If you’ve received a tax calculation or simple assessment from HMRC, don’t assume that it is correct – HMRC can and do make mistakes. Each year HMRC undertake a PAYE reconciliation for employed individuals who are not required to submit a tax return...
Closing a business can be a difficult time. However, you can be tax efficient with this beneficial liquidation strategy. Although it is possible to strike off a company and for distributions made prior to dissolution to be treated as capital rather than as a dividend,...
A SIPP is a self-invested personal pension which is set up by an insurance company or specialist SIPP provider. It is attractive to those who wish to manage their own investments. Contribution to a SIPP may be made by both the individual and, where appropriate, by the...
Inheritance – Special rules apply for inheritance tax purposes to married couples and civil partners. To ensure valuable tax reliefs are not lost, it is beneficial to consider the combined position, rather than dealing with each individual separately. Married...
Working parents can receive a tax-free top-up from the Government to help with their childcare costs. The top-up is worth £500 every three months (£2,000 a year). A higher top-up of £4,000 a year (£1,000 every three months) is available where the child is disabled. To...
The normal due date for a self-assessment return where filed online is 31 January after the end of the tax year to which it relates. This means that self-assessment tax returns for 2017/18 should have been filed online by midnight on 31 January 2019, and...
