Has the time come to change the UK tax year?

HMRC’s recent consultation on changing the assessment period for offshore interest has generated renewed interest in the idea of moving the UK tax year from 5 April to 31 December. Readers may remember that the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published a report in...

Key money paid to land lord to obtain a lease

Please can I ask for some guidance  for how to deal with below situations. My client has leased a business premises from a landlord . To get the premises he had paid Key money of £15,000.  Can we treat this as Goodwill? Can we deduct as expenses to claim Corporation...