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Capital Gains Tax

Splitting capital and revenue expenditure

When it comes to tax relief for expenditure, not all expenditure is equal. The relief, if any, that is available,…

2 May 2022 Read article

Property & Landlord Tax

Allocating income for tax when property is jointly owned

Property that is jointly-owned may be let out. As people are taxed individually, the income must be allocated in order…

25 Apr 2022 Read article

VAT

Plastic packaging tax – who is liable?

Plastic packaging tax is a new tax that comes into effect from 1 April 2021. The tax has a green…

21 Apr 2022 Read article

Making Tax Digital

MTD for VAT for all

Under Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT, VAT-registered traders must keep electronic records and file their VAT returns electronically using…

20 Apr 2022 Read article

National Insurance

Claiming NIC veterans’ relief from April 2022

To encourage employers to employ armed forces veterans, a new relief was introduced with effect from 6 April 2021 where…

19 Apr 2022 Read article

PAYE & Payroll

Identifying NIC increases on the payslip

For 2022/23 only, the rates of Class 1 (employer and employee) National Insurance contributions are increased by 1.25 percentage points,…

12 Apr 2022 Read article

PAYE & Payroll

Filing 2021/22 expenses and benefits returns

Employers who provided their employees with taxable expenses and benefits in 2021/22 need to report these to HMRC by 6…

6 Apr 2022 Read article

Self Assessment & Income Tax

Difference between tax planning and tax avoidance

Recent years have seen HMRC stepping up its efforts to reduce what is termed the ‘tax gap’ (defined as being…

4 Apr 2022 Read article

Corporation Tax

Corporation tax rises – accounting period starts are 1 April 2022

Corporation tax is being reformed and companies with profits of more than £50,000 will pay corporation tax at a higher…

29 Mar 2022 Read article

PAYE & Payroll

Have you claimed the Employment Allowance?

The Employment Allowance is a National Insurance allowance that eligible employers can claim and set against their secondary Class 1…

28 Mar 2022 Read article

HMRC Updates

The ups and downs of Spring Statement 2022

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered his Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March 2022. In this early edition…

25 Mar 2022 Read article

Corporation Tax

Director’s loan account – timing of loans and order of repayments – increase in section 455 charge

In a personal or family company the director will often borrow money from the company. This can be an easy…

25 Mar 2022 Read article

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More Blog insights

Splitting capital and revenue expenditure

Allocating income for tax when property is jointly owned

Plastic packaging tax – who is liable?

MTD for VAT for all

Claiming NIC veterans’ relief from April 2022

Identifying NIC increases on the payslip

Filing 2021/22 expenses and benefits returns

Difference between tax planning and tax avoidance

Corporation tax rises – accounting period starts are 1 April 2022

Have you claimed the Employment Allowance?

The ups and downs of Spring Statement 2022

Director’s loan account – timing of loans and order of repayments – increase in section 455 charge

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