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• November 2024

  • Millionaire business owners: increase CGT to raise £14bn
  • Many possible changes could be arriving for IHT
  • Changes to high earners for Self-Assessment
  • New rules for businesses on employee hours data delayed
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Dates
  • Autumn Budget 2024

• October 2024

  • Mounting speculation of Inheritance Tax changes to come
  • A new flat rate for pension tax relief? Budget changes expected
  • Loophole for fund managers that chancellor called 'absurd' set to be closed
  • Seasonal staff warning from HMRC
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Dates

• September 2024

  • Axe falls on tax benefits for Furnished Holiday Lets
  • Are we going back to the future for CGT?
  • Digital platform rules: new guidance ahead of first report deadline
  • UK and Ecuador announce tax treaty
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key Dates

• August 2024

  • What does the new Government mean for tax?
  • Could a pension-related IHT proposal help raise money for new Government?
  • 95,000 get £100 fines for late filing – despite no tax being owed
  • New tool may help businesses better understand VAT registration implications
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key Dates

• July 2024

  • Battle lines drawn on tax – but is there a ‘conspiracy of silence?’
  • Budget will loom following General Election result
  • Tax lost to error and ‘failure’ rises – four years on from digital tax
  • As Euro 2024 kicks off, tax spotlight takes a Football focus
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key Dates

• June 2024

  • Spotlight falls on potential tax changes as General Election called
  • July tax credits deadline prompts payment warning
  • New Scottish tax sparks petition to recall powers
  • HMRC issues ‘tax refund companies’ alert
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key Dates

• May 2024

  • Treasury collects £10bn extra in Business taxes
  • Tax penalty fears for pensioners as millions ‘dragged into net’
  • New employment rights kick in
  • HMRC helpline axe saga rumbles on as closure looms again
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key Dates

• April 2024

  • Spring Statement 2024
  • Spring Finance Bill sets shape for tax changes to come
  • Plans to close HMRC helpline for half a year halted
  • Bumper IHT receipts set to be new record high
  • Online live funerals receive VAT exemption
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key Dates

• March 2024

  • £38million of tax overpayments refunded
  • Budget to bring tax and mortgage changes?
  • Scammers target self-employed with fake tax refund promise
  • Record Self-Assessment returns, but estimated 1m miss deadline
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March key tax dates

• February 2024

  • New Year, New Budget
  • Online sellers watch out for 'side hustle tax'
  • £148m in tax bills to be paid in instalments
  • Scotland creates new higher income tax band
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key Dates

• January 2024

  • Watch out for data thieves' latest scam
  • Cause for cheer on company parties
  • Have you discovered this tax relief?
  • New 'one pension pot for life' proposal
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Dates

• December 2023

  • Self-Employment Tax Returns deadline looms
  • Autumn Statement - what happens now?
  • Cash basis changes
  • Tax-deductible training costs
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Dates

• November 2023

  • Inheritance Tax Query? Contact HMRC Now
  • VAT Registration – Online Only from November 2023
  • HMRC are Communicating about Self-Assessment
  • Payrolled Benefits, Self-Assessment and Student Loans
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Dates
  • Autumn Statement 2023

• October 2023

  • Advisory Fuel Rates – MUST Be Effective 01 October 2023
  • R&D Tax Relief – Additional Information Required
  • Register for Self-Assessment – The Deadline Approaches
  • Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay Changes in 2024
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Dates

• September 2023

  • HMRC Close One Helpline – But Re-open Another
  • Outstanding Post - HMRC Extends its Trial
  • Employer Bulletin August 2023 – an Error Corrected
  • Welcome IZENR (aka National Insurance Relief in Investment Zones)
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September key tax dates

• August 2023

  • Outstanding Post - HMRC Expands its Agent Team
  • Important Employment Law Changes
  • Obtaining the National Insurance Number
  • Introducing More HMRC Call Waiting Times
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August key tax dates

• July 2023

  • Corporation tax on capital gains
  • Voluntary NIC payment deadline extended again
  • HMRC nudges those named in Pandora Papers
  • How to claim the Marriage Allowance
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July key tax dates

• June 2023

  • How to spread your PAYE payments
  • HMRC warn of BAD relief claims
  • VAT margin scheme for car dealers
  • Excess mileage payments
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June key tax dates

• May 2023

  • VAT penalty notices
  • Planning for retirement
  • Payroll settlement agreements (PSA)
  • Payroll hygiene
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May key tax dates

• April 2023

  • More time to pay missing National Insurance Contributions
  • Cleaning up your sales till
  • Employment status of Associate Dentists
  • Electronic returns of benefits and expenses
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April key tax dates

• March 2023

  • Relief for mortgage interest on let properties
  • HMRC homes in on Airbnb landlords
  • Planning your profit extraction
  • Plugging NIC gaps
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key tax dates
  • Spring Budget - 2023

• February 2023

  • HMRC questions claims for Lettings Relief
  • How to challenge a K-code
  • Reporting crypto profits and losses
  • HMRC is chasing down the gig-economy
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key tax dates

• January 2023

  • Claiming employment related expenses
  • Beware of electronic sales suppression
  • VAT late filing penalties
  • Late VAT payments and interest
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Tax Dates

• December 2022

  • VAT repayment evidence
  • Letters to landlords
  • Corporate Landlords
  • Letters about corporate losses
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Tax Dates

• November 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • Entertaining - allowable for tax?
  • Renting out a 'spare' room
  • A company closes - how to withdraw any remaining cash tax efficiently.
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Tax Dates
  • Autumn Statement 2022

• October 2022

  • Mini Budget Summary
  • Are you too late to claim a tax repayment?
  • Landlords - make sure you claim all the expenses you can.
  • Which VAT scheme to use?
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Tax Dates

