Specialist Tax News

HMRC spring tax update

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On 28 April 2025, the Government made several tax policy announcements, launched consultations and confirmed previously announced developments. Key points included: Mandatory payrolling of benefits in kind (BIKs) will be delayed until 6 April 2027. This is to give more time for software providers, employers and tax agents to prepare for the change. The mandate was […]

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It’s P11D season!

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P11D forms for reporting expenses and benefits in kind provided to employees and directors in 2024/25 need to be submitted by 6 July 2025. Note that paper forms are no longer acceptable; the return must be made online using PAYE Online for employers or commercial software. Remember that reimbursed expenses no longer need to be […]

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2024/25 employment-related securities returns due by 6 July

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The deadline for reporting shares and securities and share options issued to employees for 2024/25 is 6 July 2025. This is the same as the deadline for reporting expenses and benefits provided to employees on form P11D for 2024/25. Employers must submit their employment-related securities annual returns online and attach the appropriate spreadsheet template if […]

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VAT groups and anti-avoidance

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HMRC have published Tax Avoidance Spotlight 70 ‘VAT grouping structure arrangements used by care providers’, highlighting tax avoidance arrangements used by state-regulated care providers to reclaim VAT. The VAT legislation exempts supplies of welfare services where they are made by either a charity or a state-regulated care provider. The impact for the charity or state-regulated care provider is […]

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Advisory fuel rates

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The table below sets out the HMRC advisory fuel rates from 1 June 2025. These are the suggested reimbursement rates for employees’ private mileage using their company car. Where the employer does not pay for any fuel for the company car these are the amounts that can be reimbursed in respect of business journeys without […]

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Diary of main tax events June / July 2025

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Date What’s Due 1 June Corporation Tax for year to 31/08/2024, unless quarterly instalments apply 19 June PAYE & NIC deductions, and CIS return and tax, for month to 05/06/2025 (due 22/06 if you pay electronically) 1 July Corporation Tax for year to 30/09/2024, unless quarterly instalments apply 5 July Last date for agreeing PAYE […]

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Smart steps to take in an uncertain mortgage market

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While the Bank of England (BOE) has started cutting the base rate in recent times, mortgage pricing remains mixed. While the base rate dropped by 0.5 percentage points between October 2024 and March 2025, average fixed mortgage rates initially climbed. However, recent market changes have seen sub-four per cent deals return for some borrowers, driven […]

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Time to pull out of US stocks?

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President Donald Trump’s second term has ushered in a wave of protectionist trade policies, including sweeping tariffs that have rattled global markets. Since January 2025, the average US tariff rate has surged from 2.5 per cent to 27 per cent – the highest in over a century. Tariffs on Chinese imports have reached 145 per […]