Recent News From The RLA Group
New Line-Up for Team RLA - 05/07/2010As 2010 World Cup reaches it's conclusion, upcoming changes in RLAGroup staff means it's time to announce a new line-up for our upcoming campaign.
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Emergency Budget: VAT up, Tax Down? - 22/06/2010Todays emergency budget, the first presented by new Chancellor George Osbourne, has announced some difficult decisions regarding tax and spending... click for more...
Another Nomination for RLAGroup - 21/05/2010Once again Robert Lewis Group has been short-listed for an award at the 2010 Basildon District Business Awards.
The nomination categories thi... click for more...
Robert Lewis Accountants, Award Finalists - 21/04/2010Once again Robert Lewis Accountants will be heading to the Essex Countywide Business Awards as Finalists for 'Growing Business of the Year' and... click for more...
Cold Weather Freezes Budget - Almost - 16/04/2010Following Alistair Darling's second budget as chancellor of the exchequer we have provided a summary of the new tax rates and limits here on our websi... click for more...
Robert Lewis Group Buy Elliott James - 24/12/2009In an unexpected turn of events, Elliott James Accountants have accepted an offer to sell their client base to the Robert Lewis Group.
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Pre-Budget Report 2009 - 10/12/2009Following the 2009 pre-budget report, here is a link to a summary of the main points covered.
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Construction Industry on PAYE? - 27/08/2009In a recent release to agents, HMRC have announced plans to deem large numbers of Construction Industry (CIS) workers employed.
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HMRC Processing Delay - 28/04/2009A number of our clients are currently experience delays in receiving their tax repayments from their Self Assessment Tax Returns.
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Echo Newspaper Cover Planning Row - 26/02/2009The Robert Lewis Group appeared in the Echo Newspaper yesterday in an article about our battle with the local council over planning for the sign on th... click for more...
See if you can make a claim - 11/02/2009Robert Head of the Robert Lewis Group is also a representative of Cartel Client Review, a claims management company that can potentially help clients ... click for more...
Companies House Increase Late Filing Penalties - 10/02/2009From 1st February 2009 Companies House have increased the penalties imposed for late filing of accounts and annual returns.
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Last Chance for 2008 Tax Returns - 12/01/2009January 31st is the latest you can submit your 2008 tax return to H M Revenue and Customs via online filing without getting a £100 late filing p... click for more...
Christmas Closing Times - 09/12/2008Our office will be closed for christmas from 12 noon on 24th December and will re-open on 5th January at 8:30am.
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VAT Drops and Income Tax Rises - 24/11/2008The chancellor of the exchequor today presented his pre-budget report to the country.
The emphasis of the report was to kick start the economy ... click for more...
Missed the deadline? - 03/11/2008The deadline for filing your 2008 Self Assessment Tax Return has now passed... but if you haven't filed your tax return yet, don't panic!
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NEW SERVICE to clear out old paperwork - 21/08/2008Once again the Robert Lewis Group have taken the bold step of offering an innovative new service to keep itself on the cutting edge of modern technolo... click for more...
Transfer Window Closed - 01/08/2008
With the imminent closure of the football transfer window, Robert Lewis Accountants have also seen some major changes in our team line-up.
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Double Whammy Award Winners! - 14/07/2008
The Robert Lewis Accountants Group has won it second business award as New Company of the year 2008.
The two awards have been awarded in both t... click for more...
AWARD WINNING Accountancy - 12/05/2008
The Robert Lewis Accountants Group is proud to announce that on 9th May 2008 we won the Essex Countywide 2008 Business Award for New Company of the Ye... click for more...
Robert Lewis - Award Finalists - 16/04/2008
Robert Lewis Accountants have been nominated as finalists in the 2008 Essex Business Awards, supported by the Echo Newspaper.
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2008 Budget is a Darling - 12/03/2008
Alistair Darling read his first budget as chancellor of the exchequor at 12:30 today.
His comments focused on maintaining the current stable ec... click for more...
Robert Lewis Launch New Services - 03/03/2008
We have today officially launched a number of new services to help save our clients precious pounds.