• September 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • One way of getting money out of your company - charge rent
  • Have you taken an 'illegal dividend'?
  • Are you trading?
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key tax dates

• August 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • Where does HMRC get its information from?
  • Are directors liable for their dissolved company's unpaid bills?
  • Reporting residential property gains - the timing is tight
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key tax dates

• July 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • When should a business register for VAT?
  • Can employing a family member save tax?
  • Tax relief for rental property losses post Covid
  • July Questions and Answer
  • July Key tax dates

• June 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • Capital Gains Tax - your main residence may not be tax-free
  • Are you struggling to pay your tax bill?
  • Tax relief for losses - Coronavirus concession
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key tax dates

• May 2022

  • Latest News round-up
  • PAYE Tax Coding - is your Code right?
  • 'Higher earner'- should you claim child benefit?
  • Let property - Claiming the full amount of mortgage interest tax relief
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key tax dates

• April 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • Transitional rules for Capital Allowances
  • Election to be treated as UK-domiciled for IHT purposes
  • Is the QCB deferral worthwhile?
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key tax dates

• March 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • VAT - the annual accounting scheme
  • Claiming relief for an old tax return error
  • Trading losses and CGT
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key Tax Dates
  • Spring Statement 2022

• February 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • VAT - charged too much?
  • Does an employee loan always need reporting to HMRC?
  • Holdover relief tax trap
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key tax dates

• January 2022

  • Latest news round-up
  • Christmas: how does hospitality and gifts affect the VAT return?
  • Inheritance Tax (IHT) - a problem with taper relief
  • Home working and Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key tax dates

• December 2021

  • Latest news round-up
  • Using the Import One-Stop-Shop for low value sales
  • EIS - FTT considers risk to capital condition
  • Let property: improvement v repair
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key tax dates

• November 2021

  • Latest news round-up
  • Partial exemption and B2B services from overseas
  • Discovery assessments: time limits, the staleness concept, and Finance Bill changes
  • Avoiding wasted capital losses
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key tax dates
  • Autumn Budget 2021

• October 2021

  • Latest news round-up
  • Preserving FHL status for 2020/21
  • Freeports - the tax breaks
  • Buying a commercial building
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key tax dates

• September 2021

  • Latest news round-up
  • Loss relief for companies ceasing a trade
  • HMRC enquiries: is it in time?
  • Inheritance tax - why giving away money can mean more for the beneficiaries
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key tax dates

• August 2021

  • Latest news round-up
  • Investors' Relief - the forgotten CGT break?
  • Invalid VAT invoices
  • Tax-Free Childcare and summer activities
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key tax dates

• July 2021

  • Latest news round up
  • P11Ds for 2020/21 - COVID19 considerations
  • Property CGT - avoid reporting traps
  • VAT registration - delays
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key tax dates

• June 2021

  • Latest news round up
  • Non-resident SDLT surcharge now in effect
  • Gift aid problems
  • VAT group registration
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key tax dates

• May 2021

  • Latest news round up
  • Student loans for 2021-22
  • Debt factoring and VAT
  • Making Tax Digital
  • May questions and answers
  • May Key tax dates

• April 2021

  • Latest news round up
  • Loss relief extension
  • Dealing with an overdrawn Directors Loan Account
  • Tax relief for loans used for businesses
  • April questions and answers
  • April Key tax dates

• March 2021

  • Latest news round up
  • Import One-Stop Shop
  • Reporting Covid-19 support payments
  • Venture Capital Trusts - are the dividends exempt?
  • March questions and answers
  • March Key tax dates
  • March 2021 Budget

• February 2021

  • Latest news round up
  • Deregistering from VAT
  • Self-assessment - DIY time-to-pay options
  • Leaving the UK: a look at split-year treatment
  • February questions and answers
  • February Key tax dates

• January 2021

  • Latest round up
  • Reverse charge for building services imminent
  • First-year allowances for zero emission cars to continue
  • HMRC launches UK VAT number checking tool
  • January questions and answers
  • January Key tax dates

• December 2020

  • Finance Bill 2021 and other changes
  • HMRC encourage businesses to register for the Trader Support Service
  • Directors' loans - a reminder of the tax charge
  • Gift Aid tax relief
  • December questions and answers
  • December Key tax dates

• November 2020

  • Covid-19: Job Support Scheme
  • Covid-19: SEISS and business grants update
  • The 'new normal' for Christmas parties?
  • HMRC review of import VAT deducted as input tax by non-owners
  • November questions and answers
  • November 2020 Key tax dates

• October 2020

  • Covid-19: Government unveils winter economy plan
  • Kickstart for employers
  • Can I get a Customs grant?
  • VAT: changes to accounting methods used by opticians and sellers of hearing aids
  • October questions and answers
  • October 2020 Key tax dates

• September 2020

  • Covid-19 support: SEISS second claim service open
  • HMRC launch consultation on NIC holiday for veterans
  • Helping employees with cheap loans
  • Applying for a customs grant
  • September questions and answers
  • September 2020 Key tax dates

• August 2020

  • Managing LISAs on death or terminal illness
  • CGT reporting deadline
  • Reduced property transaction charges
  • VAT FRS temporary rate reductions confirmed
  • August questions and answers
  • August 2020 Key tax dates

• July 2020

  • Change to partial exemption VAT treatment
  • FTT publishes practice statement on ADR
  • Business asset disposal relief update
  • Advisory fuel rates update
  • July questions and answers
  • July 2020 Key tax dates
  • Summer Economic Statement 2020

• June 2020

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: homeworkers' expenses
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: self-assessment payment deferrals
  • Coronavirus SSP Rebate Scheme launches
  • Tax-efficient savings update
  • June questions and answers
  • June 2020 Key tax dates

