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Self Assessment & Income Tax

Struggling to pay your January tax bill?

Have you missed the 31 January 2019 deadline for paying your tax bill? The 31 January was not just the…

5 Feb 2019 Read article

Self Assessment & Income Tax

Tax-free investments using Premium Bonds

Premium Bonds (PBs) are an investment product issued and maintained by National Savings and Investments (NS&I), which in turn, is…

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Corporation Tax

Director’s loan accounts: recording personal expenses

HMRC commonly find errors in relation to directors’ loan accounts when making routine reviews of company tax returns. This article…

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Self Assessment & Income Tax

Is tax payable on tips?

The question of whether tips and gratuities are taxable and subject to National Insurance Contributions (NICs) often results in a…

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VAT

Interest relief for renovation or development costs

Often, when a property is purchased there is work to be done before it can be let out or sold.…

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Property & Landlord Tax

Rent-a-room: Can you benefit?

Rent-a-room relief was introduced to encourage people to let spare rooms in their own home in order to increase the…

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Property & Landlord Tax

Letting a property as a furnished holiday let – is it worthwhile?

Where a property is located in a holiday region, a consideration will be whether to let it as a holiday…

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Self Assessment & Income Tax

Does the marriage allowance apply to you?

The marriage allowance can be beneficial to married couples and civil partners on lower incomes. Claiming the marriage allowance is…

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Self Assessment & Income Tax

Abatement of the personal allowance

Not all taxpayers are able to benefit from the personal allowance – once income exceeds £100,000 the allowance is gradually…

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Self Assessment & Income Tax

Make the most of your allowances

The tax system contains a number of allowances which enable individuals to enjoy income and gains tax free. In seeking…

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Self Assessment & Income Tax

Year-end tax planning tips

As the end of the 2018/19 tax year approaches, it is worthwhile taking time for some last-minute tax planning. Here…

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PAYE & Payroll

Salary v dividend for 2019/20

A popular profits extraction strategy for personal and family companies is to extract a small salary, taking further profits as…

5 Feb 2019 Read article

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More Blog insights

Struggling to pay your January tax bill?

Tax-free investments using Premium Bonds

Director’s loan accounts: recording personal expenses

Is tax payable on tips?

Interest relief for renovation or development costs

Rent-a-room: Can you benefit?

Letting a property as a furnished holiday let – is it worthwhile?

Does the marriage allowance apply to you?

Abatement of the personal allowance

Make the most of your allowances

Year-end tax planning tips

Salary v dividend for 2019/20

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