It’s January and you may have just had the pleasure of paying your tax bill… but have you made use of the tax planning opportunities available to you before the end of the tax year? Are you making the most of the different types of ISAs available to you […]
With Christmas fast approaching you may be stuck for ideas of what to get your nearest and dearest. If the idea of spending a day walking around a busy shopping centre fills you with dread, you may want to consider a cash gift instead. But before you go reaching for […]
At the start of the pandemic HMRC introduced several tax concessions to provide additional support to employees working from home but what are the tax implications of these additional perks? In the 2020/21 tax year, as an employee you may have received extra support from your employer to enable […]
If you have a UK pension then you may need to be aware of three important changes that were announced in the recent Autumn Budget: No 1. The change to the age that you can take an income from an invested pension. We’ve been mentioning this to our clients […]
There are fewer than 100 days left until Christmas where the season of goodwill, merriment and office parties will creep upon us once more. You may wish to consider the tax liabilities associated with gifts. Many companies view gifts as an ideal means of promoting their business and boosting morale […]
Boris Johnson launched a new Health and Social Care Levy this week to replenish the country’s finances in the aftermath of COVID-19… It appears “unprecedented times” translates into unprecedented tax increases which depart from the Conservative party’s commitments to the triple lock on income tax, National Insurance Contributions (NICs) […]
With less people holidaying overseas the demand for UK holiday lets has soared. They also seem to have taken on a mythical status in the tax world due to some of the more generous ways that the tax system deals with them. So let’s quickly take a look at some of […]
The entertaining of clients, customers and staff has always been an important part of business strategy. It can help to strengthen and maintain client relationships and improve staff morale and loyalty. But alongside this are important tax considerations. What is entertainment? Essentially, it is hospitality of any kind. This […]
The end of a relationship, particularly divorce is difficult for so many reasons, but you may not realise that divorce and the end of a marriage or civil partnership, could lead to tax complications. Most people know that transfers of assets between married or civil partnered couples are free […]
Tax, made digital. Many of you might know that tax is already digital now as the returns are done online. What this means is your records must be kept digitally. Making Tax Digital comes into force for sole traders and partnerships from 6 April 2023 with income from all sources […]