• May 2020

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) update
  • VAT: Deferral of payments
  • MTD for VAT: Second phase delayed
  • Construction Industry Scheme: top tips
  • May questions and answers
  • May 2020 Key tax dates

• April 2020

  • Homeworking flat rate allowances increased
  • Reduction in the lifetime limit for entrepreneurs' relief
  • Changes to off-payroll working rules delayed until 2021
  • HMRC urge people to prepare for CGT payment change
  • April questions and answers
  • April Key tax dates

• March 2020

  • HMRC issue EA changes reminder
  • Structures and buildings capital allowances
  • 2020/21 NIC rates and thresholds confirmed
  • VAT: HMRC provide guidance on digital publications
  • March questions and answers
  • March Key tax dates
  • March 2020 Budget

• February 2020

  • Loan charge repayments deferred
  • CGT on cryptoassets
  • Increased NMW rates from April 2020
  • VAT and Brexit
  • February questions and answers
  • February Key tax dates

• January 2020

  • What does the General election mean for tax?
  • HMRC advisory fuel rates from 1 December 2019
  • Another IR35 loss for HMRC
  • Business mergers and changes of ownership - payroll issues explained
  • January questions and answers
  • January Key tax dates

• December 2019

  • Tax-free Christmas parties
  • Proposals to pay doctors’ pension tax bills: update
  • Should I register for VAT?
  • Should I incorporate my business?
  • December questions and answers
  • December Key tax dates

• November 2019

  • Recognising genuine HMRC contact
  • Losses in the first years of trade
  • Probate fees changes abandoned
  • Salary or bonus?
  • November questions and answers
  • November Key tax dates

• October 2019

  • HMRC publish Agent Update: Brexit Special
  • Delay in implementation of domestic reverse charge VAT for construction services
  • HMRC win IR35 case
  • Tax-free expenses for home-workers
  • October questions and answers
  • October Key tax dates

• September 2019

  • Employers must plan ahead for EA restriction
  • Tax cuts coming for zero emissions vehicles
  • Parking for rent?
  • HMRC 2018-19 Annual report published
  • September questions and answers
  • September Key tax dates

• August 2019

  • Dividend allowance
  • HMRC consultation on Partial Exemption and Capital Goods Scheme
  • The correct way with directors' NICs
  • Changes in accounting for VAT after prices are altered
  • August questions and answers
  • August Key tax dates

• July 2019

  • Capital allowances SBA update
  • HMRC clarify VAT zero-rating of transport of disabled passengers
  • Tax-free childcare - don't miss out!
  • Tax-efficient remuneration with pension contributions
  • July questions and answers
  • July Key tax dates

• June 2019

  • New NIC treatment of termination payments
  • Making use of gift exemptions for IHT
  • MTD for VAT: guidance updated
  • Moving into partnership
  • June questions and answers
  • June Key tax dates

• May 2019

  • Taxpayer wins IR35 challenge
  • Minimum workplace pension contributions rise
  • VAT Flat rate scheme
  • Rent-a-room tax break remains
  • May questions and answers
  • May key tax dates

• April 2019

  • Treasury under pressure to debate probate 'tax'
  • Making Tax Digital update
  • Employee mileage allowances
  • NMW and NLW increases take effect
  • April questions and answers
  • April key tax dates

• March 2019

  • HMRC reaffirm income tax charge on winding up
  • Checking directors' expenses
  • Voluntary disclosures
  • Employer responsibilities for tips
  • March questions and answers
  • March key tax dates
  • Spring Statement 2019

• February 2019

  • MTD pilot opens to all
  • The 'section 455 charge'
  • Maximising the benefit of Gift Aid donations
  • FTT examines juicy VAT case
  • February questions and answers
  • February key tax dates

• January 2019

  • Make the most of tax efficient savings offers
  • Can an employer still claim the EA?
  • Considering capital expenditure?
  • VAT: Supplies of digital services to consumers in the EU
  • January questions and answers
  • January key tax dates

• December 2018

  • Company vans update
  • VAT reverse charge in the construction industry
  • PGLs for employers
  • HMRC warn of tax scams targeting university students
  • December questions and answers
  • December key tax dates

• November 2018

  • Autumn Budget 2018
  • Apprenticeship levy to help smaller firms
  • High Income Child Benefit Charge
  • Making use of the trading allowance
  • Software requirements under MTD
  • November questions and answers
  • November key tax dates

• October 2018

  • Help-to-Save accounts go live
  • Class 2 NICs to remain
  • VAT on holiday accommodation
  • HMRC launch MTD campaign
  • October questions and answers
  • October key tax dates

• September 2018

  • HMRC consult on BIK changes
  • MTD research published
  • VAT treatment of vouchers
  • OTS proposals new online PAYE platform
  • September questions and answers
  • September 2018 key tax dates

• August 2018

  • Further MTD guidance published
  • Saving tax with simplified expenses
  • HMRC update trust registration guidance
  • Finance Bill 2018-19
  • August questions and answers
  • August 2018 key tax dates

• July 2018

  • MTD update
  • EU mandatory tax disclosure rules take effect
  • CGT payment date under consultation
  • HMRC continue to face issues with TRS
  • July questions and answers
  • July key tax dates

• June 2018

  • Using tax to keep employees healthy
  • Investors' relief
  • IT contractor wins IR35 case
  • Corporate offences guidance updated
  • June questions and answers
  • June key tax dates

• May 2018

  • Use Gift Aid to save tax
  • Diesel car supplement increase takes effect
  • HMRC update guidance on MSCs
  • When are tips taxable?
  • May questions and answers
  • May key tax dates

