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| Investors' Relief: Attracting Investment Into Business Introduced in the Finance Act 2016 ... |  |

| HMRC Sends Out Self-assessment Verification Letters Though you don't have to respond to them ... |  |

| How A Cryptocurrency Is Taxed In The United Kingdom Trading and investing in the likes of Bitcoin ... |  |

| Stamp Duty Land Tax On Uninhabitable Properties Potentially good news for developers ... |  |

| End Of Year Tax Planning Checklist 8 ways to reduce your tax bill ... |  |

| Capital Gains Tax On Divorce Will you be liable? |  |

| What Are The Benefits Of An Employer-Provided Electric Car? Time to make the leap ... |  |

| ATED: Annual Tax On Enveloped Dwellings Deadline It's fast approaching ... |  |

| Update On SDLT For Non-Residents Buying UK Property Starts on 1st April 2021 ... |  |

| The Delayed Domestic Reverse Charge For VAT Starts in March 2021 ... |  |

| HICBC: The High Income Child Benefit Charge Threshold Will it be increased soon? |  |

| HMRC Suspends Filing Penalties Until 28 February Benefitting up to 3 million ... |  |

| IR35: Off-Payroll Working In The Private Sector New rules apply from the 6th April 2021 ... |  |

| The Statutory Residence Test And COVID-19 Restrictions For those stuck in the UK ... |  |

| Taxation Of Serviced Accommodation The benefits and disadvantages ... |  |

| An Accountant Or A Tax Advisor Which one is right for you? |  |

| Wishing You All A Very Merry Christmas Here's some fun tax trivia for you ... |  |

| Capital Gains Tax: Proposed Changes Could Affect Share Sales Time to move your plans forward? |  |

| HMRC Proposed Changes To Tackle CIS Abuse Correcting errors and omissions ... |  |

| How To Have A Christmas Party In 2020 Tax-free fun in the pandemic ... |  |

| Inheritance Tax: Gifts Out Of Income A Very Valuable Relief As long as you can maintain your usual standard of living ... |  |

| HMRC's Let Property Campaign Are you an accidental landlord? |  |

| The Coronavirus Pandemic And Unplanned UK Workdays HMRC provides further guidance ... |  |

| Car Or Van? Court Finds In Favour Of HMRC It has always been a confusing situation ... |  |

| Transferring Business Assets On Divorce HMRC changes guidance ... |  |

| Should You Register As Self-Employed Or A Limited Company? Are You Starting A Business? |  |

| Airbnb Exchanges Information With HMRC Have you declared your rental income? |  |

| Mitigating Property VAT Costs For Landlords Is your tenant struggling to pay? |  |

| Important Update To The Trust Registration Service Notification is now online only ... |  |

| Have You Overpaid Stamp Duty Land Tax? SDLT is a complicated area ... |  |

| Resurfacing A Haulage Yard: Repair Or Capital Improvement? A First Tier Tribunal decides ... |  |

| Proposed Tax Rises To Pay For Impact Of Coronavirus It's all just speculation until the Autumn Statement ... |  |

| HMRC: Proposed Financial Institution Notice They do need your agreement ... |  |

| HMRC Are On The Look Out For Furlough Fraud Have you accidentally overclaimed? |  |

| Methods HMRC Uses To Find Out About Rental Properties They are quite determined ... |  |

| MTD Extended To Self-Employed And Landlords From 2023 There will be five new reporting obligations ... |  |

| Capital Gains Tax Consultation Underway Should be acted upon at the Autumn Budget ... |  |

| 2% SDLT Surcharge For Non-UK Resident Being introduced in 2021 ... |  |

| Holiday Lets, Serviced Accommodation And The 5% VAT Rate This will have a positive effect on the market ... |  |

| Chancellor's SDLT Boost For UK Property Investors It's a stamp duty holiday ... |  |

| Payment On Account: Deferring the 31st July Tax Payment Are you struggling to pay? |  |

| Have You Forgotten Your Capital Gains Tax Return? Penalties if you fail to file within 30 days ... |  |

| SDLT: Stamp Duty Land Tax Surcharge On Derelict Properties Are you due a rebate? |  |

| Remember To File Your Employment Related Securities Return If you have employee shares or share options ... |  |

