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November 2024
- Millionaire business owners: increase CGT to raise £14bn
- Many possible changes could be arriving for IHT
- Changes to high earners for Self-Assessment
- New rules for businesses on employee hours data delayed
- November Questions and Answers
- November Key Dates
- Autumn Budget 2024
October 2024
- Mounting speculation of Inheritance Tax changes to come
- A new flat rate for pension tax relief? Budget changes expected
- Loophole for fund managers that chancellor called 'absurd' set to be closed
- Seasonal staff warning from HMRC
- October Questions and Answers
- October Key Dates
September 2024
- Axe falls on tax benefits for Furnished Holiday Lets
- Are we going back to the future for CGT?
- Digital platform rules: new guidance ahead of first report deadline
- UK and Ecuador announce tax treaty
- September Questions and Answers
- September Key Dates
August 2024
- What does the new Government mean for tax?
- Could a pension-related IHT proposal help raise money for new Government?
- 95,000 get £100 fines for late filing – despite no tax being owed
- New tool may help businesses better understand VAT registration implications
- August Questions and Answers
- August Key Dates
July 2024
- Battle lines drawn on tax – but is there a ‘conspiracy of silence?’
- Budget will loom following General Election result
- Tax lost to error and ‘failure’ rises – four years on from digital tax
- As Euro 2024 kicks off, tax spotlight takes a Football focus
- July Questions and Answers
- July Key Dates
June 2024
- Spotlight falls on potential tax changes as General Election called
- July tax credits deadline prompts payment warning
- New Scottish tax sparks petition to recall powers
- HMRC issues ‘tax refund companies’ alert
- June Questions and Answers
- June Key Dates
May 2024
- Treasury collects £10bn extra in Business taxes
- Tax penalty fears for pensioners as millions ‘dragged into net’
- New employment rights kick in
- HMRC helpline axe saga rumbles on as closure looms again
- May Questions and Answers
- May Key Dates
April 2024
- Spring Statement 2024
- Spring Finance Bill sets shape for tax changes to come
- Plans to close HMRC helpline for half a year halted
- Bumper IHT receipts set to be new record high
- Online live funerals receive VAT exemption
- April Questions and Answers
- April Key Dates
March 2024
- £38million of tax overpayments refunded
- Budget to bring tax and mortgage changes?
- Scammers target self-employed with fake tax refund promise
- Record Self-Assessment returns, but estimated 1m miss deadline
- March Questions and Answers
- March key tax dates
February 2024
- New Year, New Budget
- Online sellers watch out for 'side hustle tax'
- £148m in tax bills to be paid in instalments
- Scotland creates new higher income tax band
- February Questions and Answers
- February Key Dates
January 2024
- Watch out for data thieves' latest scam
- Cause for cheer on company parties
- Have you discovered this tax relief?
- New 'one pension pot for life' proposal
- January Questions and Answers
- January Key Dates
December 2023
- Self-Employment Tax Returns deadline looms
- Autumn Statement - what happens now?
- Cash basis changes
- Tax-deductible training costs
- December Questions and Answers
- December Key Dates
November 2023
- Inheritance Tax Query? Contact HMRC Now
- VAT Registration – Online Only from November 2023
- HMRC are Communicating about Self-Assessment
- Payrolled Benefits, Self-Assessment and Student Loans
- November Questions and Answers
- November Key Dates
- Autumn Statement 2023
October 2023
- Advisory Fuel Rates – MUST Be Effective 01 October 2023
- R&D Tax Relief – Additional Information Required
- Register for Self-Assessment – The Deadline Approaches
- Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay Changes in 2024
- October Questions and Answers
- October Key Dates
September 2023
- HMRC Close One Helpline – But Re-open Another
- Outstanding Post - HMRC Extends its Trial
- Employer Bulletin August 2023 – an Error Corrected
- Welcome IZENR (aka National Insurance Relief in Investment Zones)
- September Questions and Answers
- September key tax dates
August 2023
- Outstanding Post - HMRC Expands its Agent Team
- Important Employment Law Changes
- Obtaining the National Insurance Number
- Introducing More HMRC Call Waiting Times
- August Questions and Answers
- August key tax dates
July 2023
- Corporation tax on capital gains
- Voluntary NIC payment deadline extended again
- HMRC nudges those named in Pandora Papers
- How to claim the Marriage Allowance
- July Questions and Answers
- July key tax dates
June 2023
- How to spread your PAYE payments
- HMRC warn of BAD relief claims
- VAT margin scheme for car dealers
- Excess mileage payments
- June Questions and Answers
- June key tax dates
May 2023
- VAT penalty notices
- Planning for retirement
- Payroll settlement agreements (PSA)
- Payroll hygiene
- May Questions and Answers
- May key tax dates
April 2023
- More time to pay missing National Insurance Contributions
- Cleaning up your sales till
- Employment status of Associate Dentists
- Electronic returns of benefits and expenses
- April Questions and Answers
- April key tax dates
March 2023
- Relief for mortgage interest on let properties
- HMRC homes in on Airbnb landlords
- Planning your profit extraction
- Plugging NIC gaps
- March Questions and Answers
- March Key tax dates
- Spring Budget - 2023
February 2023
- HMRC questions claims for Lettings Relief
- How to challenge a K-code
- Reporting crypto profits and losses
- HMRC is chasing down the gig-economy
- February Questions and Answers
- February Key tax dates
January 2023
- Claiming employment related expenses
- Beware of electronic sales suppression
- VAT late filing penalties
- Late VAT payments and interest
- January Questions and Answers
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2022
- VAT repayment evidence
- Letters to landlords
- Corporate Landlords
- Letters about corporate losses
- December Questions and Answers
- December Key Tax Dates
November 2022
- Latest news round-up
- Entertaining - allowable for tax?
