Howlader & Co Blog

One of the announcements in this week’s Autumn Statement is the planned introduction of digital tax accounts. 10 million individuals and 5 million small businesses will be the first to have access to their accounts from early 2016, and by 2020 the rollout will include all individuals in the UK. The digital accounts will essentially […]

Since 2006, dentists have been able to incorporate their businesses, and many have chosen to do so because of the benefits it can provide. However, some dentists discovered that the contracts they had with their local NHS trust could not be transferred to the newly created company. One solution to this problem is to continue […]

Despite general support of the Chancellor’s announcement that the corporation tax rate would be decreasing from 20% to 18% over the next five years, many caution the international impact of the decision. Although there are seven other countries in the G20 with lower effective corporation tax rates, George Bull of Baker Tilly warns that the ‘drift towards […]

I’m sure everyone was glued to the TV during the Budget speech last week, hanging off of George Osborne’s every word. However, on the off-chance that you weren’t (although I can’t think of any possible reason why that would be the case!), then the good news is that we here at Howlader & Co HQ […]

Chancellor George Osborne is facing mounting pressure from many MPs in his own party to cut the top rate of income tax by 5p to 40p, with Liam Fox and Steve Baker becoming some of the latest names to publicly call for the change in comments made to The Telegraph. Some of the arguments put […]

According to a new report by Hymans Robertson, the future cost of paying private pensions to the estimated 11 million people in the UK who are in defined benefit schemes is now greater than the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). In the space of just one year, the price tag has risen from £1.7trn to […]

The UK currently has one of the lowest corporation tax rates within Western Europe, at just 20%. However this could change, as Germany and France (both of whom have considerably higher rates at 30-33% and 33-36.6% respectively) push forward plans to introduce a minimum corporation tax rate across the EU. Whilst the aim of this […]

HMRC have been attacked for their self-assessment penalty regime, with the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) claiming that it is ‘nothing short of oppressive’. Despite the increased advertising and awareness strategies put in place by HMRC, for the year ending 5 April 2014 over 890,000 taxpayers failed to submit their returns on time (between […]

As the election campaign heats up, Ed Miliband has announced that if he is elected to Number 10, the current non-domicile rules, which allow some UK residents to limit their tax liability, would be abolished. Normally, UK residents pay UK tax on all their earnings, regardless of where they originated from. The current rules for […]

As the more eagle eyed of you will no doubt have noticed, Chancellor George Osborne presented his 2015 Budget to Parliament this week. The 2015 Budget will affect both this coming tax year and the following – and if you live in the UK it is likely to have a profound impact on your life. […]