Ethics, personal financial management and self-assessment.

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Before taking on a new client a ACCA member must assess:
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assess risk to the integrity of the practice on accepting work. | Risk of money laundering. | Whether the firm has adequate skills and competence.
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Information to be obtained before accepting new COMPANY client by ACCA member:
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PROOF OF INCORPORATION, primary business address and registered office. | STRUCTURE, directors and shareholders of the company. | IDENTITIES of persons instructing the firm on behalf of the company and persons authorised to do so.
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Information to be obtained before accepting new INDIVIDUAL client by ACCA member:
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DETAILS OF NATURE AND STRUCTURE of any unincorporated business interests. | Residential address. | IDs | PERSONS AUTHORISED to act on behalf of the business (for example partners in a partnership).
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On accepting new work, ACCA member must ask for...
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for permission from the client to contact old advisers to request information. | If client refuses, should consider not acting for them. | If not, issue a LETTER OF ENGAGEMENT setting out terms and conditions.
ACCA member and examples of conflict of interest:
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Acting for both parties in in a DIVORCE. | Where ADVISER MAY BENEFIT from the transaction. | Asked to act for another party in a TRANSACTION with an existing client. | Acting for the EMPLOYER ant their Employees. |
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ACCA member may act for both parties if safeguards put in place:
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Consent should be obtained to act for them. | Accurate firm CONFIDENTIALITY guidelines. | Reveal the potential conflict to all relevant parties.| Teams different for each client.
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Alternatively, consider for just one party, or not acting for either party.
Fundamental ethical principles:
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Professional behaviour. | Integrity. | Competence and due care. | Confidentiality. | Objectivity.
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Professional behaviour - Members should comply with relevant laws and regulations and avoid any action that discredits the profession.
Threats that a professional accountant:
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Intimidation. | Familiarity. | Advocacy. | Self-reviewing. | Self-interest.
IFA SS
Consequences of unethical behaviour:
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Professional reputation loss. | Criminal conviction. | Court order (compensation). | Director disqualification order. | Disciplinary action by professional body (including expulsion).
PCC_DD
If accountant becomes aware of a client's tax irregularity, he must...
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discuss it with client | and ensure proper disclosure to HMRC.
Information provided to HMRC must be accurate and complete. Accountant must not assist a client to plan an offence.
Accountant's conduct if client made a tax error:
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Decide if genuine or deliberate act. | Explain to client the need to notify HMRC. | Prompt disclosure taken into account when deciding penalties.
GEP
A prompted disclosure is a disclosure made after you have received notice of a HMRC audit until the date audit starts.
Accountant's conduct if client made a tax error and refuses to disclose it:
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Must explain potential consequences in writing. | If material, consider whether to continue to act for client. | If he still refuses: should cease to act and write to HMRC stating that the firm no longer act for the client but not stating reason why.
WCH
All businesses within regulated sectors must appoint a Money Laundering Reporting Officer within the firm. MLRO decides...
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Decides whether to report a transaction to National Crime Agency (NCA).| If a report is made, client should not be informed as this is an offence ('tipping off').
If a member is an employee and becomes aware of irregularities, first of all he should:
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Raise a concerns with an appropriate person.| If appropriate action not taken, seek advice from ACCA
If a member is an employee and becomes aware of irregularities, second of all he should consider:
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Need to report to Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO). | Resigning from employment. | Need to disclose under Public Interest Disclosure Act.
PIDA
Tax evasion consequences for client and advisor:
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Client is subject to criminal prosecution. | Adviser is subject to sanctions of criminal law.
Examples: supressing information or submitting false information.
Tax avoidance characteristics:
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Use of the taxation system to legitimately reduce tax. | Also used to describe tax schemes devised to utilise loopholes in the tax legislation.
Tax mitigation - conduct in accordance with the intention of government. | Government introduced specific anti-avoidance schemes.
To counteract tax avoidance HMRC introduced:
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Disclosure obligations regarding specific tax avoidance scheme.| General anti-abuse rule (GAAR) to counter artificial, abusive schemes to avoid tax.
