From mid-September, HMRC is set to introduce a recurring direct debit option for employers using the PAYE system. 

Funding for CRM, accounting and eCommerce software is now available through the government’s Help to Grow: Digital scheme. 
 

QuickBooks has discontinued its QuickBooks Desktop service in the UK, from January 2022.

The Government has announced this week that its Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax programme has been postponed for 12 months until April 2024 (General Partnerships until April 2025). 

If you use Xero and bank with HSBC, be aware that you will need to update your existing bank feeds by 30 July 2021.

HMRC are making changes to the VAT portal which will only be compatible with the latest version of Sage 50 Accounts (version 24). Clients using older versions of Sage will need to upgrade their software package in order to submit VAT returns directly from Sage.