{"id":83124,"date":"2017-08-01T09:32:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b6e8578f01b0d3057bae0995d58d7b1d"},"modified":"2017-08-01T09:32:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:32:44","slug":"press-release-new-help-for-small-businesses-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83124","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New help for small businesses launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Small Business Online Forum is a quick and easy way for small businesses to get answers to their tax questions, as well as help with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>starting a business<\/li>\n<li>support for growing a business \u2013 including taking on employees and expanding<\/li>\n<li>buying and selling abroad<\/li>\n<li>completing tax returns<\/li>\n<li>tax credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Click to access the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/online.hmrc.gov.uk\/webchatprod\/community\/forums\/list.page\">Small Business Online Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Linked to the forum, HMRC\u2019s new dedicated webchat service offers direct support to businesses and the self-employed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/mel-stride\">Mel Stride<\/a>, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The UK\u2019s 5.4 million small businesses play a vital role in our economy. We want to help businesses get off the ground and support them as they grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">That is why we are launching a new forum and webchat service which will give these companies useful hints and tips \u2013 including how to complete tax returns, grow a business and trade outside the UK \u2013 so that they can continue to flourish.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The Small Business Online Forum forms part of the government\u2019s business tax roadmap announced at Budget 2016.<\/li>\n<li>A pilot was launched in March 2017 and since then the forum has grown to have more than a 1,000 registered users.<\/li>\n<li>The forum does not deal with questions about taxpayers\u2019 individual circumstances. Any comments which include personal information will be deleted.<\/li>\n<li>While no personal or case-specific information is posted on the forum, customers may be offered help through HMRC\u2019s webchat service and their personal case handled by an adviser.<\/li>\n<li>Follow HMRC Press Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HMRCpressoffice\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>HMRC\u2019s Flickr channel can be found <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hmrcgovuk\/\">here<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new online tax forum and dedicated webchat service for small businesses and the self-employed has been launched today by HMRC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}