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Fixing the foundations?

Fixing the foundations?

The first Labour Budget for over 14 years, not unexpectedly, delivered a raft of significant tax changes. OBR forecasts CPI inflation  2024  2.5% 2025  2.6% 2026  2.3% GDP growth 2024  1.1% 2025  2% 2026  1.8% 2027  1.5% Employers The National Living Wage will...

The deferral game

The deferral game

With much talk of the capital gains tax rates increasing in the October budget, we take a look back and also consider the options which may be available in future if now is not the right time to sell. Before April 2008, individuals were able to claim indexation...

Spring Budget 2024

Spring Budget 2024

The cost of living crisis is over? With 10 million people of working age not actively seeking employment; this duo have always been clear that they want to make work pay! The Chancellor repeated the message of low taxes means higher growth; higher wages and living...

What is the Trust Registration Service?

What is the Trust Registration Service?

It has now been over five years since the anti-money laundering directive which drove the creation of the Trust Registration Service was introduced. Initially the registration was triggered by a tax charge, however the requirements were extended to include trusts...

Autumn Statement

Autumn Statement

Key points Employed The Class 1 National Insurance rate will reduce from 12% to 10% with effect from 6 January 2024. Individuals with only PAYE income over £150,000 will not be required to file self-assessment tax returns from 2024/25. Those with a pension annual...

What are capital allowances?

What are capital allowances?

Very simply this is the main method your business will obtain tax relief for items in the balance sheet! When your accounts are prepared, you will notice a section in the balance sheet titled fixed assets. There may be a number of categories contained within this...

Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR)

Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR)

The retitled Entrepreneurs’ Relief has been around since April 2008, but the question of whether it is available to a shareholder or not, is not as straightforward as one would assume. Breaking it down in its basic form: Throughout the period of two years ending with...

HMRC: Let Property Campaign

HMRC: Let Property Campaign

Notifications under the Let Property Campaign are continuing to flow through to taxpayers, this is where HMRC believe that rental income has not been correctly reported through Self-Assessment. Where does HMRC get its information from? Connect is the data analysing...