- Renting out a 'spare' room
- A company closes - how to withdraw any remaining cash tax efficiently.
- November Questions and Answers
- November Key Tax Dates
- Autumn Statement 2022
October 2022
- Mini Budget Summary
- Are you too late to claim a tax repayment?
- Landlords - make sure you claim all the expenses you can.
- Which VAT scheme to use?
- October Questions and Answers
- October Key Tax Dates
September 2022
- Latest news round-up
- One way of getting money out of your company - charge rent
- Have you taken an 'illegal dividend'?
- Are you trading?
- September Questions and Answers
- September Key tax dates
August 2022
- Latest news round-up
- Where does HMRC get its information from?
- Are directors liable for their dissolved company's unpaid bills?
- Reporting residential property gains - the timing is tight
- August Questions and Answers
- August Key tax dates
July 2022
- Latest news round-up
- When should a business register for VAT?
- Can employing a family member save tax?
- Tax relief for rental property losses post Covid
- July Questions and Answer
- July Key tax dates
June 2022
- Latest news round-up
- Capital Gains Tax - your main residence may not be tax-free
- Are you struggling to pay your tax bill?
- Tax relief for losses - Coronavirus concession
- June Questions and Answers
- June Key tax dates
May 2022
- Latest News round-up
- PAYE Tax Coding - is your Code right?
- 'Higher earner'- should you claim child benefit?
- Let property - Claiming the full amount of mortgage interest tax relief
- May Questions and Answers
- May Key tax dates
April 2022
- Latest news round-up
- Transitional rules for Capital Allowances
- Election to be treated as UK-domiciled for IHT purposes
- Is the QCB deferral worthwhile?
- April Questions and Answers
- April Key tax dates
March 2022
- Latest news round-up
- VAT - the annual accounting scheme
- Claiming relief for an old tax return error
- Trading losses and CGT
- March Questions and Answers
- March Key Tax Dates
- Spring Statement 2022
February 2022
- Latest news round-up
- VAT - charged too much?
- Does an employee loan always need reporting to HMRC?
- Holdover relief tax trap
- February Questions and Answers
- February Key tax dates
January 2022
- Latest news round-up
- Christmas: how does hospitality and gifts affect the VAT return?
- Inheritance Tax (IHT) - a problem with taper relief
- Home working and Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
- January Questions and Answers
- January Key tax dates
December 2021
- Latest news round-up
- Using the Import One-Stop-Shop for low value sales
- EIS - FTT considers risk to capital condition
- Let property: improvement v repair
- December Questions and Answers
- December Key tax dates
November 2021
- Latest news round-up
- Partial exemption and B2B services from overseas
- Discovery assessments: time limits, the staleness concept, and Finance Bill changes
- Avoiding wasted capital losses
- November Questions and Answers
- November Key tax dates
- Autumn Budget 2021
October 2021
- Latest news round-up
- Preserving FHL status for 2020/21
- Freeports - the tax breaks
- Buying a commercial building
- October Questions and Answers
- October Key tax dates
September 2021
- Latest news round-up
- Loss relief for companies ceasing a trade
- HMRC enquiries: is it in time?
- Inheritance tax - why giving away money can mean more for the beneficiaries
- September Questions and Answers
- September Key tax dates
August 2021
- Latest news round-up
- Investors' Relief - the forgotten CGT break?
- Invalid VAT invoices
- Tax-Free Childcare and summer activities
- August Questions and Answers
- August Key tax dates
July 2021
- Latest news round up
- P11Ds for 2020/21 - COVID19 considerations
- Property CGT - avoid reporting traps
- VAT registration - delays
- July Questions and Answers
- July Key tax dates
June 2021
- Latest news round up
- Non-resident SDLT surcharge now in effect
- Gift aid problems
- VAT group registration
- June Questions and Answers
- June Key tax dates
May 2021
- Latest news round up
- Student loans for 2021-22
- Debt factoring and VAT
- Making Tax Digital
- May questions and answers
- May Key tax dates
April 2021
- Latest news round up
- Loss relief extension
- Dealing with an overdrawn Directors Loan Account
- Tax relief for loans used for businesses
- April questions and answers
- April Key tax dates
March 2021
- Latest news round up
- Import One-Stop Shop
- Reporting Covid-19 support payments
- Venture Capital Trusts - are the dividends exempt?
- March questions and answers
- March Key tax dates
- March 2021 Budget
February 2021
- Latest news round up
- Deregistering from VAT
- Self-assessment - DIY time-to-pay options
- Leaving the UK: a look at split-year treatment
- February questions and answers
- February Key tax dates
January 2021
- Latest round up
- Reverse charge for building services imminent
- First-year allowances for zero emission cars to continue
- HMRC launches UK VAT number checking tool
- January questions and answers
- January Key tax dates
December 2020
- Finance Bill 2021 and other changes
- HMRC encourage businesses to register for the Trader Support Service
- Directors' loans - a reminder of the tax charge
- Gift Aid tax relief
- December questions and answers
- December Key tax dates
November 2020
- Covid-19: Job Support Scheme
- Covid-19: SEISS and business grants update
- The 'new normal' for Christmas parties?
