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Benefits in kind (BIK) are goods and services provided to an employee (or a member of their family...
The VAT flat rate scheme is a simplified flat rate scheme which can be used by smaller businesses...
The payment of National Insurance contributions is linked to entitlement to the state pension. If...
If you are self-employed, you will pay tax on your taxable profit. In working out your taxable...
If you have a company that is dormant and you have filed your company tax return showing that no...
The tax legislation contains a number of exemptions which allow benefits in kind to be provided to...
Tax codes are fundamental to the operation of PAYE. If your tax code is correct, you should pay the...
Paying National Insurance contributions allows individuals to earn qualifying years, which in turn...
Earlier in the year, it was erroneously reported in the press that new tax rules were coming into...
The High-Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge that claws back child benefit where...
Voluntary disclosure involves individuals or businesses coming forward to inform HMRC of any errors...
6 Feb 2024
Tax and Influencers
Earlier this year, HMRC sent ‘nudge’ letters to social influencers who they suspect may not have...
The end of a business will not necessarily mean that no further expenses are incurred. Where...
VAT registration is compulsory for any UK established persons who are in business and make or...
For some time, taxpayers within Self Assessment have been able to set up a Time to Pay arrangement...
If you are self-employed, the way in which your profits are taxed is changing. As a result of this,...
If you let out a property, you can deduct the business expenses that you incur when working out...
If you make VATable supplies, you will need to register for VAT if your taxable turnover reaches...
If you need to file a Self Assessment tax return for 2022/23, you have until midnight on 31 January...
There are various reasons why HMRC may issue a tax penalty. You may receive a penalty if you file...
A new penalty regime was introduced for VAT from 1 January 2023. The new regime comprises late...
VAT
The Covid-19 pandemic forced large numbers of employees to work from home for the first time....
Unincorporated businesses and companies planning capital expenditure projects need to be aware of...
The personal allowance is set at £12,570 for 2023/24. However, not everyone is able to benefit from...
Class 2 NICs are flat-rate contributions payable by the self-employed, currently charged at a rate...
Tax payments for the self-employed or those who declare their income under self-assessment are...
If you have a spare room in your home, you may consider letting it out to raise some much-needed...
While the intention is to make a profit from letting out a property, this is not a given, and a...
In a personal or family company the director will often borrow money from the company. This can be...
The VAT is a simplified scheme that can save work. Instead of working out the VAT that you need to...
Where a property is let out, there are likely to be periods when the property is empty, either...
Director’s loans, under the right circumstances, can help in the planning of withdrawing funds from...
Tax policy is used to influence behaviour as well as to collect revenue. One example where this is...
If you operate your business through a personal or family company and extract profits in the form...
There is a lot of preparation involved in setting up a business, and costs will be incurred, which...
Transactions between a director and his or her personal or family company are common and a...
8 Mar 2022
Dividend 'traps'
A shareholder/ director is permitted to withdraw monies from the company’s bank account as salary,...
As we approach April 2022, a number of changes announced in the Chancellor’s latest Budget come...
New advisory fuel rates for company car drivers have been published by HMRC, which are to be...
New advisory fuel rates for company car drivers have been published by HMRC, which are to be...
As part of the Government’s push to encourage drivers to ‘go electric’, the Transport Secretary,...
Under the current rules for determining which profits of an unincorporated business are taxed in a...
Not all types of income are equal from a tax perspective, and savings income enjoys dedicated...
The self-assessment tax return for 2020/21 must be filed online by midnight on 31 January 2022 if a...
The January self-assessment payment deadline is not well timed, falling as it does in a month when...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding Self-Assessment tax payers to declare any COVID-19 grant...
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