• April 2018

  • Offshore income and the RTC rule
  • Wales ready for tax changes
  • Finance Act 2018 changes affecting partnerships
  • NMW and NLW increases take effect
  • April questions and answers
  • April key tax dates

• March 2018

  • Spring Statement 2018
  • IHT: know your limit
  • HMRC win IR35 appeal
  • Tax deductions for family members' wages?
  • ISA limits update
  • March questions and answers
  • March key tax dates

• February 2018

  • Tax-free childcare now open to under 9s
  • Two million couples still missing out on Marriage Allowance
  • HMRC clarify VAT treatment of affiliation fees for sports clubs
  • Latest MTD progress
  • February questions and answers
  • February key tax dates

• January 2018

  • New Budget timetable and Spring Statement date confirmed
  • Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme
  • Consider a partnership
  • New tax bands announced in Scottish Budget
  • January questions and answers
  • January key tax dates

• December 2017

  • Abolition of Class 2 NICs delayed
  • Childcare scheme extended
  • HMRC consult on PAYE reporting requirements
  • Employment status case turned on right of substitution
  • December questions and answers
  • December key tax dates

• November 2017

  • Autumn Budget November 2017
  • HMRC launch new business support service
  • OTS outlines future work plans
  • All change for termination payments
  • Using the IHT gift exemptions
  • November questions and answers
  • November key tax dates

• October 2017

  • Getting ready for GDPR
  • HMRC launch further Help-to-Save consultation
  • The cost of driving a 'greener' car
  • MTD VAT regulations to be available by April 2018
  • October questions and answers
  • October key tax dates

• September 2017

  • New anti-money laundering regulations take effect
  • Paying Class 2 NICs
  • Double glazing salesmen was self-employed
  • Making Tax Digital for Business: update
  • September questions and answers
  • September key tax dates

• August 2017

  • Mileage rates for electric and hybrid cars
  • Switching to the cash basis
  • SDLT on second homes
  • Paying voluntary NICs
  • August questions and answers
  • August key tax dates

• July 2017

  • Working from home
  • VAT: zero-rating of adapted motor vehicles
  • Rent a room scheme
  • New state pension and contracted-out NICs
  • July questions and answers
  • July key tax dates

• June 2017

  • IHT: main residence nil-rate band
  • Reform of landlords' taxation?
  • CGT annual exemption: use it or lose it!
  • Brexit legislation update
  • June questions and answers
  • June key tax dates

• May 2017

  • Automatic enrolment for pensions
  • Tax-free savings update
  • HMRC launch consultation on employee expenses
  • VAT Flat rate scheme: changes take effect
  • May questions and answers
  • May key tax dates

• April 2017

  • Apprenticeship Levy
  • Change to Class 4 NIC rate reversed
  • Registration for tax-free childcare opens
  • Increase in the cash basis threshold
  • April questions and answers
  • April key tax dates

• March 2017

  • Spring budget 2017
  • Changes to IR35 rules confirmed
  • Tax-free access to pension advice
  • Salary v dividend
  • Changes to company carry-forward of losses confirmed
  • March questions and answers
  • March key tax dates

• February 2017

  • HMRC's tougher approach to offshore tax evasion
  • Implementation timetable for Making Tax Digital extended
  • Employers beware of plans to change Scottish income tax threshold
  • Coming soon: tax-free childcare
  • February questions and answers
  • February key tax dates

• January 2017

  • Changes to the VAT flat rate scheme
  • Abolition of Class 2 NICs
  • Company cars: ultra-low emissions vehicles
  • Disguised remuneration and the self-employed
  • January questions and answers
  • January key tax dates

• December 2016

  • The Autumn Statement 2016
  • HMRC clarify pre-registration of VAT policy
  • Employment Allowance consultation launched
  • Real living wage increase takes effect
  • Caps on income tax relief
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Tax Dates

• November 2016

  • Restriction of tax relief on finance costs for individual landlords
  • NMW increases take effect
  • Help-to-Save
  • Self-assessment and disclosure
  • November questions and answers
  • November key tax dates

• October 2016

  • Finance Bill 2016 receives Royal Assent
  • Termination payments consultation
  • HMRC launch online disclosure service for agents
  • Lifetime ISA guidance updated
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Tax Dates

• September 2016

  • Dividend Allowance
  • CIOT examines new corporate offence proposals
  • FB 2016 amendment on OTS appointments proposed
  • EU consultation on ending VAT on eBooks
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key Tax Dates

• August 2016

  • HMRC Annual Report Published
  • Spotlight on Tax Avoidance Schemes
  • HMRC Focus on Contractor Loan Schemes
  • Casual Employees
  • Questions and Answers
  • August Key Tax Dates

• July 2016

  • Trivial benefits
  • HMRC guidance on senior accounting officers
  • Help-to-save consultation launched
  • FRS 102 guidance on directors' loans revised
  • July 2016 Questions and answers
  • July 2016 Key Tax Dates

• June 2016

  • New PSC register requirements take effect
  • OTS examines potential for new trading vehicle
  • HMRC go live with Verify identity authentication
  • Free pension advisory services to be merged
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key Tax Dates

• May 2016

  • New credit card payment fees take effect
  • HMRC consultation on fulfilment house due diligence
  • New student loan plans take effect
  • Companies to be liable for employees who facilitate tax cheating
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key Tax Dates

• April 2016

  • OTS recommends simplifications for small companies
  • Close alignment of income tax and NICS
  • National minimum wage increases announced
  • Guidance on SDLT Budget reforms
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key Tax Dates

• March 2016

  • 2016 Budget News
  • Practical implications of the dividend tax allowance
  • Personal savings allowance update
  • Landlords' replacement wear and tear allowance
  • Employee bonus schemes in the spotlight
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key Tax Dates

