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The Autumn Budget 2024 introduces a range of significant tax and financial adjustments aimed at addressing fiscal pressures and funding essential services. Here are the key changes, from national insurance increases to adjustments in inheritance tax and property levies, that […]

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 […]

With a ‘black hole’ of £22 billion to fill, there are plenty of groups giving Rachel Reeves advice.

With around 670,000 child trust fund (CTF) accounts sitting unclaimed by Generation Z adults aged between 18 and 22, HMRC is concerned.

Rental property has been set a government target to meet an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of C by 2030.

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 […]

Promised adjustments to pension law are missing a key element: increasing minimum contribution levels.

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 […]

Since July, it has been illegal for employers to withhold tips from staff.

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