The regulation allows tax officials to deny tax benefits, if a deal is found without any commercial purpose other than tax avoidance. It also allows officials to deny double taxation avoidance benefits, if deals made in tax havens.
Serial tax avoidance. Those who persistently engage in tax avoidance schemes defeated by HMRC are subject to...
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to a regime of increasing penalties | and may have their details published by HMRC.
Serious tax offender criteria:
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Those who incur a penalty | for deliberate evasion in respect of tax of £5,000.
Monitoring of serious tax offenders. They will be required to:
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Those who incur a penalty for deliberate evasion in respect of tax of £5,000.
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To submit returns for up to the following 5 years. | Showing more detailed business accounts information | and detailing the nature and value of any BALANCING ADJUSTMENTS within the accounts.
Dishonest conduct of tax agents - amount of maximum penalty and other consequences:
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HMRC may publish details of the penalised tax agent | and access the working papers of a dishonest agent with agreement of the Tax tribunal. | Offender incurs a civil penalty up to £50,000.
Tax offenders. HMRC have the power to The names and details of... who...
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of individuals and companies | who are penalised for deliberate defaults leading to a tax loss of more than £25,000.
Tax offenders. HMRC will NOT publish those who...
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make a full unprompted disclosure | or a full promped disclosure within the required time.
Consideration for accountants when giving advice to clients:
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Know the Professional Code of Ethics. | Know your client - fact find. | Best advice - must be suitable. | Best execution - obtain best price. | Avoid unnecessary transactions. | Explain why given course of action is recommended.
Giving advice to clients - factors relating to client to consider:
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Risk acceptable. | Objectives of client. | Liquidity. | Age. | Dependants. | Current position. | Efficiency of tax.
ROLADCE
Personal financial management. Individuals must balance the need for income on an on-going basis with investing for capital growth to be used to fund retirement. Factors consider when making investment.
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Suitable investments will change during an individual's lifetime as lifestyle and income streams change.
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Risk attitude.| Need to ensure some investments are readily realisable to fund immediate unforeseen demands.| Likelihood of receiving an inheritance.
also:
Income available after meeting current obligations.| Desire to own home and method of financing.| Need to fund children's education.| Responsibility to support parents.| Required lifestyle on retirement.| Desire to leave an inheritance to children.
Examples of highly liquid investments products:
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Premium bonds. | Individual saving accounts. | Gilts.
PIG
Examples low-risk investment products:
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Gilts. | VCT scheme. | Building society accounts.
GVB
Examples of very high-risk investment products:
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Cryptocurrencies. | Unquoted shares.
Examples of income tax-free and CGT-free investment products:
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Pension schemes. | ISAa. | NSI saving certificates
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Examples of INCOME growth investment products:
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Gilts. | NSI saving certificates.
GN
Capital growth: Pension schemes. | Quoted shares. | VCT schemes.
VCT - Qualifying individuals:
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Subscribers (newly issues shares).
EIS, SEIS, VCT - Special tax relief to encourage investment by individuals in riskier small companies.
EIS, SEIS - Qualifying individual shareholding limit:
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no more than 30% of ordinary share capital in qualifying company.
New ordinary shares. Subscribers in cash. | No limit for VCT.
EIS - Qualifying individual subscriber requirements:
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Not employee or director. | Independent of company prior to first issue.
SEIS - Qualifying individual subscriber requirements:
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Not current employee | (can be director | or previous employee).
EIS, SEIS, VCT - Maximum investment limits:
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1 milion per annum. | £100,000 per annum. | £200,000 per annum.
EIS, SEIS - retention period for I.T. relief:
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3 years (I.T. relief withdrawn if sold within 3 years).
VCT - retention period for I.T. relief:
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5 years (I.T. relief withdrawn if sold within 5 years).
EIS - I.T. relief rate:
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30% of amount subscribed
Relief deducted from IT liability.
