Class 4 NICs who is liable?
Most self-employed people are required to pay Class 4 National Insurance contributions (NICs) if their profits are £12,570 or more ...
Post Transaction Valuation Checks
A Post Transaction Valuation Check (PTVC) can be requested from HMRC for an individual to work out a capital gains ...
View and prove your immigration status
A UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account can be used by eligible users to view and prove their immigration status ...
Taxable employment benefits from April 2026
From April 2026, the government will mandate the reporting and paying of Income Tax and Class 1A National Insurance Contributions ...
Changes to Scottish Income Tax rates 2024-25
A reminder of the changes to Scottish Income Tax rates for the 2024-25 tax year. It was announced as part ...
Payrolling employee expenses and benefits
Employers can register on a voluntary basis (before the start of the tax year) to report and account for tax ...
Tax Diary May/June 2024
1 May 2024 – Due date for corporation tax due for the year ended 30 July 2023. 19 May 2024 ...
Settling energy disputes
Business owners that are in dispute with their energy suppliers will be interested in the free support on offer from ...
COVID Bounce Back abuse
The Insolvency Service has recently published information confirming that a total of 831 company directors were banned in 2023-24 for ...
Paying VAT on goods from EU to Northern Ireland
There are special procedures for moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland. Under the Northern Ireland Protocol, all Northern ...
VAT retail schemes
VAT retail schemes are a special set of schemes used by retail businesses to account for VAT. The schemes are ...
Termination payment clearance process
The tax treatment of termination payments has changed significantly over recent years. The changes have aligned the rules for tax ...
HMRC continues to target till fraud
HMRC has, for many years, looked to target businesses that deliberately undertake electronic sales suppression (ESS). ESS happens where a ...
Using the starter PAYE checklist
Employers that take on a new employee need to work out which tax code and starter declaration to use in ...
Accessing the HMRC mobile APP
HMRC’s free tax app is available to download from the App Store for iOS and from the Google Play Store ...
What do we mean by profit?
When most business owners refer to business profits, they are likely to mean the difference between sales and costs, and ...
New employment protections
New legislation, including three Government backed cross party Acts, came into force from 6 April 2024. Pregnant women and new ...
Measures to support household budgets from 1 April
In a recent press release the government confirmed the following policies to support household incomes from 1 April 2024. The ...
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