Understanding the GP Pensions Total Rewards StatementRead More
Changes in the Principal Private Residence (PPR) Relief from April 2020.
When you sell or dispose of your own home including garden or grounds within the permitted area (in the UK or Abroad) you won’t have to pay any Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if the property has been your only or main residence throughout the period of ownership. To protect gains made by individual in certain …
Changes in the Principal Private Residence (PPR) Relief from April 2020.Read More
Updated Total Rewards Statements should now be available from the NHS Pensions Agency
The newsletter above just received by me suggests that member of the NHS pension scheme should be able to get updated Total Rewards Statements that will not only give the member an up to date suggestion of their pension but also the proximity to the lifetime allowance and the effect on the annual allowance. At …
Updated Total Rewards Statements should now be available from the NHS Pensions AgencyRead More
How using a Limited Liability Company to take over a GP practice can help with risks for the last man standing and succession
About a month ago now, I visited a large successful practice with a number of partners in their 50s, and another partner in his mid-30s. The younger partner explained his anxiety to me that when the other partners retire, he will be left with the full responsibility and the risk of running such a large practice. I visited …
New Plans to Help High Earning Doctors with their Pension Annual Allowance Charge
The Department of Health announced today (7 August 2019) that they will be consulting over a new set of proposals which will give high earning doctors subject to the Annual Allowance Charge flexibility over the amount they put into their pensions. The proposal is that the same percentage of income chosen to be pensioned will …
New Plans to Help High Earning Doctors with their Pension Annual Allowance ChargeRead More
Ten Key Issues for Primary Care Networks Today
Bank accounts For good financial governance, we recommend you have a separate PCN bank account, which the members of the PCN have access to. However currently SBS can only have one registered bank account per entity. Therefore, you will need the funds to go into the registered bank account of the nominated payee, and then …
Are Your Locums Taxed Appropriately?
The changes in April 2017 in which the GP practice became responsible for the correct tax treatment of locums does not seem to have changed the position of many locums who still claim to be self employed but on closer examination might be better described as employees of the practice. One of the reasons for …
GPs – Working as a Limited Company
Despite recent changes that have made working through a limited company far less attractive than before, many GPs, including recently qualifieds starting to work in general practice, choose to work as a limited company. The purpose of this article is to give a full explanation of how limited companies work and if they are appropriate …
VAT for Primary Care Networks Explained (Podcast)
Client Services Partner, Katie Collin, spoke to the Ockham Healthcare team on their recent podcast to discuss all things VAT. Katie covers who needs to be registered for VAT, what services incur VAT, Cost Sharing Groups and the VAT implications of the three models for PCNs. She has also produced a frequently asked questions document …
Introducing Bernie Hughes – Our Primary Care Network and Bookkeeping Service Manager
My experience within the NHS began 9 years ago, when employed as a Finance Officer for a local GP Practice and related Pharmacy Business. Initially using IRIS and SAGE and then Xero, I managed all aspects of the accounting systems including credit control, bank reconciliations, VAT returns, monthly analysis and reporting, year end reconciliations and …
Introducing Bernie Hughes – Our Primary Care Network and Bookkeeping Service ManagerRead More