- HMRC review of import VAT deducted as input tax by non-owners
- November questions and answers
- November 2020 Key tax dates
October 2020
- Covid-19: Government unveils winter economy plan
- Kickstart for employers
- Can I get a Customs grant?
- VAT: changes to accounting methods used by opticians and sellers of hearing aids
- October questions and answers
- October 2020 Key tax dates
September 2020
- Covid-19 support: SEISS second claim service open
- HMRC launch consultation on NIC holiday for veterans
- Helping employees with cheap loans
- Applying for a customs grant
- September questions and answers
- September 2020 Key tax dates
August 2020
- Managing LISAs on death or terminal illness
- CGT reporting deadline
- Reduced property transaction charges
- VAT FRS temporary rate reductions confirmed
- August questions and answers
- August 2020 Key tax dates
July 2020
- Change to partial exemption VAT treatment
- FTT publishes practice statement on ADR
- Business asset disposal relief update
- Advisory fuel rates update
- July questions and answers
- July 2020 Key tax dates
- Summer Economic Statement 2020
June 2020
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: homeworkers' expenses
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: self-assessment payment deferrals
- Coronavirus SSP Rebate Scheme launches
- Tax-efficient savings update
- June questions and answers
- June 2020 Key tax dates
May 2020
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) update
- VAT: Deferral of payments
- MTD for VAT: Second phase delayed
- Construction Industry Scheme: top tips
- May questions and answers
- May 2020 Key tax dates
April 2020
- Homeworking flat rate allowances increased
- Reduction in the lifetime limit for entrepreneurs' relief
- Changes to off-payroll working rules delayed until 2021
- HMRC urge people to prepare for CGT payment change
- April questions and answers
- April Key tax dates
March 2020
- HMRC issue EA changes reminder
- Structures and buildings capital allowances
- 2020/21 NIC rates and thresholds confirmed
- VAT: HMRC provide guidance on digital publications
- March questions and answers
- March Key tax dates
- March 2020 Budget
February 2020
- Loan charge repayments deferred
- CGT on cryptoassets
- Increased NMW rates from April 2020
- VAT and Brexit
- February questions and answers
- February Key tax dates
January 2020
- What does the General election mean for tax?
- HMRC advisory fuel rates from 1 December 2019
- Another IR35 loss for HMRC
- Business mergers and changes of ownership - payroll issues explained
- January questions and answers
- January Key tax dates
December 2019
- Tax-free Christmas parties
- Proposals to pay doctors’ pension tax bills: update
- Should I register for VAT?
- Should I incorporate my business?
- December questions and answers
- December Key tax dates
November 2019
- Recognising genuine HMRC contact
- Losses in the first years of trade
- Probate fees changes abandoned
- Salary or bonus?
- November questions and answers
- November Key tax dates
October 2019
- HMRC publish Agent Update: Brexit Special
- Delay in implementation of domestic reverse charge VAT for construction services
- HMRC win IR35 case
- Tax-free expenses for home-workers
- October questions and answers
- October Key tax dates
September 2019
- Employers must plan ahead for EA restriction
- Tax cuts coming for zero emissions vehicles
- Parking for rent?
- HMRC 2018-19 Annual report published
- September questions and answers
- September Key tax dates
August 2019
- Dividend allowance
- HMRC consultation on Partial Exemption and Capital Goods Scheme
- The correct way with directors' NICs
- Changes in accounting for VAT after prices are altered
- August questions and answers
- August Key tax dates
July 2019
- Capital allowances SBA update
- HMRC clarify VAT zero-rating of transport of disabled passengers
- Tax-free childcare - don't miss out!
- Tax-efficient remuneration with pension contributions
- July questions and answers
- July Key tax dates
June 2019
- New NIC treatment of termination payments
- Making use of gift exemptions for IHT
- MTD for VAT: guidance updated
- Moving into partnership
- June questions and answers
- June Key tax dates
May 2019
- Taxpayer wins IR35 challenge
- Minimum workplace pension contributions rise
- VAT Flat rate scheme
- Rent-a-room tax break remains
- May questions and answers
- May key tax dates
April 2019
- Treasury under pressure to debate probate 'tax'
- Making Tax Digital update
- Employee mileage allowances
- NMW and NLW increases take effect
- April questions and answers
- April key tax dates
March 2019
- HMRC reaffirm income tax charge on winding up
- Checking directors' expenses
- Voluntary disclosures
- Employer responsibilities for tips
- March questions and answers
- March key tax dates
- Spring Statement 2019
February 2019
- MTD pilot opens to all
- Maximising the benefit of Gift Aid donations
- The 'section 455 charge'
- FTT examines juicy VAT case
- February questions and answers
- February key tax dates
January 2019
- Make the most of tax efficient savings offers
- Can an employer still claim the EA?
- Considering capital expenditure?