• February 2016

  • Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on additional properties
  • HMRC prepare for National Living Wage (NLW)
  • Simplification of VAT MOSS for small businesses
  • Could EA exemption be avoided?
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key Tax Dates

• January 2016

  • Making Tax Digital: Launch of PTAs
  • VAT Partial Exemption Changes Following Le Credit Lyonnais
  • 2016 Fuel and Van Benefit Rates Set
  • Introducing Innovative Finance ISAs
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Tax Dates

• December 2015

  • HMRC continue with modernisation plans
  • Company cars - April 2016 increases
  • Dividend allowance
  • HMRC win 'Rangers' tax case
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Tax Dates

• November 2015

  • Autumn Statement 2015
  • Update on intermediaries review
  • Follower Notices and Accelerated Payment Notices (APNs)
  • HMRC business records checks scrapped
  • Flat rate homeworking expenses
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Tax Dates

• October 2015

  • Changes to NICs for the Self-employed
  • Spotlight on Contractor Loan Schemes
  • Tax Credit Changes Approved
  • IHT on Main Residence Nil-rate Band and Downsizing Proposals
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Tax Dates

• September 2015

  • Tax-efficient savings for children
  • The future for intermediaries
  • When tips are taxable
  • Paying Inheritance Tax
  • September Questions and answers
  • September Key Tax Dates

• August 2015

  • Tax-free Childcare
  • Rent a Room
  • Help to Buy ISAs
  • Employment Allowance
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key Tax Dates

• July 2015

  • Summer Budget 8th July 2015
  • RTI penalties
  • Tax Reconciliation
  • Reasonable Excuse
  • VAT on Pre-trading Expenses
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key Tax Dates

• June 2015

  • Make the Best of Allowances
  • Non-resident Capital Gains Tax
  • EIS Assurance
  • Staff Clothes
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key Tax Dates

• May 2015

  • Forms P11D and P9D
  • Cancelling VAT or VAT-MOSS Registration
  • ATED Reporting
  • Auto-enrolment Exemptions
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key Tax Dates

• April 2015

  • Pension freedom or liberation?
  • Birthday surprise
  • Marriage allowance
  • Charities and tax
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key Tax Dates

• March 2015

  • 2015 Budget News
  • RTI penalties
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  • Child benefit claw-back
  • Company cars
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key Tax Dates

• February 2015

  • VAT Benchmarking
  • Supporting the Sick
  • RTI Reports and Penalties
  • Holiday Pay
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key Tax Dates

• January 2015

  • VAT Moss new guidance
  • Incorporation of a business
  • Shared parental leave and pay
  • Solicitors disclosure
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Tax Dates

• December 2014

  • Autumn Statement 2014
  • R and D Enhanced Deductions
  • Cash Basis
  • Let Property - Repairs or Improvements
  • Let Property - Furniture and Fittings
  • December Questions and Answers Section
  • December Key Tax Dates

• November 2014

  • Pensions Death Tax
  • Taskforce at Large
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  • Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS)
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Tax Dates

• October 2014

  • Creating Extra Cash-flow
  • Understanding the CIS
  • VAT on International Services
  • Scottish Taxes
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Tax Dates

• September 2014

  • Late Filing Penalties
  • Redress Payments
  • VAT On Multi-products
  • Travel Question
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key Tax Dates

• August 2014

  • Accelerated Payments
  • Maximising Statutory Maternity Pay
  • Commission Refunds
  • EC Sales Lists
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key Tax Dates

• July 2014

  • Real Time Information (RTI) Penalty Notices
  • VAT on Digital Services
  • PAYE Reconciliations
  • Scary Letters
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key Tax Dates

• June 2014

  • Marginal Tax Rates
  • Real Time Information (RTI) Interest
  • VAT and Discounts
  • Auto-enrolment
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key Tax Dates

• May 2014

  • Second Incomes
  • Second Homes
  • Tax Nudge
  • Flat Rate VAT
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key Tax Dates

• April 2014

  • Salary and Dividend Strategy 2014
  • Salaried Members of LLPs
  • Cross-border Services
  • Search for Landlords
  • April Question and Answer Section
  • April Key Tax Dates

• March 2014

  • 2014 Budget News
  • Real Time Information (RTI) Penalties
  • Business Journeys
  • Let Property Campaign
  • VAT on Books and Leaflets
  • March Question and Answer Section
  • March Key Tax Dates

• February 2014

  • CGT on Home Developments
  • Non-Resident Landlords
  • VAT Penalties
  • IHT Relief on Business Assets
  • February Question and Answer Section
  • February Key Tax Dates

• January 2014

  • New RTI Relief
  • Capital Allowances on Fixtures
  • Disguised Employment
  • Partly-exempt Businesses
  • January Question and Answer Section
  • January Key Tax Dates

• December 2013

  • Autumn Statement 2013
  • EFRBS Settlement
  • Loans to Reduce IHT
  • VAT Due Payment Date
  • RTI Penalties Around The Corner
  • December Question and Answer Section

• November 2013

  • Using the SEIS
  • Earn-out Payments on Business Sales
  • VAT and Indirect Exports Change
  • New RTI Messages
  • November Question and Answer Section
  • November Key Tax Dates

• October 2013

  • New Employee Shareholder Status
  • Contractor Loan Schemes
  • Child Benefit if Your Child is 16 or Over
  • VAT on Sale of Commercial Buildings
  • October Question and Answer Section
  • October Key Tax Dates

• September 2013

  • Resurfacing - Repairs or Capital?
  • New ATED Charge
  • VAT on Storage Change
  • Pension Lifetime Allowance
  • September Question and Answer Section
  • September Key Tax Dates

