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Employers who provided taxable benefits and expenses to employees in the 2024/25 tax year need to meet compliance obligations in respect of those benefits. The obligations will vary depending on whether the benefits and expenses have been payrolled or not or included in a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA). Payrolled benefits Where an employer payrolled benefits … Read more
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) is introduced progressively from 6 April 2026. It will require unincorporated traders and landlords whose income is over the trigger threshold to keep digital records and make quarterly returns and a final declaration to HMRC using MTD-compatible software. The start dates for traders and … Read more
The official rate of interest is a rate set by HMRC which is used to calculate the benefit in kind tax charge on cheap employment-related loans, and also the amount charged to tax in respect of the provision of employer-provided living accommodation where the cost of that accommodation is more than £75,000. Employment-related loans The … Read more
As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, you may find that come 31 January 2025 you are struggling to pay your Self Assessment tax bill. If this is the case, it is important that you do not bury your head in the sand – the bill will not go away and, with the … Read more
What can HMRC do if you do not pay your tax bill? HMRC have a range of powers at their disposal to collect unpaid tax. If you are struggling to pay a tax bill, or know that you will not have the funds available to meet an upcoming bill, it is better to take action … Read more
Scammers are becoming increasingly adept at fooling people and a favoured tactic is a letter, a text or an email purporting to be from HMRC, often promising a tax refund in exchange for personal and financial data. During the summer, many taxpayers received a very convincing scam letter which appeared to be from HMRC, seemingly … Read more
If it works correctly, the tax that is collected under PAYE will exactly match the tax that is due for the year. However, in practice, this balance may be disturbed, for example, because benefits included in a tax code change or a wrong tax code is used, and an employed taxpayer may pay too much … Read more
A new penalty regime was introduced for VAT from 1 January 2023. The new regime comprises late submission penalties and late payment penalties. Here we look at the penalty regime for late returns. Late VAT returns The late submission penalty regime kicks in whenever a VAT return is filed late. It applies regardless of whether … Read more
Employees often need to undertake business trips and it is common practice to reimburse the employee’s fuel costs by means of a mileage allowance. The tax rules allow mileage payments to be made tax-free up to certain limits. However, the rules are different depending on whether the employee is driving their own car or a … Read more
As far as National Insurance was concerned, the 2022/23 tax year was a tricky one featuring in-year changes to the primary threshold and in-year changes to the Class 1, 1A, 1B and 4 rates. This resulted in some strange numbers, with average rates applying for the purposes of Class 1A, Class 1B and Class 4 … Read more