| Second Self-Employed Income Support Scheme Announced SEISS round two ... |  |

| HMRC Wins In-Specie Pension Contributions Appeal This has substantial implications for the pensions industry ... |  |

| Extension To Time Limit To Notify HMRC Of An Option To Tax It's only temporary, but quite useful ... |  |

| HMRC Loses Another Employment Status Case IR35 shown the red card ... |  |

| Working From Home: What Tax Reliefs Are Available? For both employees and the self-employed ... |  |
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| Update On The Trust Registration Service (TRS) More clarification is still needed ... |  |

| Update On Capital Gains Tax And Property Where are we now? |  |

| Update On The Self-Employed Income Support Scheme Are you going to be eligibile? |  |

| Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Portal Opens On 20 April! Payments should be made by the end of the month ... |  |

| Support For Operators Of FHLs And Serviced Accommodation What help is available for you during the Coronavirus outbreak? |  |

| The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Explained Paid on a per employment basis ... |  |

| HMRC Time To Pay Arrangements To Help Taxpayers A very welcome concession ... |  |

| Stamp Duty Land Tax: Surcharge For Non Resident Purchasers Takes effect from the 1st April 2021 ... |  |

| Entrepreneurs' Relief: Do You Charge Your Company Rent? What happens when you own your premises ... |  |

| Jointly Owned Property And The Use Of HMRC Form 17 Income Tax vs Capital Gains Tax ... |  |

| The 2020 Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings Filing Deadline The 30th April is fast approaching ... |  |

| Should I Make A Disclosure To HMRC? Yes! As soon as you can ... |  |

| Changes To The Trust Registration Service About the proposed new legislation ... |  |

| Government To Make Changes To The Loan Charge Following an independent review ... |  |

| Company Car Tax Changes In 2020 Some pretty significate changes ... |  |

| Time Is Running Out For Tax Planning Opportunities Speak to your tax adviser soon ... |  |

| Can My Limited Company Pay My Mortgage? What about other expenses? |  |

| Have You Declared Pension Growth On Your Tax Return? You could get a huge tax bill if you haven't ... |  |

| Treating Your Staff And Customers At Christmas Be careful how much you spend ... |  |

| How To Extract Profits From Your Limited Company Using a salary or by taking dividends ... |  |

| IR35 Employment Status: Contractor Or Employee? Have you completed your CEST assessment yet? |  |

| Tribunal Considers What Is A Property Development Trade Can ATED be claimed on a one-off improvement? |  |

| Brexit: What Are The Potential Tax Consequences? Whatever happens, we need to be prepared ... |  |

| Capital Gains Tax: PPR And The Main Residence Election Let's get flipping ... |  |

| Inheritance Tax: Is It Time For A Change? The Office for Tax Simplification recommends ... |  |

| Taxman Wins Landmark IR35 Case Against BBC Presenters The presenters say they were forced into PSCs ... |  |

| Builders: A Useful VAT Concession In A Recession Changing from selling to renting your new build ... |  |

| Ownership Of A Company's Business Premises What are the benefits and pitfalls? |  |

| Family Will Planning: Using The Nil-Rate Band On First Death To be effective, It needs to be used properly ... |  |

| Domestic Reverse Charge for VAT Delayed! The construction industry breathes a sigh of relief ... |  |

| Claiming Loan Interest Relief Accurate records could save you tax ... |  |

| VAT On Holiday Lets And Serviced Accommodation Is your income over the VAT threshold? |  |

| Landlords And The HMRC Property Tax Campaign Have you made your declaration yet? |  |

| SMEs Unaware Of Increased Annual Investment Allowance Now's the time to consider some plant and equipment purchases ... |  |

| Common Reporting Standard: HMRC Collects £122m So Far! And is following up on a further £560 million more ... |  |

| Inheritance Tax Relief For Losses On Shares The alarm bells are ringing ... |  |

| Off-Payroll Working Rules In The Private Sector Draft Legisation has been published ... |  |

| PPR Relief On The Sale Of Part Of Your Garden It could help fund your retirement ... |  |

| Have You Received A Nudge Letter From HMRC Recently? You're going to need urgent tax advice ... |  |

