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2026

2025

Tax compliance: much more than common sense

Tax compliance: much more than common sense Keeping up to date with tax isn’t always as simple as it seems, as one taxpayer, Mr Hammant, ...

2025

Tax among top business concerns

Tax among top business concerns The Office for National Statistics (ONS) regularly reports on how UK businesses feel about the economy, their concerns, and assessment ...

2025

Research and Development claims: what’s new?

Research and Development claims: what’s new? To deal with high levels of error and fraud, the Research and Development (R&D) tax relief regime has been ...

2025

Off-payroll working: change to company size thresholds

Off-payroll working: change to company size thresholds The government is changing the thresholds that determine company size, in a bid to cut red tape ...

2025

New questions for Self Assessment tax return

New questions for Self Assessment tax return The information required on the Self Assessment tax return will change for some taxpayers from 6 April 2025. ...

2025

Neonatal care: new entitlement for employed parents

Neonatal care: new entitlement for employed parents From 6 April 2025, there is a new statutory right to neonatal care leave and pay for ...

2025

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax going live

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax going live Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD IT) is being phased in from April 2026, and ...

2025

HMRC backtracks on employee data requirement

HMRC backtracks on employee data requirement Plans requiring employers to provide more detailed information on the hours worked by employees in their Real Time Information ...

2025

Work expenses

Work expenses Claims for PAYE employment expenses not reimbursed by the employer now automatically face greater scrutiny by HMRC. Each year, many employees claim tax ...

2025

VAT: HMRC’s view of the pitfalls

VAT: HMRC’s view of the pitfalls HMRC has recently issued new, detailed Guidelines for Compliance for VAT. ‘Help with VAT compliance controls’ aims to help ...

2025

SDLT: what makes property uninhabitable

SDLT: what makes property uninhabitable HMRC has recently turned down a high number of claims for Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) refunds. The claims were ...

2025

Paid help at home?

Paid help at home? It’s always best to check the responsibilities around tax and employment rights. There are two key questions to ask. What is ...

2025

Extra income: trade or hobby?

Extra income: trade or hobby? HMRC has a new online checker to help those with sources of income outside PAYE decide if they need to ...

2025

Employment status: keep on top of the game

Employment status: keep on top of the game Employers will be aware how important it is to make sure you have got the employment status ...

2025

Double cab pick-ups: all change again

Double cab pick-ups: all change again It’s been a long and winding road for a final decision on the tax treatment of double cab pick-ups ...

2025

Child Benefit: need-to-know

Child Benefit: need-to-know Since 6 April 2024, higher income thresholds have applied for the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC), putting Child Benefit payment back ...

2024

Tax owing?

Tax owing? HMRC offers Time to Pay (TTP) where a business or individual is struggling to make a tax payment because of genuine financial hardship ...

2024

Major change for holiday lets

Major change for holiday lets Preferential tax rules for furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) end in April 2025, removing any tax incentive to offer short-term holiday ...

2024

Jointly-owned property: get it right

Jointly-owned property: get it right A need-to-read case came before the Tax Tribunal recently. The property and the problem This was the story of an ...

2024

HMRC targets sales of cats and dogs

HMRC targets sales of cats and dogs If you’ve made money from breeding or selling cats, dogs and other animals, HMRC could be on your ...

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2025

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2024

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2024

What employers need to know

What employers need to know In England, Scotland and Wales, new rules impact the following areas: Holiday pay and entitlement: irregular hours and part-year workers ...

2024

Trade and customs: commodity codes

Trade and customs: commodity codes A figure of Captain America (think Marvel comic books), the Tin Man, some Norse gods and Grey Worm from ‘Game ...

2024

National Insurance: where we are now

National Insurance: where we are now Spring Budget 2024 announced further cuts to National Insurance contributions (NICs) taking effect from the start of the tax ...

2024

Minimum wage

Minimum wage A reminder that minimum wage rates changed on 1 April 2024. The new hourly rates are: £11.44 for workers aged 21 and over ...

2024

HMRC eyes potentially underdeclared dividend income

HMRC eyes potentially underdeclared dividend income HMRC is using its data analytic powers to contact taxpayers where it thinks there’s a chance that income has ...

2024

Capital Gains Tax – in the news

Capital Gains Tax – in the news There continue to be significant changes to the already complex Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rules. Capital Gains Tax ...

2024

Budget Surprises

Budget Surprises If they weren’t exactly rabbits out of the hat, Spring Budget 2024 still sprang its share of surprises. VAT registration limit Having been ...

