The high marginal tax rates created by phasing out the personal allowance are back in the news. ‘A million to pay 60% income tax within years,’ ran a recent headline in The Sunday Telegraph. The next day The Times picked up on the same […]
Category: Tax Planning
making tax digital for sole traders and landlords
The widening scope of Making Tax Digital (MTD) is highlighting several issues, including the limited availability of the MTD for income tax pilot scheme, and low awareness of the recent expansion of MTD for VAT to all VAT registered businesses. […]
getting the most from salary sacrifice
In these straightened times, salary may be preferable to receiving a benefit. However, the attraction of salary sacrifice has increased since 6 April, and when it comes to pensions it makes sense to take a longer-term view. NIC savings Salary […]
some of the recent NIC changes have caused complications
Some of the latest changes to national insurance contributions (NICs) started from 6 July 2022, causing complications for self-employed people and directors. Normally rates and thresholds are set for the whole tax year, as with employers’ contributions, which increased to […]
what is employment?
The Court of Appeal has for the first time ruled on employment status under the intermediaries legislation (often known as IR35) in two cases involving Kaye Adams and Paul Hawksbee – and agreed with HMRC in both. In each case […]
HMRC’s late payment interest rate rise
HMRC’s late payment interest rate has gone up by another quarter percent, and now stands at 3.75%. Late payment interest encourages prompt payment, ensuring fairness for those paying on time. The rate for overpayments remains at 0.5%. >Read more: changes […]
Charitable giving pitfalls
Many individuals donate to charity simply for altruistic reasons, but this doesn’t mean the tax benefit should be ignored. With Gift Aid donations saving tax at an individual’s marginal rate, donors need to watch out for any pitfalls that might […]
more disclosure on the cards for businesses
A downside to running a limited company is that financial information is publicly available. However, micro-entities and small companies do not have to file a profit and loss account, so available information is somewhat restricted. This situation is set to […]
Making Tax Digital update
Making Tax Digital (MTD) will become mandatory for the self-employed and landlords in 2024. Although there is no major news, a recent webinar co-hosted by HMRC has shed more light on the sign-up process, the use of spreadsheets and joining […]
Higher rate taxpayers: no longer a select club
Higher rate taxpayer numbers are rising sharply, and if that’s you, then advice is now more important than ever. Source: ONS data, OBR projections. There was once a time when paying tax at more than the basic rate made you […]
making the most of business disposal reliefs
If you are a company owner planning to sell your business in the future, you can make sure that the chargeable gain on your shares is taxed at 10% rather than 20% – in other words that the disposal qualifies […]
A new breed of digital nomad
The pandemic has freed many workers from the confines of the office, leading to the emergence of a new breed of digital nomad – people who can take their laptop, jump on a plane and set up a remote ‘office’ […]
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