ET4B would like to wish all our clients, colleagues, friends and family, Uncle Tob Cobley and all, a very Merry Christmas 2023. We are very much looking forward to spending some time with our families during the festive season (though not using the political euphemism of that phrase) and hope you are too.

If you do have some time to spare before (or even on) the main celebration day, you might want to try your hand at ET4B’s 2023 Christmas Quiz.

If you would like to see the 2023
Christmas Quiz questions and answers click here.

If you want to see the questions only, these are here. Either version may be printed out as a PDF if desired.

As usual, the questions test your memories of some of the important (and not so important) events of 2023, as well as a mixture of general Christmas knowledge. Let’s hope that if we do get a White Christmas, it will be a real one, featuring Bing Crosby and all.

It was also tempting to test whether you know what the current rates of NIC are (this week!). But as neither sarcasm nor sadism are in the true spirit of Christmas, we have minimised all tax references, within the quiz.

All the very best for Christmas and the New Year.

ET4B would like to wish all our clients, colleagues, friends and family, a very Merry Chistmas 2022. We trust you are looking forward to the annual season of good will, and can enjoy a bit of time off and (hopefully moderate) indulgence.

If you do have a few minutes to spare in advance of (or on) the big day, you might want to try your hand at ET4B’s 2022 Christmas Quiz.

If you want to look at the Quiz Questions and Answers, please click here. If you want to see the questions only, these are here. Either can be printed as a PDF if desired.

As usual the questions feature a mix of general Christmas knowledge, and reflect on some of the strange events of 2022. In the current cold snap it seems hard to recall that summer 2022 created record breakingly hot UK temperatures.

We do promise the Quiz will avoid questions about the latest tax and NIC rate changes (let’s face it, if we did, the questions would almost certainly be out if date before our Quiz was published).

If we don’t speak before, all the very best for Christmas and the New Year.

We hope you are well and looking forward to having some time off to spend with family and friends at the festive celebration.

This is just a quick note from all at ET4B to wish all the very best to you and yours for Christmas and the New Year.

Over the coming few days things may go a bit quiet at work, or you may be permitted some small distraction. If so, the PDF link below contains

ET4Bs-Christmas-Quiz-2021_including_answers.pdf

If you prefer to see the questions, without the answers, click here.

As usual all the questions in the quiz are either Christmas themed, or take a look back at some of the topical events in the last 12 months.

You wil be pleased to hear there are no Covid or tax-related questions in there (well not too many anyway) – even ET4B takes a break sometimes.

Should you need an extra double helping of corn to accompany your Christmas lunch, our earlier ET4B-Top-10-Christmas-jokes and ET4B-Top-10-Christmas-Cracker-Jokes.pdf can be downloaded (the TV companies all rely on repeats at Christmas, so why shouldn’t we!).

Wishing you the very best from all at ET4B.

Brian and Dave at ET4B would like to wish you all the very best to you and yours for Christmas 2020 and the New Year.

With typical British understatement, we have to surmise that 2020 did not turn out quite as we had all wished! We must hope, in the words of D:Ream’s 1994 No 1 hit that Things can only get better. So here’s hoping for many better things in 2021.

In the meantime, we have attached our annual Christmas Quiz (with answers) which may help provide some amusement over the festive period.

As usual the quiz contains just a few harmless festive questions on general knowledge & popular culture, as well as recalling a few of the events of 2020 (mostly non Covid-related you’ll be pleased to hear).

If we don’t speak to you beforehand, please accept our very best wishes for the Christmas season.

ET4Bs-Autumn-Newsletter-2020

In the latest of our series of occasional Newsletters we consider the forthcoming IR35 changes, recent updates to the Job Retention Scheme, and other topical matters.

Are you confused by the employer reclaim rules for businesses affected by coronavirus? If so, our guess is that you are in good company with about 60m others!

You may have also read that the proposed ‘Job Support Scheme’ (JSS) effectively bit the dust within days of its premature launch (as a consequence of which the ‘JSS Closed’ scheme has failed to open, and the ‘JSS Open’ scheme was also closed before it had chance to open!). 

We can all too easily become bamboozled by jargon; however the important redeeming factor is of course that the ‘Job Retention Scheme’ (JRS) has now been extended until 31 March 2021.

In our attached Newsletter we have provided a brief summary of the time limits applicable to JRS claims in 2020/21. Although these were correct at the time of ‘going to print’, we would always suggest that you visit the gov.uk site to check the latest rules and time limits. Indeed, if and when you do complete a JRS claim, we would suggest you take a screen print of the relevant guidance. The speed of these guidance changes has been bewildering throughout 2020; however this point might be conveniently overlooked by HMRC, if you happen to be facing an Employer Compliance Review in a couple of years time.

The changes to IR35 obligations for large and medium sized employers were of course postponed last April as a result of the pandemic, however there is nothing so far to suggest the new rules will be delayed beyond April 2021.

We find it interesting to note that case law on key aspects of employment status continues to develop in the midst of these significant IR35 changes. For those seeking to ensure contractors are ‘outside IR35’ it is important to ensure each of these developing factors are considered.

If you would like to discuss any aspects of this update and Newsletter, please contact Dave Cooper on 0783 3218569.

ET4B hopes you are looking forward to spending some time off with friends and family, following the time-honoured tradition of abstinence and moderation over the festive break. Well maybe not, but Brian and Dave at ET4B would still like to wish you all the very best to you and yours for Christmas 2019 and the New Year.

In the meantime, we have attached our annual Christmas Quiz, which may help you decide whether you are feeling sharp as a carving knife, or more like a Christmas pudding?

You can view and print off ET4Bs Christmas Quiz 2019_WITH ANSWERS here, or if you prefer to see just the QUESTIONS ONLY click here..

Either way, hopefully this makes a change from our more typical updates on IR35 or National Minimum Wage.

As usual the quiz contains just a few harmless festive questions on general knowledge & popular culture, as well as recalling some of the events of 2019.

If we don’t speak to you beforehand, please accept our very best  wishes for the Christmas season.

Brian and Dave