- VAT: Supplies of digital services to consumers in the EU
- January questions and answers
- January key tax dates
December 2018
- Company vans update
- VAT reverse charge in the construction industry
- PGLs for employers
- HMRC warn of tax scams targeting university students
- December questions and answers
- December key tax dates
November 2018
- Autumn Budget 2018
- Apprenticeship levy to help smaller firms
- High Income Child Benefit Charge
- Making use of the trading allowance
- Software requirements under MTD
- November questions and answers
- November key tax dates
October 2018
- Help-to-Save accounts go live
- Class 2 NICs to remain
- VAT on holiday accommodation
- HMRC launch MTD campaign
- October questions and answers
- October key tax dates
September 2018
- HMRC consult on BIK changes
- MTD research published
- VAT treatment of vouchers
- OTS proposals new online PAYE platform
- September questions and answers
- September 2018 key tax dates
August 2018
- Further MTD guidance published
- Saving tax with simplified expenses
- HMRC update trust registration guidance
- Finance Bill 2018-19
- August questions and answers
- August 2018 key tax dates
July 2018
- MTD update
- EU mandatory tax disclosure rules take effect
- CGT payment date under consultation
- HMRC continue to face issues with TRS
- July questions and answers
- July key tax dates
June 2018
- Using tax to keep employees healthy
- Investors' relief
- IT contractor wins IR35 case
- Corporate offences guidance updated
- June questions and answers
- June key tax dates
May 2018
- Use Gift Aid to save tax
- Diesel car supplement increase takes effect
- HMRC update guidance on MSCs
- When are tips taxable?
- May questions and answers
- May key tax dates
April 2018
- Offshore income and the RTC rule
- Wales ready for tax changes
- Finance Act 2018 changes affecting partnerships
- NMW and NLW increases take effect
- April questions and answers
- April key tax dates
March 2018
- Spring Statement 2018
- IHT: know your limit
- HMRC win IR35 appeal
- Tax deductions for family members' wages?
- ISA limits update
- March questions and answers
- March key tax dates
February 2018
- Tax-free childcare now open to under 9s
- Two million couples still missing out on Marriage Allowance
- HMRC clarify VAT treatment of affiliation fees for sports clubs
- Latest MTD progress
- February questions and answers
- February key tax dates
January 2018
- New Budget timetable and Spring Statement date confirmed
- Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme
- Consider a partnership
- New tax bands announced in Scottish Budget
- January questions and answers
- January key tax dates
December 2017
- Abolition of Class 2 NICs delayed
- Childcare scheme extended
- HMRC consult on PAYE reporting requirements
- Employment status case turned on right of substitution
- December questions and answers
- December key tax dates
November 2017
- Autumn Budget November 2017
- HMRC launch new business support service
- OTS outlines future work plans
- All change for termination payments
- Using the IHT gift exemptions
- November questions and answers
- November key tax dates
October 2017
- Getting ready for GDPR
- HMRC launch further Help-to-Save consultation
- The cost of driving a 'greener' car
- MTD VAT regulations to be available by April 2018
- October questions and answers
- October key tax dates
September 2017
- New anti-money laundering regulations take effect
- Paying Class 2 NICs
- Double glazing salesmen was self-employed
- Making Tax Digital for Business: update
- September questions and answers
- September key tax dates
August 2017
- Mileage rates for electric and hybrid cars
- Switching to the cash basis
- SDLT on second homes
- Paying voluntary NICs
- August questions and answers
- August key tax dates
July 2017
- Working from home
- VAT: zero-rating of adapted motor vehicles
- Rent a room scheme
- New state pension and contracted-out NICs
- July questions and answers
- July key tax dates
June 2017
- IHT: main residence nil-rate band
- Reform of landlords' taxation?
- CGT annual exemption: use it or lose it!
- Brexit legislation update
- June questions and answers
- June key tax dates
May 2017
- Automatic enrolment for pensions
- Tax-free savings update
- HMRC launch consultation on employee expenses
- VAT Flat rate scheme: changes take effect
- May questions and answers
- May key tax dates
April 2017
- Apprenticeship Levy
- Change to Class 4 NIC rate reversed
- Registration for tax-free childcare opens
- Increase in the cash basis threshold
- April questions and answers
- April key tax dates
March 2017
- Spring budget 2017
- Changes to IR35 rules confirmed
- Tax-free access to pension advice
- Salary v dividend
- Changes to company carry-forward of losses confirmed
- March questions and answers
- March key tax dates
February 2017
- HMRC's tougher approach to offshore tax evasion
- Implementation timetable for Making Tax Digital extended
- Employers beware of plans to change Scottish income tax threshold
- Coming soon: tax-free childcare
- February questions and answers
- February key tax dates
January 2017
- Changes to the VAT flat rate scheme
- Abolition of Class 2 NICs
- Company cars: ultra-low emissions vehicles
- Disguised remuneration and the self-employed
- January questions and answers
- January key tax dates
December 2016
- The Autumn Statement 2016
- HMRC clarify pre-registration of VAT policy
- Employment Allowance consultation launched
- Real living wage increase takes effect
- Caps on income tax relief
- December Questions and Answers
- December Key Tax Dates
November 2016
- Restriction of tax relief on finance costs for individual landlords
- NMW increases take effect
- Help-to-Save
- Self-assessment and disclosure
- November questions and answers
- November key tax dates
October 2016
- Finance Bill 2016 receives Royal Assent
- Termination payments consultation
- HMRC launch online disclosure service for agents
- Lifetime ISA guidance updated
- October Questions and Answers
- October Key Tax Dates
September 2016
- Dividend Allowance
- CIOT examines new corporate offence proposals
- FB 2016 amendment on OTS appointments proposed
- EU consultation on ending VAT on eBooks
- September Questions and Answers
- September Key Tax Dates
August 2016
- HMRC Annual Report Published
- Spotlight on Tax Avoidance Schemes
- HMRC Focus on Contractor Loan Schemes
- Casual Employees
- Questions and Answers
- August Key Tax Dates
July 2016
- Trivial benefits
- HMRC guidance on senior accounting officers
- Help-to-save consultation launched
- FRS 102 guidance on directors' loans revised
- July 2016 Questions and answers
- July 2016 Key Tax Dates
June 2016
- New PSC register requirements take effect
- OTS examines potential for new trading vehicle
- HMRC go live with Verify identity authentication
- Free pension advisory services to be merged
- June Questions and Answers
- June Key Tax Dates
May 2016
- New credit card payment fees take effect
- HMRC consultation on fulfilment house due diligence
- New student loan plans take effect
- Companies to be liable for employees who facilitate tax cheating
- May Questions and Answers
- May Key Tax Dates
April 2016
- OTS recommends simplifications for small companies
- Close alignment of income tax and NICS
- National minimum wage increases announced
- Guidance on SDLT Budget reforms
- April Questions and Answers
- April Key Tax Dates
March 2016
- 2016 Budget News
- Practical implications of the dividend tax allowance
- Personal savings allowance update
- Landlords' replacement wear and tear allowance
- Employee bonus schemes in the spotlight
- March Questions and Answers
- March Key Tax Dates
February 2016
- Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on additional properties
- HMRC prepare for National Living Wage (NLW)
- Simplification of VAT MOSS for small businesses
- Could EA exemption be avoided?
