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Capital Gains Tax

Dispose of assets before 6 April 2024

Individuals making capital disposals do not pay capital gains tax if their net gains for the tax year (chargeable gains…

20 Mar 2024 Read article

National Insurance

Check your National Insurance record

Paying National Insurance contributions allows individuals to earn qualifying years, which in turn provides them with entitlement to the state…

18 Mar 2024 Read article

Self Assessment & Income Tax

What Is A Working Tax Credit?

Working Tax Credit is a UK government support program aimed at assisting employed individuals or families with lower incomes. This…

14 Mar 2024 Read article

PAYE & Payroll

What is a P60 Everything You Need To Know

A P60 form, also known as an End of Year Certificate, is an important document provided by employers in the…

14 Mar 2024 Read article

VAT

Selling online – When do you need to tell HMRC?

Earlier in the year, it was erroneously reported in the press that new tax rules were coming into force which…

14 Mar 2024 Read article

Corporation Tax

Splitting a company – Tax efficiently

Most private companies start as sole owner-managers; roll on a few years and some will have grown such that family…

11 Mar 2024 Read article

Employee Benefits & Expenses

Work clothes – Can they be claimed against tax?

Whether a claim for the cost of work clothes is tax deductible is covered by the general rule for deduction…

7 Mar 2024 Read article

Employee Benefits & Expenses

Incidental overnight expenses – A little known tax break

Expenses incurred by an employee on behalf of a company can only be reimbursed under the 'wholly, exclusively and necessarily'…

5 Mar 2024 Read article

Property & Landlord Tax

Repairs and improvements – What is the difference and why does it matter?

Work may be undertaken on a property to repair it or to improve it, and it will not always be…

29 Feb 2024 Read article

PAYE & Payroll

National Minimum Wage from April 2024 – Make sure you comply

Employers must pay their workers at least the statutory minimum wage for their age. Depending on the age of the…

27 Feb 2024 Read article

PAYE & Payroll

Register to payroll benefits in kind

Employers can opt to deal with taxable benefits in kind through the payroll (known as ‘payrolling’) rather than reporting them…

26 Feb 2024 Read article

National Insurance

Relevant motoring expenditure and NIC – Are you due a refund?

For tax purposes, where an employee uses their own car for work, mileage allowances can be paid tax-free up to…

22 Feb 2024 Read article

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More Blog insights

Dispose of assets before 6 April 2024

Check your National Insurance record

What Is A Working Tax Credit?

What is a P60 Everything You Need To Know

Selling online – When do you need to tell HMRC?

Splitting a company – Tax efficiently

Work clothes – Can they be claimed against tax?

Incidental overnight expenses – A little known tax break

Repairs and improvements – What is the difference and why does it matter?

National Minimum Wage from April 2024 – Make sure you comply

Register to payroll benefits in kind

Relevant motoring expenditure and NIC – Are you due a refund?

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