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Tax Allowances

07 February 2012

Q: Can you tell me which types of expenditure on our new surgery building can be set off against tax?

PMS Contract

07 February 2012

Q: I am in partnership with my practice manager spouse and currently have a PMS contract. Can I hold the PMS contract without being on a PCT performers list?

Q: I found your article (GP 1 February) on 24-hour retirement very interesting as I plan to retire and return to my practice as a partner in 2013. Concerning the limit of 16 hours' NHS work in the first month, would I be able to work two eight-hour ...

Pension payments refund

26 January 2012

Q: I am a GP partner who has paid into the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) since starting work in 2003. With all the proposed changes to the NHSPS I am considering my options. If I decide to leave it, can I get my contributions to date refunded or moved ...

Seniority pay

26 January 2012

Q: A former partner who retired on 31 March 2011 is claiming they are entitled to receive seniority pay for the quarter to 30 June 2011 as it is paid three months in arrears. Is it correct that seniority pay relates to the quarter in which it is rece...

VAT on premises

26 January 2012

Q: We have a rent and repairing lease for which the PCT reimburses us at 107.5%. The 7.5% is the rent and repairing element. The PCT told us it calculates the 7.5% on the rent before, rather than after VAT. Is this correct according to the NHS (Gener...

Locum agencies and VAT

18 January 2012

Q: The practice has to pay VAT on the entire amount charged by locum agencies for supplying locum doctors. If the agencies provide a breakdown of the locum GP invoice separate to their own administration charge, could they then not charge VAT on the...

Executor's role in handling an estate

18 January 2012

Q: I am an executor of a deceased friend's estate. Can you advise if I need to get legal representation? My friend's husband is co-executor and is using a solicitor who seems to be deliberately denying me information about the estate.

Practising under supervision

18 January 2012

Q: One of my GP partners is practising under the supervision of another partner under 'contingent removal' from our primary care organisation's performers list. Should this partner still receive a parity profit share?

Financial aspects of an on-site pharmacy

11 January 2012

Q: How much tax would I have to pay, and when would the payment be due, if I were to receive £100,000 from a pharmacy company to build a new pharmacy? I own our surgery and will pay construction costs of approximately £50,000. The company will fit o...