SEIS - I.T. relief rate:
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50% of amount subscribed
Relief deducted from IT liability.
VCT - I.T. relief rate:
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30% of amount subscribed.
Relief deducted from IT liability.
EIS, SEIS, VCT - Carryback amount to previous year:
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Any amount invested, but cannot get relief on more than 1 milion in any one tax year. | Any amount invested, but cannot get relief on more than £100,000 in any one tax year. | No carryback.
EIS, SEIS - Capital gain tax operating:
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Gain exempt if shareholding held more than 3 years. | Loss is allowable (can be converted into IT loss).
Also: SEIS rollover relief available for the lower of 50% of amount invested and 50% of CGT liability resulting from other disposals.
VCT - Capital gain tax operating:
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No gain or loss whenever sold.
EIS - reinvestment relief crystallises when:
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when EIS shares disposed of | or investor/spouse emigrates (become non-resident) within 3 years.
SEIS - reinvestment relief rate of exemption:
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After 3 years of holding up to 50% of gain on any chargeable asset can be exempt.
EIS, SEIS, VCT - Dividend taxation:
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taxable | taxable | tax-free on investment within annual limit of £200,000...
IHT-BPR availability for EIS, SEIS and VCT.
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100% if owned at least 2 years. | 100% if owned at least 2 years. | No BPR.
Personal sources of finance:
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Mortgage. | Unsecured loan.* | Credit cards (the most expensive). | Hire purchase.* | Overdraft. | Secured loan.
*normally up to 5 years.
Business sources of finance:
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Short-term debt | Long-tern debt | Equity
E.g. overdraft, trade credit, debt factoring. | For purchase of asses, provision of working capital. | Doesn't need to be repaid. Dividends can vary each year, not tax deductible. Outside influence. | Interest payments fixed, but tax deductible.
Income tax return due dates:
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3 months after issue of the notice to file a return. | 31 October (paper return).| 31 January (electronic return).
3 months | 6 months | 9 months
Notification of gain chargeability to HMRC due date:
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Within 6 months of the END OF TAX YEAR in which the liability arises - 5 October.
Standard penalty may apply for failure to notify of chargeability.
Income tax amendments due dates:
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HMRC can amend return within 9 months of the actual filing date. | Taxpayer can amend it within 12 months of the 31 January filing date.
Determination of tax due if no return is filed can be issued by HMRC at any time within...
Where a self-assessment tax return is not filed by the filing date, HMRC may determine the amount of tax due.
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3 years of the filing date.
i.e. by 31 January 2025 for the tax year 2020/21
Characteristics of Determination of tax by HMRC.
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The determination is treated as a self-assessment by the taxpayer. | Determination can only be replaced by the actual self- assessment when it is submitted by the taxpayer. | There is no appeal against a determination.
A business must keep records of:
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All receipts and expenses. | All goods purchased and sold. | All supporting documents relating to the transaction of the business such as accounts, books, contracts, vouchers.
How long the self-employed taxpayers must retain all their records (not just business records)?
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5 years after the 31 January filing date.
For 2020/21 - until 31 January 2027.
How long the Individual taxpayers must normally retain the evidence of income received?
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12 months after the 31 January filing date.
For 2020/21 - until 31 January 2023.
A fixed penalty of up to £3,000 may be charged for failure to keep or retain adequate records.
Self-assestment - IT payments dates for 2020/21:
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31 January 2021. | 31 July 2021. | 31 January 2022.
POA | POA | balancing payment
POA = half previous years' tax payable by self-assessment and class 4 NIC (relevant amount).
Calculation of POA for income tax:
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Half previous years' tax payable by self-assessment and class 4 NIC
Late payment interest is charged on all late payments of tax, at a daily rate. It runs from due date to date of payment. | HMRC pay interest on overpaid tax from later of - date tax due - or date HMRC received tax.
Taxpayer do not pay POAs if:
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If relevant amount for previous year does not exceed £1,000 | or more than 80% of the assessed tax* of the previous year was collected at source.
