Every British schoolchild will have a series of “special” dates imprinted on their brains. These will inevitably include their own birthday, 25 December, 1 January, 1 April and probably 5 November.
Every British schoolchild will have a series of “special” dates imprinted on their brains. These will inevitably include their own birthday, 25 December, 1 January, 1 April and probably 5 November.
Buckle up, folks: we’ve almost made it through January, and what a January it’s been. Lucy Cohen reflects on this self assessment season and looks forward to making the most of the days after the deadline.
HMRC has introduced a mechanism to allow initial overpayments of capital gains tax (CGT) to be set-off against income tax and NIC liabilities due by 31 January 2023.
The Revenue has chosen the week commencing 16 January to start hassling online sellers, gig economy workers and influencers for tax they may owe on undeclared sales.
HMRC has strengthened its “standard for agents” by including stricter transparency rules and greater evidence of customer consent following a consultation on improving standards in the repayment agent sector.
Rebecca Cave asks how bad tax law comes about and suggests how the process could be made better.
The government is set to introduce transparency requirements for agents and legislate to ban the use of deeds of assignments of income tax repayments as part of its plans to crack down on the repayment agent market.
As the payroll profession returns from the festive period we start to focus on the new tax year, one of the important items on our payroll checklist should be statutory rates and thresholds. Getting them wrong is not an option and can have severe and unwanted effects for you and your business.
A recent court ruling has resulted in a bill of £2.12 million for a client, after their advisers failed to submit an appeal on time. The case highlights the importance of timely communication and careful record-keeping for both clients and their advisers.
I’m never quite sure why but if those that appear in the media are to be believed, new year’s resolutions appear to be little more than wild hopes of changing ingrained habits.