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Submit your Tax Return early to avoid the January rush
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Dividend Tax Changes for Business Owners: What You Need to Know
VAT on schools fees from January 2025
Private school fees will no longer be exempt from VAT from 1 January 2025. Anti-forestalling provisions will be in place from 29 July until 30 October 2024. This means that any pre-paid fees paid for the first term of the school year will continue be exempt from VAT...
Easing of tax rules for divorcing couples
The Government has released draft legislation which will ease the tax rules for many divorcing couples from April 2023. The changes follow recommendations made by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) in May 2021. What are the proposed changes to tax rules...
IFS predicts millions to be worse off next year due to tax rises
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has predicted that millions of people will be worse off in 2022 as a result of spiralling costs and tax rises. Responding to the Autumn Budget, the IFS predicted that low-income families will be squeezed by a rise in the cost of...
HMRC outlines changes to late payment penalty regime
HMRC has published a policy paper outlining the forthcoming changes to the penalties for late payment and interest harmonisation for taxpayers. The government intends to reform sanctions for late submission and late payments to make them 'fairer and more consistent...
Proposal to extend Capital Gains Tax deadline for divorces
A report published by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has recommended extending the deadline by which divorcing couples are able to claim spousal exemption on Capital Gains Tax when dividing their assets. Married couples or civil partners can transfer assets...
Proposal to extend Capital Gains Tax deadline
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has recommended that the government double the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) reporting and payment deadline for disposals of UK residential property to 60 days. Rules introduced in April 2020 mean that a UK resident disposing of UK...
Key tax relief at risk in 2020 Budget
Business owners should be aware that Entrepreneurs’ Relief, a valuable tax relief when selling or liquidating a business, could be limited or even abolished altogether on 11 March. What is Entrepreneurs’ Relief? Entrepreneurs’ Relief applies a reduced capital gains...
Tax-Free Childcare scheme
Tax-Free Childcare scheme HMRC have announced details of the new Tax-Free childcare scheme which is to be introduced in 2017. The scheme is expected to be available to around 2 million households. To qualify To be eligible, families will have to have all parents in...