*i.e. income tax and class 4 NIC
Standard penalties applies in two circumstances:
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I.T., CGT, VAT, NIC, C.T.
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Submission of incorrect returns (all taxes). | Failure to notify liability to tax (I.T., CGT, VAT, NIC, C.T.).
Penalty = % of potential lost revenue [table given]. Percentage depends on the behaviour of the taxpayer. | Minimum penalties based on taxpayer behaviour and whether disclosure is prompted or unprompted. Taxpayer can appeal against a standard penalty.
Penalties for late filing or self-assessment tax return by an individual up to 12 months:
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£100. | Additional daily penalties of £10 per day (maximum 90 days). | Additional 5% of tax due (minimum £300).
0 - 3 | 3 - 6 | 6-12 months.
Additional penalties for late filling or self-assessment tax return by an individual over 1 year:
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Additional 5% of tax due (minimum £300). | 70% of tax due (minimum £300). | 100% of tax due (minimum £300).
Where withholding information was:
not deliberate | deliberate but no concealment | deliberate with concealment
Late payment of tax penalties up to year for self-employed in relation to Balancing Payment:
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5% of tax due | additional 5% | additional 5%.
>1 month | >6 months | >12 months
Penalty for fraud or negligence on claiming reduced POAs formula:
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POAs if claim not made − POAs actually paid
Note: 'tax' for individual will include income tax, CGT and NIC.
HMRC can raise a Discovery Assessment if they discover an inaccuracy in the return within:
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Basically: 4 years. | Careless error: 6 years. | Deliberate error: 20 years.
Time from the end of tax year:
HMRC requires to third parties for information about taxpayer must normally:
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be agreed by the taxpayer | or approved by the first-tier tribunal.
Tax Tribunal system comprises a First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal.
New inspection power of HMRC:
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Enter and inspect a taxpayer's business premises | in order to inspect business records | and assets.
Taxpayer can appeal against a decision made by HMRC within...
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within 30 days of the disputed decision. It must be in writing.
When making an appeal against HMRC decision, taxpayer can proceeds in one of two ways:
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Request a review by another HMRC officer. | Or refer case to an independent Tax Tribunal.
The First-tier Tribunal deals with:
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Default paper cases. | Basic cases. | Standard cases.| Complex cases.*
*may by heard by First-Tier; however usually heard by Upper Tribunal
Simple appeals (like against a fixed penalty). Usually no hearing provided both sides agree.| Straightforward appeals. Minimal exchange of paperwork. A short hearing.| More detailed consideration of issues. More formal hearing.
Upper Tribunal deal with complex cases requiring:
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Specialist knowledge. | A formal hearing.
Hearings are held in public and decisions are publish.
Appeal against a decision of the Upper Tribunal:
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to the Court of Appeal | but only on grounds of a point of law.
Which tax is payable in respect of favourable exercise disadvantaged share option plan?
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IT.
based on difference between price paid and MV. The GCT is payable on subsequent sale of shares, not for exercise option itself.
What is crucial factor when deciding whether buy and later sold shares by individual personally or by his parent company:
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SSE availability vs BADR availability
Also the fact that individual cannot realise a gain on sale directly from the parent company, but by dividends or bonus, which is expensive.
Does dividend nil rate band reduce basic and higher rate bands?
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Only when determining the rate of tax on the remaining dividend income.
Change of accounting date. Business has 16 months period of account with £94,000 profit and overlap for 5-month period of £15,000. Calculate taxable trading profit of the year with a accounting date changed.
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£82,000.
Change of accounting date. Business has year end on 31 October 2020 and change it to 31 April. Profit for the year is £54,000. Stipulate timespan of new AP and change in overlap profits.
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30 April 2020 - 30 April 2021 | Overlap profits increased by £27,000 (6 months).
That's because new date is earlier in the tax year than old one, the basis period for the year of change will be 12 months ending to the new accounting date. This will create additional overlap profits.

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