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Autumn Budget 2024

The first Budget from a Labour government since March 2010, and the first ever from a female Chancellor, proved to be the defining event that had been widely anticipated. From the moment in late July when Rachel Reeves unveiled her […]

A pre-Halloween scare? Looking ahead to the autumn Budget

Rachel Reeves’s first Budget will be on Wednesday 30 October. “I have to tell the House [the] Budget will involve taking difficult decisions to meet our fiscal rules across spending, welfare and tax.” The Chancellor’s ‘Public Spending: Inheritance’ speech to […]

Capital gains tax: a minority sport?

Will increased capital gains tax (CGT) mean less tax gets paid? Source HMRC The Labour Party’s 2024 manifesto said, ‘We will not increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT.’ The absence of any […]

Can you spot a fake HMRC letter?

The latest scam highlighted by HMRC is rather ‘old school’, involving letters posted to companies instead of the more usual digital communication.

Dividend allowance cut doubles taxpayers

With the dividend allowance now cut to just £500, the number of taxpayers paying tax on dividend income for 2024/25 is expected to be double what it was three years ago.

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