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If you're a high-earner, you could be hit with a huge tax bill for failing to report any pensions growth on your tax return ...
Treating Your Staff And Customers At Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching, and many business owners think about treating their staff and customers at this time of year ...
How To Extract Profits From Your Limited Company
There are a couple of ways to extract profits from your limited company, through a mix of dividends and salary ...
IR35 Employment Status: Contractor Or Employee?
The CEST assessment is designed to determine your IR35 employment status. What can you expect to happen?
Tribunal Considers What Is A Property Development Trade
Brexit has hit property development hard. Homes have failed to sell and agents are recommending drastic measures ...
Can My Limited Company Pay My Mortgage?
You may have heard of salary sacrifice arrangements, but be careful if you want your company to pay your mortgage ...
Inheritance Tax: Is It Time For A Change?
The OTS has given its second report to Parliament, recommending simplification of Inheritance Tax ...
Brexit: What Are The Potential Tax Consequences?
While the post-Brexit financial landscape remains in flux, it is possible to make some educated guesses ...
Capital Gains Tax: PPR And The Main Residence Election
Gains made on the disposal of a property can be exempt from Capital Gains Tax if it is, or was, the owner's main residence ...
Taxman Wins Landmark IR35 Case Against BBC Presenters
HMRC has won a landmark IR35 tribunal, this time against three BBC presenters at the high court ...
Builders: A Useful VAT Concession In A Recession
Builders should know of a valuable VAT concession which could save many construction companies from failing ...
Ownership Of A Company's Business Premises
In certain cases, the business premises traded from will be owned by one or more of the company's shareholders ...
Family Will Planning: Using The Nil-Rate Band On First Death
When it comes to family will planning, have you heard of the nil-rate band on first death? It's a really useful relief ...
Domestic Reverse Charge for VAT Delayed!
The Government has announced a 12-month delay to the domestic reverse charge for VAT in the construction industry ...
Claiming Loan Interest Relief
We may not be near the end of the tax year, but many people are keeping an eye on their potential tax returns ...
VAT On Holiday Lets And Serviced Accommodation
With many businesses, once your income heads above £85,000 you have to register for and pay VAT every quarter ...
Landlords And The HMRC Property Tax Campaign
HMRC announced a number of campaigns in 2013 so that taxpayers could bring their tax affairs up to date, no questions asked ...
SMEs Unaware Of Increased Annual Investment Allowance
Did you know that at least 50% of SMEs are unaware of changes to the Annual Investment Allowance?
Inheritance Tax Relief For Losses On Shares
Share prices have been erratic over the past few years. Inheritance Tax specialists are beginning to ring the alarm bells ...
Off-Payroll Working Rules In The Private Sector
Off-payroll working rules came into force in the public sector in April 2017. Now it's being introduced to the private sector too ...
PPR Relief On The Sale Of Part Of Your Garden
As I sit here contemplating that I will have to wait until I am 68 to receive my state pension, I am contemplating how to fund my retirement ...
Have You Received A Nudge Letter From HMRC Recently?
The letters have started! If you have undeclared overseas property, accounts or investments, HMRC is going to nudge you ...
The Owner-Managed Business Property Tax Trap
If you take a small salary and dividends from your business and own buy-to-let properties, you may soon fall into this property tax trap ...
Are You Missing Those Valuable Stamp Duty Land Tax Reliefs?
In recent years, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has undergone several changes, leading to a lot of confusion ...
An Update On The Domestic Reverse Charge For VAT
The October deadline for the Domestic Reverse Charge for VAT approaches and HMRC has finally issued its guidance ...
P11D: Focus On Staff Entertaining
Accountants are noticing an increasing number of enquiries from HMRC about the amounts spent on entertaining staff ...
Caught By The High-Income Child Benefit Charge?
If you've been affected by the High-Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) then you could think there's no point in registering ...
The Annual Allowance And The NHS Pension Scheme
In 2015, the Chancellor, George Osborne, cut the annual allowance for higher earners and no-one realised the consequences for the NHS ...
Can A Director Also Be A Consultant To Their Own Company?
National Insurance is a significant cost for any company. Therefore, wouldn't it be great if you could save on your NI bill?
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