Robert Lewis Tax Assist is o... click for more...
Robert Lewis Welcomes Jon Hegarty - 31/01/2008
As part of our ever improving service, we would like to introduce all our clients to our new Financial Advisor, Jon Hegarty.
Jon will be workin... click for more...
Countdown to D-Day - 10/01/2008
Have you filed your 2007 Self Assessment Tax Return? If not, the 31st January deadline is fast approaching.
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Christmas Closing Times - 18/12/2007
The Robert Lewis Accountants Group will be closing for the christmas period on Friday 21st December at 12 noon.
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New pricing structure for new clients - 28/11/2007
A review of our pricing structure used by our online quotation system revealed that some prospective clients were receiving unusually high quotes for ... click for more...
Is your accountant a dud? - 23/11/2007
A long standing argument for accountants has been that there is nothing stopping an unqualified, unregulated individual calling themself an accountant... click for more...
New Office Open For Business - 14/11/2007
After much toil and sweat, our new office in Hemmells, Laindon is finally open for business.
Our regular clients will notice that the shutters ... click for more...
2007 Budget Report Released - 10/10/2007
HM Treasury have today released the 2007 Pre-Budget Report.
For the benefit of our clients who may be interested in what the next budget is l... click for more...
Office to Let - 05/10/2007
As the plans to move office start to come together, we turn our attention to the outstanding lease on our Parkinsons Corner shopfront.
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Rebuild work begins! - 04/10/2007
With a tremendous crash, the ceiling in our new offices fell and work began on preparing 26 Hemmells for our move (currently planned for 1st November ... click for more...
New office nearly ready - 27/09/2007
After weeks of chasing solicitors and bankers, the purchase of our new office in the North Laindon Trade Centre (Hemmells, Laindon) is nearly complete... click for more...
Further expansion on the horizon - 14/06/2007
It seems unbelievable that so soon after the opening of our Laindon office we have seen the need to expand further.
With next years pending acq... click for more...
Save money on tax investigations - 27/05/2007
We have recently been negotiating with an accountancy industry recognised insurance company to provide fee protection insurance to our clients to cove... click for more...
Extra holiday entitlement on its way - 11/04/2007
Another administrative headache is on the horizon for small firms – the phasing in of extra holiday entitlement.
Under government proposals, em... click for more...
New maternity pay law - 11/04/2007
Women are now entitled to 12 months maternity leave, nine of which are paid and regardless of the amount of time they have been with a company.
Responsibility for mistakes... all yours - 04/04/2007
Source: IFA Website 03/04/2007 Taxpayers could be fined if they dont spot mistakes made by their accountant or the Revenue.
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Basic Tax Bill Calculator Updated - 30/03/2007
With the release of the new budget and the new tax year just around the corner, we thought it was high time we updated out tax bill calculator... so w... click for more...
Trading Style Comparison Updated - 30/03/2007
In fulfilment of our spate of updates, our trading style comparison calculator has also been updated to the 2007/08 tax rates.
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Fee Estimator Updated - 29/03/2007
We noticed that our Online Fee Estimator was producing some unexpectedly high results, so we've given it a bit of tweak.
If you have previously... click for more...
New budget hits small businesses - 27/03/2007
A review of Gordon Brown's 2007/08 Budget might at first seem to offer a tax cut, which in large it does unless you own a small Limited Company.
Merger offer made and accepted - 22/03/2007
In the dying hours of last night Robert Lewis Accountants made an official offer to local associate practice Elliott James Accountancy to join forces ... click for more...
Laindon Office Open - 12/03/2007
Our office near Laindon Train Station is now open!
After much toil and distress, and an aggrevating damp problem, we are finally able to mo... click for more...
New Website On It's Way - 22/02/2007
With the assistance of our web design crew our new website design is well on it's way, and planned for release in March 2007. This home page is just a... click for more...
Robert Lewis Plan Major Expansion - 21/02/2007
We are in the process of planning a huge expansion to our practice.
Probably the least of these is our new website which, as you can see, i... click for more...
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