| The Owner-Managed Business Property Tax Trap It's easy to fall into ... |  |

| Are You Missing Those Valuable Stamp Duty Land Tax Reliefs? It's got a whole lot more confusing ... |  |

| An Update On The Domestic Reverse Charge For VAT Is your construction business ready? |  |

| P11D: Focus On Staff Entertaining Are you reporting it correctly? |  |

| Caught By The High-Income Child Benefit Charge? Why you should still register ... |  |

| The Annual Allowance And The NHS Pension Scheme Are you a high-earner? You could be affected ... |  |

| Can A Director Also Be A Consultant To Their Own Company? The directors said yes, HMRC said no ... |  |

| Structures And Buildings Allowance Update HMRC has now published its draft guidance ... |  |

| Capital Gains Tax: Increases For Landlords Are On The Way! You've got until 6th April 2020 ... |  |

| Transferring Property Tax Efficiently Using Trusts Ensure you get the right tax advice ... |  |

| How Should You Own Your Business Premises? There are various tax implications ... |  |

| No Deal Brexit: For UK Employees Working In The EU, EEA Or Switzerland Will double social security payments be required? |  |

| Maximising The Claim For Business Expenses Make sure you claim the right expenses ... |  |

| Family Investment Companies And Succession Planning Sometimes better than a trust ... |  |

| Tax-Free Perks! Did You Know There Were Such Things? Are you overlooking your trivial benefits? |  |

| A Valuable Inheritance Tax Relief You may not need to wait seven years ... |  |

| Extracting Money From The Family Business Care must be taken not to fall foul of HMRC rules ... |  |

| The Importance Of Employer Pension Contributions In owner managed businesses ... |  |

| Year End Tax Planning For Capital Gains Tax Minimising your liability ... |  |

| Alphabet Shares And Planning For Family Companies Be careful how you allocate dividends ... |  |

| Uber Driver's Employment Status Confirmed By Court Be mindful of the extra costs and liabilities you may occur ... |  |

| Will Bitcoin Profits Mean A Bumper Year For HMRC? You may be liable for Capital Gains Tax ... |  |

| Tax Planning With A Group Structure A great way to protect your valuable assets ... |  |

| Stamp Duty Land Tax On The Granny Annexe Complicated, but there are exemptions ... |  |

| Different Ways To Save For Your Future Where's best to invest? |  |

| Wishing You All A Very Merry Christmas Here's some fun tax trivia for you ... |  |

| Should I Tell HMRC About The Buy-To-Let Property I Own? Yes you should, regardless of the income ... |  |

| Planning For CGT Main Residence Relief On the sale of a second home ... |  |

| New Structures And Buildings Allowance For commercial property only ... |  |

| The Tax Pitfalls Of The Office Christmas Party Be careful of the cost per person ... |  |

| New VAT Rules For Businesses In The Construction Industry The new reverse charge is quite a doozy ... |  |

| Autumn Budget 2018: Property Tax Changes SDLT and CGT are both affected ... |  |

| Potential Budget CGT Relief For Sales To Long-Term Tenants Will this 'good landlord' proposal make it into the Budget? |  |

| The Annual Allowance For Pension Contributions Are you worried you're paying in too much? |  |

| Marriage Allowance: A Million Couples Are Missing Out! Are you married or in a civil partnership? |  |

| 40% Of Small Businesses Are Resistant To Making Tax Digital It's mandatory from April 2019 ... |  |

| HMRC Has Offshore Tax Evaders In Their Sights And they know all about you ... |  |

| Letting A Room Through Airbnb HMRC will know about it ... |  |

| Can An FHL Business Qualify For Business Property Relief? What are the circumstances where it can? |  |

| HMRC And The High Income Child Benefit Charge Did you even know about it? |  |

| HMRC And Undeclared Gains On Sale Of Second Properties Have you made a profit and not told them? |  |

| Capital Gains Tax: Buy-To-Let landlords To Be Hit Again HMRC proposes changes to the payment window ... |  |

| HMRC Restricts Non-Statutory Clearance Process No more safety net ... |  |

| How To Lose Principal Private Residence Relief There are a number of pitfalls ... |  |

| Rental Property: To Furnish Or Not To Furnish? Or even part furnish ... |  |

| The Tax Implications Of Employing Family Members Make sure you have documentation ... |  |

