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ISA reforms from April

April 2024 ISA reforms bring user-friendly changes, allowing multiple subscriptions and greater flexibility in cash and investments.

The national insurance tax cut

UK employees benefit from a 2% NIC rate cut, effective Jan 6, 2024, as the government shifts toward treating NICs as taxes.

Get ahead on capital gains tax planning

Some careful forethought can help minimise your capital gains tax (CGT) bill. Everyone has an annual CGT exempt amount, which in 2023/24 makes the first £6,000 of gains free of tax. For 2024/25, this amount will be halved to £3,000. […]

Planning for directors and employees

Bringing forward income could be a sensible approach if you are not currently an additional rate taxpayer but expect to become one next year. You could consider a similar strategy to keep your income below the level at which you […]

Autumn Statement – 22 November 2023

Introduction Jeremy Hunt’s second Autumn Statement was set against a much less financially turbulent background than his first. However, politics still loomed large with a likely election in the next 12 months prompting calls for tax cuts from within the […]

economic update

overview The economic backdrop to the Autumn Statement was not as bad as might have been expected from a reading of the March 2023 projections by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). In the spring, the OBR’s first Economic and […]

Autumn Statement: Income Tax and National Insurance

INCOME TAX Main personal allowances and reliefs 2024/25 2023/24 Personal allowance* £12,570 £12,570 Marriage/civil partner’s transferable allowance £1,260 £1,260 Married couple’s/civil partner’s allowance at 10%† – maximum(if at least one born before 6/4/35)                            – minimum £11,080 £10,375 £4,280 £4,010 Blind […]

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