• August 2013

  • My Tax Return Catch-up
  • Self-billing Change
  • RTI for Seasonal Workers
  • VAT Mistakes
  • August Question and Answer Section
  • August Key Tax Dates

• July 2013

  • Expenses and Benefits Reporting
  • Research and Development Claims
  • RTI Relaxation Extended
  • Machine Games Duty
  • July Question and Answer Section
  • July Key Tax Dates

• June 2013

  • Inheritance Tax Loan Change
  • No RTI Reports Made?
  • RTI Growing Pains
  • Letting Business Tax Reliefs
  • June Question and Answer Section
  • June Key Tax Dates

• May 2013

  • RTI Round Up
  • Sleeping Partners and NI
  • Beware Pension Liberation
  • Do Not Rely on HMRC VAT Advice
  • May Question and Answer Section
  • May Key Tax Dates

• April 2013

  • RTI Relaxation
  • Loans to Participators Trap
  • SEIS Investment Extension
  • Cash Basis for Small Businesses
  • April Question and Answer Section
  • April Key Tax Dates

• March 2013

  • The Budget 20th March 2013
  • Make the Losses Work
  • Annual Payroll and RTI
  • Room Hire and VAT
  • Self-Employed Travel Expenses
  • March Question and Answer Section
  • March Key Tax Dates

• February 2013

  • Tax Schemes and Swiss Bank Accounts
  • Letting Relief Explained
  • SEIS - The Opportunity
  • Green Car Scam
  • February Question and Answer Section
  • February Key Tax Dates

• January 2013

  • Increased Annual Investment Allowance
  • RTI - More Information
  • New Tax Free Allowance
  • Polytunnels and Glasshouses
  • January Question and Answer Section
  • January Key Tax Dates

• December 2012

  • Planning for RTI
  • Business Record Checks
  • Taskforce Targets Private Landlords
  • VAT Registration Advice
  • December Question and Answer Section
  • December Key Tax Dates
  • Tax Numbers for 2013/14

• November 2012

  • Reducing the Child Benefit Tax Charge
  • Avoid Property Trading Tax
  • VAT on Exports
  • NIC Refunds for Vocational Training
  • November Question and Answer Section
  • November Key Tax Dates

• October 2012

  • Taxman on the Hunt Again
  • RTI Gathers Pace
  • VAT on Incorporation
  • Goodwill on Incorporation
  • October Question and Answer Section
  • October Key Tax Dates

• September 2012

  • Child Benefit Clawback
  • Gifting Assets or Shares
  • Whose Fault is Underpaid Tax?
  • Self-billing
  • September Question and Answer Section
  • September Key Tax Dates

• August 2012

  • Are You a Shadow?
  • Online VAT Filing Reminder
  • Restricted Losses Ahead
  • Tax Taskforces
  • August Question and Answer Section
  • August Key Tax Dates

• July 2012

  • Tax Campaigns Update
  • Company Money in Personal Account
  • VAT Opting to Tax on Buildings
  • Homes Worth Over 2 million pounds!
  • July Question and Answer Section
  • July Key Tax Dates

• June 2012

  • IR35 Business Tests Released
  • Unwelcome Visitors
  • Completing Forms P11D
  • PAYE Reconciliations Starting
  • June Question and Answer Section
  • June Key Tax Dates

• May 2012

  • New Tax Dashboard
  • How Gift Aid Works
  • Employer or Personal Pension Funding?
  • Filing Online Difficulties
  • May Question and Answer Section
  • May Key Tax Dates

• April 2012

  • 2012 Budget News and Analysis
  • How Much To Pay Yourself?
  • Travel for Home-Based Business
  • IR35 Proposals
  • VAT Changes
  • April Question and Answer Section
  • April Key Tax Dates

• March 2012

  • Tax Efficient Investments
  • Spreading Household Income
  • Working from Home
  • Capital Exemptions and Losses
  • March Question and Answer Section
  • March Key Tax Dates

• February 2012

  • Closing Down Your Company
  • Penalties for Late Payment of PAYE
  • Confessing to Tax Fraud
  • Reporting EU Sales to HMRC
  • February Question and Answer Section
  • February Key Tax Dates

• January 2012

  • Is Your Payroll Information 'Clean'?
  • Online VAT Filing Compulsory
  • Are You On The Taxman's Target List?
  • Tax Numbers for 2012/13
  • January Question and Answer Section
  • January Key Tax Dates

• December 2011

  • Autumn Statement Tax Summary
  • Low Value Consignment Changes
  • Pension Lifetime Allowance Decrease
  • Using VAT Groups
  • December Question and Answer Section
  • December Key Tax Dates

• November 2011

  • Reality of Self-Employed Contracts
  • Teachers to Tell All
  • PAYE Refunds and Underpayments
  • Reclaiming VAT
  • November Question and Answer Section
  • November Key Tax Dates

• October 2011

  • Business Record Checks Update
  • Splitting Businesses to Avoid VAT
  • Stuck in the UK?
  • Student Loan Notices
  • October Question and Answer Section

• September 2011

  • Swiss Bank Account Tax Deal
  • Business Exit Planning
  • Jointly Held Property Tax Savings
  • New Mileage Rates
  • September Question and Answer Section

• August 2011

  • New Workplace Pensions Cost
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  • Companies House Reminders
  • Less Tax for Students
  • August Question and Answer Section

• July 2011

  • Web Bots Are Out to Get You!
  • What if You Don't Pay Your Tax!
  • Must You Register for VAT?
  • Repayment Claims for Tax on Interest
  • July Question and Answer Section

• June 2011

  • Tax Efficient Profit Extraction
  • Property Development Issues
  • Why Stamp Duty Form Changes?
  • Missing Trader Fraud
  • June Question and Answer Section

