Dains has recently marked a five year anniversary since the opening of their Derby office with the announcement of the appointment of a new Tax Partner, Krista Fox who will lead in the development of their tax services offering in the Derby and East Midlands marketplace. [...] Read More

In the 2014 Budget the Treasury announced wide scale changes to increase the flexibility of how people can access their pensions. These changes included for example, increasing the maximum income drawdown limit that can be taken each year from 120% to 150% of GAD rates and removing the requirement that members of registered pension schemes must secure an income by the age of 75, usually by buying an annuity. [...] Read More

We are reminding employees that from 5 April 2015, additional paternity leave and pay will be abolished to be replaced by shared parental leave (SPL). [...] Read More

Dains are pleased to announce that Lisa Richards has been shortlisted in the ‘Practitioner of the Year’ category at the forthcoming British Accountancy Awards. [...] Read More

The NSPCC has received a £3,000 donation, after 68 avid golfers from a number of Midlands businesses joined forces to take part in a charity golf day hosted by Dains Chartered Accountants. [...] Read More

Following an announcement earlier this year that HMRC were proposing to introduce new legislation to collect the tax sheltered under various tax avoidance scheme by the issuing of Advanced Payment Notices or Follower Notices where schemes have either previously been registered under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) or are the subject of a challenge under the General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR), the relevant clauses in the 2014 Finance Bill have now been debated and are now widely expected to be introduced later this month. [...] Read More