- February Questions and Answers
- February Key Tax Dates
January 2016
- Making Tax Digital: Launch of PTAs
- VAT Partial Exemption Changes Following Le Credit Lyonnais
- 2016 Fuel and Van Benefit Rates Set
- Introducing Innovative Finance ISAs
- January Questions and Answers
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2015
- HMRC continue with modernisation plans
- Company cars - April 2016 increases
- Dividend allowance
- HMRC win 'Rangers' tax case
- December Questions and Answers
- December Key Tax Dates
November 2015
- Autumn Statement 2015
- Update on intermediaries review
- Follower Notices and Accelerated Payment Notices (APNs)
- HMRC business records checks scrapped
- Flat rate homeworking expenses
- November Questions and Answers
- November Key Tax Dates
October 2015
- Changes to NICs for the Self-employed
- Spotlight on Contractor Loan Schemes
- Tax Credit Changes Approved
- IHT on Main Residence Nil-rate Band and Downsizing Proposals
- October Questions and Answers
- October Key Tax Dates
September 2015
- Tax-efficient savings for children
- The future for intermediaries
- When tips are taxable
- Paying Inheritance Tax
- September Questions and answers
- September Key Tax Dates
August 2015
- Tax-free Childcare
- Rent a Room
- Help to Buy ISAs
- Employment Allowance
- August Questions and Answers
- August Key Tax Dates
July 2015
- Summer Budget 8th July 2015
- RTI penalties
- Tax Reconciliation
- Reasonable Excuse
- VAT on Pre-trading Expenses
- July Questions and Answers
- July Key Tax Dates
June 2015
- Make the Best of Allowances
- Non-resident Capital Gains Tax
- EIS Assurance
- Staff Clothes
- June Questions and Answers
- June Key Tax Dates
May 2015
- Forms P11D and P9D
- Cancelling VAT or VAT-MOSS Registration
- ATED Reporting
- Auto-enrolment Exemptions
- May Questions and Answers
- May Key Tax Dates
April 2015
- Pension freedom or liberation?
- Birthday surprise
- Marriage allowance
- Charities and tax
- April Questions and Answers
- April Key Tax Dates
March 2015
- 2015 Budget News
- RTI penalties
- Salary, dividend or pension contribution?
- Child benefit claw-back
- Company cars
- March Questions and Answers
- March Key Tax Dates
February 2015
- VAT Benchmarking
- Supporting the Sick
- RTI Reports and Penalties
- Holiday Pay
- February Questions and Answers
- February Key Tax Dates
January 2015
- VAT Moss new guidance
- Incorporation of a business
- Shared parental leave and pay
- Solicitors disclosure
- January Questions and Answers
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2014
- Autumn Statement 2014
- R and D Enhanced Deductions
- Cash Basis
- Let Property - Repairs or Improvements
- Let Property - Furniture and Fittings
- December Questions and Answers Section
- December Key Tax Dates
November 2014
- Pensions Death Tax
- Taskforce at Large
- National Insurance Contributions
- Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS)
- November Questions and Answers
- November Key Tax Dates
October 2014
- Creating Extra Cash-flow
- Understanding the CIS
- VAT on International Services
- Scottish Taxes
- October Questions and Answers
- October Key Tax Dates
September 2014
- Late Filing Penalties
- Redress Payments
- VAT On Multi-products
- Travel Question
- September Questions and Answers
- September Key Tax Dates
August 2014
- Accelerated Payments
- Maximising Statutory Maternity Pay
- Commission Refunds
- EC Sales Lists
- August Questions and Answers
- August Key Tax Dates
July 2014
- Real Time Information (RTI) Penalty Notices
- VAT on Digital Services
- PAYE Reconciliations
- Scary Letters
- July Questions and Answers
- July Key Tax Dates
June 2014
- Marginal Tax Rates
- Real Time Information (RTI) Interest
- VAT and Discounts
- Auto-enrolment
- June Questions and Answers
- June Key Tax Dates
May 2014
April 2014
- Salary and Dividend Strategy 2014
- Salaried Members of LLPs
- Cross-border Services
- Search for Landlords
- April Question and Answer Section
- April Key Tax Dates
March 2014
- 2014 Budget News
- Business Journeys
- Real Time Information (RTI) Penalties
- Let Property Campaign
- VAT on Books and Leaflets
- March Question and Answer Section
- March Key Tax Dates
February 2014
- CGT on Home Developments
- Non-Resident Landlords
- VAT Penalties
- IHT Relief on Business Assets
- February Question and Answer Section
- February Key Tax Dates
January 2014
- New RTI Relief
- Capital Allowances on Fixtures
- Disguised Employment
- Partly-exempt Businesses
- January Question and Answer Section
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2013
- Autumn Statement 2013
- Loans to Reduce IHT
- EFRBS Settlement
- VAT Due Payment Date
- RTI Penalties Around The Corner
- December Question and Answer Section
November 2013
- Using the SEIS
- Earn-out Payments on Business Sales
- VAT and Indirect Exports Change
- New RTI Messages
- November Question and Answer Section
- November Key Tax Dates
October 2013
- New Employee Shareholder Status
- Contractor Loan Schemes
- Child Benefit if Your Child is 16 or Over
- VAT on Sale of Commercial Buildings
- October Question and Answer Section
- October Key Tax Dates
September 2013
- Resurfacing - Repairs or Capital?
