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Companies with 31 December year-end date

Have you considered any last-minute planning options if your company has a 31 December 2022 year-end date? It is not ...

What is a defined contribution pension?

A defined contribution pension (sometimes referred to as a money purchase pension scheme) is a type of pension scheme where ...

25% Corporation Tax from April 2023

The planned increases in Corporation Tax (CT) rates from April 2023 are now proceeding as originally announced. The Corporation Tax ...

What is a salary sacrifice?

A salary sacrifice arrangement is an agreement to reduce an employee’s entitlement to pay, usually in return for a non-cash ...

Claiming back pre-trading VAT costs

There are special rules that determine the recoverability of pre-trading VAT costs. Pre-trading VAT costs describe VAT that was incurred ...

Super-deductions finish March 2023

Time is running out to claim the super-deduction offering 130% first-year tax relief. The deduction is available to companies until ...

Don’t forget those trivial benefits

Don’t forget to take advantage of tax-free trivial benefits before Christmas. If you are an employer and looking to give ...

Autumn Finance Bill published

The government published the Autumn Finance Bill 2022 on 22 November 2022. The Bill is officially known as Finance Bill ...

Self-assessment payments on account

Self-assessment taxpayers are usually required to pay their income tax liabilities in three instalments each year. The first two payments ...

Who is a Scottish taxpayer?

The Scottish rate of income (SRIT) is payable on the non-savings and non-dividend income of those defined as Scottish taxpayers ...

Filing abridged company accounts

Companies that are dormant or qualify as a small company or ‘micro-entity’ can choose to send a simpler set of ...

Low-cost broadband and phone tariffs

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has published a new press release to confirm that they have ...

Use HMRC’s tax app to save time

A free HMRC tax app is available and offers some useful functionality. In fact, in the 12 months up to ...

Reminder of working from home allowances

Employees who work from home may be able to claim tax relief for bills they pay that are related to ...

MTD for ITSA

The introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA) is set to commence from April 2024. This ...

CGT – share exchange

One of the more ‘niche’ measures introduced as part of the Autumn Statement measures related to Capital Gains Tax: Share ...