2024

Update: pensions automatic enrolment

Update: pensions automatic enrolment Significant change to the pensions automatic enrolment regime, extending enrolment to younger workers, and removing the lower earnings threshold for qualifying ...

2024

Travel expenses: flexible and hybrid workers

Travel expenses: flexible and hybrid workers Travel costs make up a large part of necessary expenditure for many businesses. With the shift to some form ...

2024

Training costs: HMRC shifts ground

Training costs: HMRC shifts ground Updated HMRC guidance makes interesting reading if you are self-employed and decide to upskill. Is the training tax deductible — ...

2024

Staff tips: when do new employer duties begin?

Staff tips: when do new employer duties begin? Temporary delay buys more time for preparation. Earlier this year, a new Code of Practice on the fair ...

2024

Scottish taxpayers

Scottish taxpayers Correctly identifying Scottish taxpayer status matters. With Scottish Income Tax rates and bands steadily diverging from those in the rest of the UK, employers ...

2024

Reporting benefits in kind

Reporting benefits in kind Get ready for change. From April 2026, it’s expected that employers will be required to report and pay Income Tax and Class ...

2024

Plant and machinery allowances

Plant and machinery allowances What records should you keep to keep right side of the rules? HMRC is publicising common areas of error where businesses ...

2024

It’s your main residence

It’s your main residence But if HMRC asks, can you prove it? It’s an important question when it comes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and ...

2024

Tax owing?

Tax owing? HMRC offers Time to Pay (TTP) where a business or individual is struggling to make a tax payment because of genuine financial hardship ...

2024

Major change for holiday lets

Major change for holiday lets Preferential tax rules for furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) end in April 2025, removing any tax incentive to offer short-term holiday ...

2024

Jointly-owned property: get it right

Jointly-owned property: get it right A need-to-read case came before the Tax Tribunal recently. The property and the problem This was the story of an ...

2024

HMRC targets sales of cats and dogs

HMRC targets sales of cats and dogs If you’ve made money from breeding or selling cats, dogs and other animals, HMRC could be on your ...

2024

HMRC’s new VAT tool

HMRC’s new VAT tool If you are thinking about registering voluntarily for VAT, or hovering around the £90,000 compulsory registration threshold, the new VAT Registration ...

2024

HMRC construction industry concerns

HMRC construction industry concerns Subcontractor verification is under HMRC’s spotlight. With records showing that some contractors are making incorrect Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) deductions, HMRC ...

2024

Extra staff for Christmas

Extra staff for Christmas Employers boosting their workforce — even temporarily — need to remember the pensions automatic enrolment rules. Under the rules, every employer ...

2024

Employers: avoid unwanted attention from HMRC

Employers: avoid unwanted attention from HMRC The latest tax gap figures show a black hole of more than £3 billion for PAYE. This gap is ...

2023

ONE BUNDLE. ONE PRICE. DIFFERENT VAT RATES

ONE BUNDLE. ONE PRICE. DIFFERENT VAT RATES The classic example is the meal deal. The cold takeaway sandwich is zero-rated, the fizzy drink is standard-rated ...

2023

WHO NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT FULL EXPENSING?

WHO NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT FULL EXPENSING? Unveiled in the Spring Budget, it’s the highlight of what the government calls its new ‘capital allowances offer’. ...

2023

WHY BASIS PERIOD REFORM ACTUALLY DOES MATTER

WHY BASIS PERIOD REFORM ACTUALLY DOES MATTER It sounds entirely shoulder-shruggable: but basis period reform is like the bits under the bonnet. It makes the ...

2023

YOUR PENSION…THEN THERE WAS THE BUDGET

YOUR PENSION…THEN THERE WAS THE BUDGET The rules underpinning what you can contribute to a pension, and the rules around the Lifetime Allowance, have changed ...

2023

TRADE AND CUSTOMS: LATEST NEWS

TRADE AND CUSTOMS: LATEST NEWS Brexit has meant constant change for customs rules. What else is round the corner? New government plans The recently published ...

2023

CRYPTOASSETS GET A MENTION ON THE TAX RETURN

CRYPTOASSETS GET A MENTION ON THE TAX RETURN HMRC wants to raise awareness of the fact that cryptoasset transactions can mean tax bills – and ...

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2023

Academy Newsletter

Academy Newsletter Welcome to our new Academy Newsletter. With every school, academy and education trust under pressure, facing constantly changing regulations, it is important to stay on ...

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