Specialist Tax News

Payments by the employer for taxis to take employees home late or at night are exempt from tax if: the failure of car sharing arrangements conditions
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HMRC have confirmed that the official rate of interest for employee and directors’ beneficial loans remains at 2.25% for 2024/25, despite a Bank of England base
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If you are considering lending money to, or subscribing for shares in, an unquoted trading company then, like many investments, there is always a risk that
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Where an individual subscribes for a new issue of shares in an unquoted trading company, there is an even more generous form of loss relief where
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As mentioned above, where a loss is made on a loan to an unquoted trading company, relief for that loss may claimed against capital gains, whereas
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Where the company qualifies under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) or Seed EIS, the subscribers potentially qualify for even more generous tax reliefs. Where the investor
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Date What’s Due 01/05 Corporation tax payment for year to 31/7/23 (unless quarterly instalments apply) 19/05 PAYE & NIC deductions, and CIS return and tax, for
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In this April issue we highlight some of the key tax changes that take effect from the start of the new tax year. Unfortunately, most of
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The changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) announced in the Spring Budget have now been incorporated into the latest Finance Bill and are
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Cash accounting was introduced as a measure to make it simpler for small businesses to prepare their accounts for tax purposes. It previously only applied to
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The method of taxing the profits of unincorporated businesses changed significantly in 2023/24 and will also change from 2024/25 onwards. This was originally intended to align
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Making Tax Digital for income tax self-assessment is scheduled to commence in 2026/27 for sole traders and property landlords with gross income of £50,000 or more,
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