• May 2011

  • Higher Penalties for Late Returns
  • Tax Efficient Cars
  • Capital Allowances for Holiday Lets
  • Paying PAYE on Time
  • May Question and Answer Section

• April 2011

  • Plumbers Tax Safe Plan
  • Changes to NIC Class 2 Payments
  • PAYE Notices are Coming
  • New Pensioners to Receive Tax Bills
  • April Question and Answer Section

• March 2011

  • 2011 Budget News and Analysis
  • Taxman Starts Business Records Check
  • Taxman to Hassle Tax Cheats
  • Traps with the Flat Rate VAT Scheme
  • Leaving it to Charity
  • March Question and Answer Section

• February 2011

  • More PAYE Reconciliations
  • Changes to Tax Credits
  • How to Challenge a VAT penalty
  • Clamp-down on Loan Schemes
  • February Question and Answer Section

• January 2011

  • Associated Company Changes
  • Furnished Holiday Lettings Changes
  • Take Care with VAT
  • Tax Numbers for 2011/12
  • January Question and Answer Section

• December 2010

  • 2010 Autumn Statement
  • It's Christmas Time Mr Taxman!
  • Business Tax Changes 2011/12
  • Personal Tax Changes 2011/12
  • Question and Answer Section

• November 2010

  • Planning for the VAT Increase
  • Pension Changes Ahead
  • Update on PAYE 'Errors'
  • Refund of Overseas VAT
  • November Question and Answer Section

• October 2010

  • Taxman Brings in the Heavies
  • National Minimum Wage Changes
  • PAYE 'Errors'
  • Tell the Taxman Now
  • October Question and Answer Section

• September 2010

  • Cycle to Work Scheme Update
  • Dividend Planning to Maximise Tax Credits
  • Maximum NI Contributions
  • VAT Rates and Refunds
  • September Question and Answer Section

• August 2010

  • Withdrawal of CIS Gross Payment Status
  • Business Assurance Visits
  • VAT on Google Adwords
  • Deferring a Capital Gain and EIS
  • August Question and Answer Section

• July 2010

  • Applying New CGT Rules
  • Giving Shares to Employees
  • VAT Online - Are You Ready?
  • Young People and Taxes
  • July Question and Answer Section

• June 2010

  • Emergency Budget 2010
  • Changes in Capital Gains Tax
  • Other Tax Changes Ahead
  • Post Credibility Team
  • PAYE Codes for 2010/11
  • June Question and Answer Corner

• May 2010

  • Furnished Holiday Lettings Saved!
  • New Penalties for late PAYE
  • Commercial Property Losses
  • New VAT Partial Exemption Rules
  • May Question and Answer Corner

• April 2010

  • 2010 Budget News
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  • New Rateable Values from 1 April
  • New Employment Regulations
  • April Question and Answer Corner

• March 2010

  • Filing VAT Returns Online
  • How to Keep Accounting Records
  • Time Runs Out for Tax Claims
  • Changes to the EC Sales List
  • March Question and Answer Corner

• February 2010

  • Errors in New PAYE Codes
  • Doctors and Dentists Asked to Confess
  • Adding Overseas Purchases to Sales
  • When is Your PAYE Due?
  • February Question and Answer Corner

• January 2010

  • Time to Pay Your Tax!
  • The Capital Gains Dilemma
  • Reclaiming Overseas VAT is Now Easier
  • Are You Declaring Commissions?
  • January Question and Answer Corner

• December 2009

  • Pre-Budget - December 9 2009
  • Christmas Gift Time Mr Taxman!
  • Tax Deductions for Franchise Fees
  • Avoid the Higher VAT Rate
  • Tax Relief on Accountant's Fees!
  • December Question and Answer Corner

• November 2009

  • Beware of Verbal Tax Advice
  • Tips and Service Charge Changes
  • What to do When a Customer Goes Bust
  • New Opportunities to Claim Benefits
  • November Question and Answer Corner

• October 2009

  • VAT Option to tax – 20 Years are up!
  • Penalties for Late Tax Returns and Payments
  • New Company Forms from 1 October
  • Transferring Investment Property to Trading Stock
  • October Question and Answer Corner

• September 2009

  • 2nd Offshore Tax Amnesty Announced
  • When is Paying a Dividend "illegal"?
  • Correcting VAT Errors
  • Giving Shares to Employees
  • September Question and Answer Corner

• August 2009

  • Flipping Houses
  • Budget For Your Tax Bill
  • Beware Tax Email Scams
  • When is a Pick-Up a Van?
  • August Question and Answer Corner

• July 2009

  • Tax Savings of Incorporation
  • Are You Trading in Properties?
  • Tips for Quick VAT Registration
  • Company Cars are Getting More Expensive
  • July Question and Answer Corner

• June 2009

  • Car Scrappage Scheme Tax Implications
  • Claiming Tax Relief on Overseas Property
  • Credit Crunch Tax Credit Protective Claims
  • Beware the VAT Threshold
  • June Question and Answer Corner

• May 2009

  • How to Beat the New 60% and 50% Tax Rates
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  • P11D Forms and Dispensations
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  • May Question and Answer Corner

• April 2009

  • Budget News & Analysis 2009
  • The Service Company Question
  • Traps in the VAT Flat Rate Scheme
  • Company Car Benefit Changes
  • Giving to Charity Tax Efficiently
  • April Question and Answer Corner

• March 2009

  • Top 10 Year End Tax Planning Tips
  • Budget Day will be 22 April 2009
  • New Penalties from April 2009
  • Why Pay the National Minimum Wage?
  • March Question and Answer Corner