- New ATED Charge
- VAT on Storage Change
- Pension Lifetime Allowance
- September Question and Answer Section
- September Key Tax Dates
August 2013
- My Tax Return Catch-up
- Self-billing Change
- RTI for Seasonal Workers
- VAT Mistakes
- August Question and Answer Section
- August Key Tax Dates
July 2013
- Expenses and Benefits Reporting
- Research and Development Claims
- RTI Relaxation Extended
- Machine Games Duty
- July Question and Answer Section
- July Key Tax Dates
June 2013
- Inheritance Tax Loan Change
- No RTI Reports Made?
- RTI Growing Pains
- Letting Business Tax Reliefs
- June Question and Answer Section
- June Key Tax Dates
May 2013
- RTI Round Up
- Sleeping Partners and NI
- Beware Pension Liberation
- Do Not Rely on HMRC VAT Advice
- May Question and Answer Section
- May Key Tax Dates
April 2013
- RTI Relaxation
- Loans to Participators Trap
- SEIS Investment Extension
- Cash Basis for Small Businesses
- April Question and Answer Section
- April Key Tax Dates
March 2013
- The Budget 20th March 2013
- Make the Losses Work
- Annual Payroll and RTI
- Room Hire and VAT
- Self-Employed Travel Expenses
- March Question and Answer Section
- March Key Tax Dates
February 2013
- Tax Schemes and Swiss Bank Accounts
- Letting Relief Explained
- SEIS - The Opportunity
- Green Car Scam
- February Question and Answer Section
- February Key Tax Dates
January 2013
- Increased Annual Investment Allowance
- RTI - More Information
- New Tax Free Allowance
- Polytunnels and Glasshouses
- January Question and Answer Section
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2012
- Planning for RTI
- Business Record Checks
- Taskforce Targets Private Landlords
- VAT Registration Advice
- December Question and Answer Section
- December Key Tax Dates
- Tax Numbers for 2013/14
November 2012
- Reducing the Child Benefit Tax Charge
- Avoid Property Trading Tax
- VAT on Exports
- NIC Refunds for Vocational Training
- November Question and Answer Section
- November Key Tax Dates
October 2012
- Taxman on the Hunt Again
- RTI Gathers Pace
- VAT on Incorporation
- Goodwill on Incorporation
- October Question and Answer Section
- October Key Tax Dates
September 2012
- Child Benefit Clawback
- Gifting Assets or Shares
- Whose Fault is Underpaid Tax?
- Self-billing
- September Question and Answer Section
- September Key Tax Dates
August 2012
- Are You a Shadow?
- Online VAT Filing Reminder
- Restricted Losses Ahead
- Tax Taskforces
- August Question and Answer Section
- August Key Tax Dates
July 2012
- Tax Campaigns Update
- Company Money in Personal Account
- VAT Opting to Tax on Buildings
- Homes Worth Over 2 million pounds!
- July Question and Answer Section
- July Key Tax Dates
June 2012
- IR35 Business Tests Released
- Unwelcome Visitors
- Completing Forms P11D
- PAYE Reconciliations Starting
- June Question and Answer Section
- June Key Tax Dates
May 2012
- New Tax Dashboard
- How Gift Aid Works
- Employer or Personal Pension Funding?
- Filing Online Difficulties
- May Question and Answer Section
- May Key Tax Dates
April 2012
- 2012 Budget News and Analysis
- How Much To Pay Yourself?
- Travel for Home-Based Business
- IR35 Proposals
- VAT Changes
- April Question and Answer Section
- April Key Tax Dates
March 2012
- Tax Efficient Investments
- Spreading Household Income
- Working from Home
- Capital Exemptions and Losses
- March Question and Answer Section
- March Key Tax Dates
February 2012
- Closing Down Your Company
- Penalties for Late Payment of PAYE
- Confessing to Tax Fraud
- Reporting EU Sales to HMRC
- February Question and Answer Section
- February Key Tax Dates
January 2012
- Is Your Payroll Information 'Clean'?
- Online VAT Filing Compulsory
- Are You On The Taxman's Target List?