| Pre-Letting Expenditure: What Can you Claim? It's easy to fall into the capital expenditure trap ... |  |

| More Tax Changes Affecting Buy-To-Let Landlords About the new cash accounting rules ... |  |

| Inheritance Tax: Can You Gift Your Home To Your Children And continue to live there? |  |

| UK Register of Beneficial Owners of Overseas Entities by non-UK companies and other legal entities ... |  |

| Wealth Preservation Using Family Investment Companies Is one the right structure for you? |  |

| Changes To Annual Tax On Enveloped Dwellings For 2018 Do you own residential property in a company? |  |

| Thinking Of Acquiring An Investment Property? Should you do it personally or via a limited company? |  |

| Do You Have An EFRB or EBT That Hasn't Been Settled? The deadline to deal with it is fast approaching ... |  |

| Changes To The EIS Advance Assurance Process Speeding up the application process ... |  |

| What Tax Allowances And Reliefs Are Available? The tax year is about to end ... |  |

| HMRC Requirement To Correct Deadline Approaching! You could be named and shamed ... |  |

| Business Expenses: Sole Trader Vs Limited Company What expenses can each claim? |  |

| Changes To The Taxation Of Termination Payments New legislation comes into force in April, 2018 ... |  |

| Transferring Property And The Stamp Duty Land Tax Trap It's easy to fall into, but equally avoidable ... |  |

| Transferring Shares To Your Spouse It has to be done the right way ... |  |

| Do I Need To Let HMRC Know About The Property I Let Out? Yes. you most definitely do ... |  |

| HMRC Disclosure Campaigns Raise Over £1.2 Billion Have you any undeclared income or overstated expenditure? |  |

| The New Essendon Tax Website Has Launched! Find out more about what we do ... |  |

| Borrowing Money From Your Company It may not be as interest-free as you think ... |  |

| Ensuring Capital Treatment On Purchase Of Own Shares Can a company buy back its shares? |  |

| The Importance Of Tax Planning For Your Family Making the most of your allowances ... |  |

| Property Tax Changes In The Autumn Budget 2017 It's not just about house building ... |  |

| Investing In Student Accommodation For Your Children There are ways to minimise the tax due ... |  |

| The Statutory Residence Test And Working Abroad It's easy to fall foul of ... |  |

| ATED: Annual Tax On Enveloped Dwellings Are your properties now affected? |  |

| Inheritance Tax And The Residence Nil Rate Band It's a complicated piece of legislation ... |  |

| The Importance Of Getting Your Paperwork Right And the consequences of getting it wrong ... |  |

| HMRC's Trust Registration Service Do you need to register? |  |

| Business Investment Relief For Non-UK Domiciles Do you qualify? |  |

| Principal Private Residence Relief Do you have more than one residence? |  |

| Business Property Relief And Furnished Holiday Lettings A quick look at HMRC vs Ross ... |  |

| When To Charge The Reduced Rate Of VAT And when to charge at the standard rate ... |  |

| A Brief Guide To Furnished Holiday Lettings There are both advantages and disadvantages ... |  |

| Buy To Let Tax Relief On Repairs And Replacements There's a lot of room for interpretation ... |  |

| Selling A UK Rental Property What's your tax going to be? |  |

| Liquidations And Phoenixing Do you know your tax position? |  |

| Business Property Relief And Inheritance Tax It's a very valuable tax relief ... |  |

| How Do You Obtain Income Tax Relief For Losses? I know you want to make a profit, but ... |  |

| Property Tax: Loan Interest Relief Restrictions You may need to re-evaluate your property business ... |  |

| Transferring A Property Letting Business To A Company What's the tax going to be on that? |  |

| Raising Funds Under The Enterprise Investment Scheme EIS or Seed EIS? Would you qualify? |  |

| Property Letting: Is It A Business Or An Investment Activity? You have to consider your activities as a whole ... |  |

| The Basic Principles Of Trusts More common than you think ... |  |

| Inheritance Tax, NRBs And The Rise Of Gifting Have you updated your will recently? |  |

| Entrepreneurs' Relief: Do You Qualify? It can be hugely valuable ... |  |

| Welcome To Essendon Tax Consultancy The start of my brand new blog ... |  |