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Payroll and Pensions Update for Employers
This article concentrates on several changes that have occurred over recent months that all Employers should be aware of and should have already implemented together with common issues we come across within the payroll department. 1. From April 2018, increase in the...
An Update on our Forensic Accountancy Team
We think Lambert Chapman LLP is quite rare amongst accountancy firms of our size in that we have our own Forensic Team. We are called into action in two main areas: 1. We take instruction from Solicitors to assist in Matrimonial cases. 2. We might also be...
Lucy Orrow: How to catch a cheat…
How many times have we heard people say – how will they catch me? HMRC will never know! Well HMRC is biting back. Gone are the days of an Inspector going undercover to sit in a car outside a customer’s house or at the end of a bar, paying in cash. Instead, over the...
Lucy Orrow: Land and Property – Interest Relief Trip Hazard
You may have heard talk of the restrictions being imposed on landlords for finance costs incurred from April 2017, but do you really understand the new rules? Here at Lambert Chapman LLP, our clients continue to send details of the full amount of mortgage interest...
Our Forensic Accountancy Team – anywhere in the Country…
We have been running our Forensic Department for some 10 years now. At the outset I would take appointments quite far afield. I recall attending Court in Coventry which meant a very early start one morning. Croydon and Twickenham were two other judicial outlets...
A Review of the draft provisions of the Finance Bill 2018/19
On 6 July 2018 the Treasury issued the Finance Bill 2018/19, ahead of the Budget later on in the Autumn. The idea of which, is to allow time for consultation, to assist with the smooth implementation of the Act. Some of the main highlights include: The exemption for...
Charity of the Year 2018/19: Helen Rollason Cancer Charity
We are delighted to announce that our staff have chosen the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity as our charity partner for 2018/19. Kate Alden, Fundraising Manager at Helen Rollason Cancer Charity said: “We are so pleased that Lambert Chapman LLP have chosen us as their...
Paul Short: The Rational Investor
Share valuations are always challenging, particularly those involving the valuation of a minority share interest and each set of circumstances is different. Even so, one finds that many valuers adopt a mechanical and formulaic approach to this process. One selects a...
Lambert Chapman LLP Strengthen Firm with Changes to Top Team
We are delighted to announce that Graham McNeill is joining the Partnership on the 1st of July 2018. Graham joined us in 2001 as a trainee and has worked in Nigel Whittle’s team progressing to become a Senior Manager in 2015. In the last 12 months, he has added...
Lisa Greenwood: The True Power of Computerised Accounts Software
During my career I have seen the transition of clients using manual records, ranging from a carrier bag of invoices to beautifully maintained simplex books, to the use of computerised accounting software both on a desktop and in the cloud. Many businesses use...
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