- Tax Numbers for 2012/13
- January Question and Answer Section
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2011
- Autumn Statement Tax Summary
- Low Value Consignment Changes
- Pension Lifetime Allowance Decrease
- Using VAT Groups
- December Question and Answer Section
- December Key Tax Dates
November 2011
- Reality of Self-Employed Contracts
- Teachers to Tell All
- PAYE Refunds and Underpayments
- Reclaiming VAT
- November Question and Answer Section
- November Key Tax Dates
October 2011
- Business Record Checks Update
- Splitting Businesses to Avoid VAT
- Stuck in the UK?
- Student Loan Notices
- October Question and Answer Section
September 2011
- Swiss Bank Account Tax Deal
- Business Exit Planning
- Jointly Held Property Tax Savings
- New Mileage Rates
- September Question and Answer Section
August 2011
- New Workplace Pensions Cost
- VAT Initiative Starts
- Companies House Reminders
- Less Tax for Students
- August Question and Answer Section
July 2011
- Web Bots Are Out to Get You!
- What if You Don't Pay Your Tax!
- Must You Register for VAT?
- Repayment Claims for Tax on Interest
- July Question and Answer Section
June 2011
- Tax Efficient Profit Extraction
- Property Development Issues
- Why Stamp Duty Form Changes?
- Missing Trader Fraud
- June Question and Answer Section
May 2011
- Higher Penalties for Late Returns
- Tax Efficient Cars
- Capital Allowances for Holiday Lets
- Paying PAYE on Time
- May Question and Answer Section
April 2011
- Plumbers Tax Safe Plan
- Changes to NIC Class 2 Payments
- PAYE Notices are Coming
- New Pensioners to Receive Tax Bills
- April Question and Answer Section
March 2011
- 2011 Budget News and Analysis
- Taxman to Hassle Tax Cheats
- Taxman Starts Business Records Check
- Traps with the Flat Rate VAT Scheme
- Leaving it to Charity
- March Question and Answer Section
February 2011
- More PAYE Reconciliations
- Changes to Tax Credits
- How to Challenge a VAT penalty
- Clamp-down on Loan Schemes
- February Question and Answer Section
January 2011
- Associated Company Changes
- Furnished Holiday Lettings Changes
- Take Care with VAT
- Tax Numbers for 2011/12
- January Question and Answer Section
December 2010
- 2010 Autumn Statement
- It's Christmas Time Mr Taxman!
- Business Tax Changes 2011/12
- Personal Tax Changes 2011/12
- Question and Answer Section
November 2010
- Planning for the VAT Increase
- Pension Changes Ahead
- Update on PAYE 'Errors'
- Refund of Overseas VAT
- November Question and Answer Section
October 2010
- Taxman Brings in the Heavies
- National Minimum Wage Changes
- PAYE 'Errors'
- Tell the Taxman Now
- October Question and Answer Section
September 2010
- Cycle to Work Scheme Update
- Dividend Planning to Maximise Tax Credits
- Maximum NI Contributions
- VAT Rates and Refunds
- September Question and Answer Section
August 2010
- Withdrawal of CIS Gross Payment Status
- Business Assurance Visits
- VAT on Google Adwords
- Deferring a Capital Gain and EIS
- August Question and Answer Section
July 2010
- Applying New CGT Rules
- Giving Shares to Employees
- VAT Online - Are You Ready?
- Young People and Taxes
- July Question and Answer Section
June 2010
- Emergency Budget 2010
- Changes in Capital Gains Tax
- Other Tax Changes Ahead
- Post Credibility Team
- PAYE Codes for 2010/11
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2010
- Furnished Holiday Lettings Saved!
- New Penalties for late PAYE
- Commercial Property Losses
- New VAT Partial Exemption Rules
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2010
- Company Car and Van Changes
- 2010 Budget News
- VAT Payments and New Penalties
- New Rateable Values from 1 April
- New Employment Regulations
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2010
- Filing VAT Returns Online
- How to Keep Accounting Records
- Time Runs Out for Tax Claims
- Changes to the EC Sales List
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2010
- Errors in New PAYE Codes
- Doctors and Dentists Asked to Confess
- Adding Overseas Purchases to Sales
- When is Your PAYE Due?
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2010
- Time to Pay Your Tax!
- The Capital Gains Dilemma
- Reclaiming Overseas VAT is Now Easier
- Are You Declaring Commissions?
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2009
- Pre-Budget - December 9 2009
- Tax Deductions for Franchise Fees
- Christmas Gift Time Mr Taxman!
- Avoid the Higher VAT Rate
- Tax Relief on Accountant's Fees!
- December Question and Answer Corner
November 2009
- Beware of Verbal Tax Advice
- Tips and Service Charge Changes
- What to do When a Customer Goes Bust
- New Opportunities to Claim Benefits
- November Question and Answer Corner
October 2009
- VAT Option to tax – 20 Years are up!
- Penalties for Late Tax Returns and Payments
- New Company Forms from 1 October
- Transferring Investment Property to Trading Stock
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2009
- 2nd Offshore Tax Amnesty Announced
- When is Paying a Dividend "illegal"?
- Correcting VAT Errors
- Giving Shares to Employees
- September Question and Answer Corner
August 2009
- Flipping Houses
- Budget For Your Tax Bill
- Beware Tax Email Scams
- When is a Pick-Up a Van?
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2009
- Tax Savings of Incorporation
- Are You Trading in Properties?
