Job Support Scheme:
When opening a business, your goal will be to achieve as much success as possible, especially with your turnover. As a business owner, you will have an obstacle by the name of tax, and you will probably be familiar with the corporation tax which you pay on the profit made. Once your business’ turnover (VATable) exceeds £85,000 per ...read more
As an employee most of us would assume that the P60, P11D and P45 forms provided to us by our employer are always correct, but please do not be fooled because it is not always so. Unfortunately, there are some situations where employers issue their employees with inaccurate P60s. The situation gets worse when the employee relies ...read more
Planning on building or updating the website for your company? Not sure how to account or tax the website development costs? Does it go under profit and loss and count as an expense? Or does it go on the balance sheet and count as an asset? Haven’t a clue how to answer those questions? Don’t worry, you’ve come ...read more
If you are travelling abroad this summer, it’s good to bear in mind the amount of goods that you can bring back to the UK without having to pay UK tax. When travelling to EU Countries: If you are coming back from an EU country, you can bring back an unlimited amount of most goods as long as they are for your ...read more
Advisory Fuel Rates (AFRs) are the rates recommended by HMRC to assist businesses either in reimbursing employees for using company cars for business travel or in being reimbursed back by employees for fuel costs for private travel when using a company car. The rates that apply from 1 June 2019 are: (please note that you can use the previous rates for up ...read more
The Rent a Room relief is an optional scheme that allows you to earn up to £7,500 a year tax-free (or £3,750 if you’re letting jointly) when you let out furnished accommodation to a lodger in your main home and you are also living in the accommodation for at least some of the time that the accommodation is let. Claiming the ...read more
ATED is an annual tax charge on Enveloped Dwellings payable by companies, partnerships with corporate members and collective investments vehicles that own a UK residential property valued at £500,000 or above. When do I need to submit my ATED return and are there any penalties? If the property falls within the ATED charge, a return must be submitted to HMRC by ...read more
The new tax year starts on 6th April and with it comes changes to the tax rates and thresholds. Below we have summarised what we consider the most important changes. Dividend Allowance: The tax-free dividend allowance will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,000 per year for 2018/19 onwards. This will mostly affect directors of small businesses who pay themselves through dividends rather than ...read more
Leading up to yesterday’s Budget there was speculation that Philip Hammond would announce some major shake-ups to certain aspects of the taxation system. This was fuelled by the Budget earlier in the year being relatively uneventful and the political environment having changed substantially in the months since then. However, save for one change, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered another ...read more