• February 2009

  • New Companies House Late Filing Penalties
  • Sharing Family Rental Income
  • Dividend Planning
  • Save Tax on Winding up a Company
  • February Question and Answer Corner

• January 2009

  • Overdrawn Directors Loan Account
  • Will you be taxed on your Keyman Policy?
  • Losses and Falling Sales
  • Planning January 31 Tax Payments
  • January Question and Answer Corner

• December 2008

  • Pre-Budget 2008 Analysis
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  • Claiming Small Business Rate Relief
  • Increase Your Pension Fund Value
  • Statutory Sick Pay Changes
  • December Question & Answer Corner

• November 2008

  • Losses on Property Lets
  • 10 Ideas to Beat the Credit Crunch
  • VAT Problem for House Builders
  • Losses in a Group of Companies
  • November Question & Answer Corner

• October 2008

  • Contractors Beware Dragonfly Consulting Case
  • Changes in Company Law
  • New Tax Return Deadline
  • Telling the Authorities About Your Company Changes
  • October Question and Answer Corner

• September 2008

  • Cycle to Gold & Save Tax!
  • How to Gift a Property
  • VAT - Checking the Numbers
  • Getting More out of Mileage Rates
  • September Question & Answer Corner

• August 2008

  • Getting Your Business to Pay for Your Holiday!
  • Dealing with the Changed Personal Allowance
  • Selling Your Business - the VAT Implications
  • Mileage Expenses of Less than 40p per Mile
  • August Question and Answer Corner

• July 2008

  • Mileage Expenses and Rocketing Fuel Prices
  • Planning to Sell Your Company?
  • The £50,000 Annual Investment Allowance
  • Protect Your Pension Fund
  • July Question and Answer Corner

• June 2008

  • Impact of Revised 2008/09 Tax Allowance
  • Taxation of Non-Doms
  • Changes to Correcting VAT Errors
  • VAT on Pre-Incorporation Expenditure
  • June Question and Answer Corner

• May 2008

  • The Service Company Question on Form P35
  • Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
  • When is Lunch Tax Deductible?
  • What Needs to be on a VAT invoice?
  • May Question and Answer Corner

• April 2008

  • National Minimum Wage for Family Members
  • Inside or Outside the Company?
  • Better Return by Holding Cash Personally?
  • Claim Back Wages from the Taxman
  • April Question and Answer Corner
  • Budget March 2008

• March 2008

  • Year End Marginal Tax Rate Planning
  • How to Bank Your Indexation Allowance
  • How to Save Taper Relief
  • Save Tax When Taking Your State Pension
  • March Question and Answer Corner

• February 2008

  • Capital Gains Relief for Entrepreneurs Announced
  • Escaping Penalties for Late Tax Returns
  • Taxman wants to help you claim R&D tax relief
  • Tax Credits Rules for Childcare Costs
  • February Question and Answer Corner

• January 2008

  • Income Shifting is Coming Soon!
  • Don't Overlook Goodwill on Incorporation
  • New Capital Allowances Rules for Cars
  • New Advisory Fuel Rates
  • January Question and Answer Corner

• December 2007

  • It's Christmas Party Time Mr Taxman!
  • New VAT Rules for Invoice Numbering and More
  • Protect Yourself Against HMRC Scandal
  • December Question and Answer Corner

• November 2007

  • Rates and Allowances for 2008/09
  • When to Sell your Investments
  • Home Office Extension
  • Employees Working Abroad
  • November Question and Answer Corner

• October 2007

  • How to Declare Foreign Income
  • Tax Advantages of Non-Domicile Status
  • Car in the Company or Not?
  • The Directors Loan Account Write Off
  • October Question and Answer Corner

• September 2007

  • Sharing Your Business With Your Other-Half
  • The Collector Wants Your Money!
  • Longer Holidays for All
  • Company Car or Van?
  • September Question and Answer Corner

• August 2007

  • Victory for Husband and Wife Companies!
  • What will the Taxman do now to Attack Small Companies?
  • How to Cash-in on Goodwill
  • August Question and Answer Corner

• July 2007

  • Is the Taxman Cracking Down on Buy-to-Let Landlords?
  • VAT Registration Problems and Keeping Below the VAT Limit
  • A Loan From Your Own Company
  • Is it Worth Topping up NI contributions?
  • July Question and Answer Corner

• June 2007

  • Easing the P11D Pain
  • Swap Salary for Benefits
  • Choice of Dividend or Bonus
  • Tax Credit Deadlines
  • June Question and Answer Corner

• May 2007

  • The "Tax Amnesty"
  • What Happens if You Die Without a Will?
  • Avoiding Tax on Company Vans
  • New VAT Fuel Scale Charges
  • May Question and Answer Corner

• April 2007

  • Is the Small Company Still Viable?
  • Tax Cut to 20%, is it Really?
  • Taxman Issues New Guidance for Use of Home Claims
  • Stamp Duty Help for Family Exchanges
  • April Question and Answer Corner

• March 2007

  • Budget 2007 News and Analysis
  • Tax Benefits of Investing in Woodlands
  • Now or Never - Year End Tax Planning Tips
  • New CIS Rules from 6th April 2007
  • Beware HMRC Email Scam
  • March Question and Answer Corner

• February 2007

  • Rewards for Tax Inspectors who Meet Targets!
  • Should You Buy the Assets or the Shares?
  • Tip to Avoid IHT on the Family Home
  • Tax Advantages of Investment Bonds
  • February Question and Answer Corner

• January 2007

  • Last Chance to Get Your Tax Return Filed
  • HMRC Launch Pilot Childcare Indicator
  • From Ltd Company Back to Sole Trader
  • Do You Know What an EFRBS is?
  • Has Your Competitor Reported You on the HMRC Hotline?
  • January Question and Answer Corner

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