- Tips for Quick VAT Registration
- Company Cars are Getting More Expensive
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2009
- Car Scrappage Scheme Tax Implications
- Claiming Tax Relief on Overseas Property
- Credit Crunch Tax Credit Protective Claims
- Beware the VAT Threshold
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2009
- How to Beat the New 60% and 50% Tax Rates
- New NI Threshold to Record
- P11D Forms and Dispensations
- HMRC Bank Account Changes
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2009
- Budget News & Analysis 2009
- Traps in the VAT Flat Rate Scheme
- The Service Company Question
- Company Car Benefit Changes
- Giving to Charity Tax Efficiently
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2009
- Top 10 Year End Tax Planning Tips
- Budget Day will be 22 April 2009
- New Penalties from April 2009
- Why Pay the National Minimum Wage?
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2009
- New Companies House Late Filing Penalties
- Sharing Family Rental Income
- Dividend Planning
- Save Tax on Winding up a Company
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2009
- Overdrawn Directors Loan Account
- Will you be taxed on your Keyman Policy?
- Losses and Falling Sales
- Planning January 31 Tax Payments
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2008
- Pre-Budget 2008 Analysis
- Changes to Car Capital Allowances
- Claiming Small Business Rate Relief
- Increase Your Pension Fund Value
- Statutory Sick Pay Changes
- December Question & Answer Corner
November 2008
- Losses on Property Lets
- 10 Ideas to Beat the Credit Crunch
- VAT Problem for House Builders
- Losses in a Group of Companies
- November Question & Answer Corner
October 2008
- Contractors Beware Dragonfly Consulting Case
- Changes in Company Law
- New Tax Return Deadline
- Telling the Authorities About Your Company Changes
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2008
- Cycle to Gold & Save Tax!
- How to Gift a Property
- VAT - Checking the Numbers
- Getting More out of Mileage Rates
- September Question & Answer Corner
August 2008
- Getting Your Business to Pay for Your Holiday!
- Dealing with the Changed Personal Allowance
- Selling Your Business - the VAT Implications
- Mileage Expenses of Less than 40p per Mile
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2008
- Mileage Expenses and Rocketing Fuel Prices
- Planning to Sell Your Company?
- The £50,000 Annual Investment Allowance
- Protect Your Pension Fund
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2008
- Impact of Revised 2008/09 Tax Allowance
- Taxation of Non-Doms
- Changes to Correcting VAT Errors
- VAT on Pre-Incorporation Expenditure
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2008
- The Service Company Question on Form P35
- Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
- When is Lunch Tax Deductible?
- What Needs to be on a VAT invoice?
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2008
- National Minimum Wage for Family Members
- Inside or Outside the Company?
- Better Return by Holding Cash Personally?
- Claim Back Wages from the Taxman
- April Question and Answer Corner
- Budget March 2008
March 2008
- Year End Marginal Tax Rate Planning
- How to Bank Your Indexation Allowance
- How to Save Taper Relief
- Save Tax When Taking Your State Pension
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2008
- Capital Gains Relief for Entrepreneurs Announced
- Escaping Penalties for Late Tax Returns
- Taxman wants to help you claim R&D tax relief
- Tax Credits Rules for Childcare Costs
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2008
- Income Shifting is Coming Soon!
- Don't Overlook Goodwill on Incorporation
- New Capital Allowances Rules for Cars
- New Advisory Fuel Rates
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2007
- It's Christmas Party Time Mr Taxman!
- New VAT Rules for Invoice Numbering and More
- Protect Yourself Against HMRC Scandal
- December Question and Answer Corner
November 2007
- Rates and Allowances for 2008/09
- When to Sell your Investments
- Home Office Extension
- Employees Working Abroad
- November Question and Answer Corner
October 2007
- How to Declare Foreign Income
- Tax Advantages of Non-Domicile Status
- Car in the Company or Not?
- The Directors Loan Account Write Off
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2007
- Sharing Your Business With Your Other-Half
- The Collector Wants Your Money!
- Longer Holidays for All
- Company Car or Van?
- September Question and Answer Corner
August 2007
- Victory for Husband and Wife Companies!
- What will the Taxman do now to Attack Small Companies?
- How to Cash-in on Goodwill
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2007
- Is the Taxman Cracking Down on Buy-to-Let Landlords?
- VAT Registration Problems and Keeping Below the VAT Limit
- A Loan From Your Own Company
- Is it Worth Topping up NI contributions?
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2007
- Easing the P11D Pain
- Swap Salary for Benefits
- Choice of Dividend or Bonus
- Tax Credit Deadlines
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2007
- The "Tax Amnesty"
- What Happens if You Die Without a Will?
- Avoiding Tax on Company Vans
- New VAT Fuel Scale Charges
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2007
- Is the Small Company Still Viable?
- Tax Cut to 20%, is it Really?
- Taxman Issues New Guidance for Use of Home Claims
- Stamp Duty Help for Family Exchanges
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2007
- Budget 2007 News and Analysis
- Tax Benefits of Investing in Woodlands
- Now or Never - Year End Tax Planning Tips
- New CIS Rules from 6th April 2007
- Beware HMRC Email Scam
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2007
- Rewards for Tax Inspectors who Meet Targets!
- Should You Buy the Assets or the Shares?
- Tip to Avoid IHT on the Family Home
- Tax Advantages of Investment Bonds
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2007
- Last Chance to Get Your Tax Return Filed
- HMRC Launch Pilot Childcare Indicator
- From Ltd Company Back to Sole Trader
- Do You Know What an EFRBS is?
- Has Your Competitor Reported You on the HMRC Hotline?
- January Question and Answer Corner
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