What is my annual pension allowance and how can I avoid paying tax? Pension allowance is the amount you can pay into all your pensions in a tax year. If you are a high-income earner, earning an excess of £200,000 a year, you will be exceeding your annual allowance causing yourself to be taxed on […]
SME Repayment Cap April 2021 Following the Budget Update on the 3rd of March, it is confirmed that a cap on the amount of cash payable to loss-making companies under the SME scheme is being introduced to prevent potentially fraudulent claims and abuse of the scheme by rogue companies. HMRC has identified entities specifically set […]
What is an EMI Scheme? EMI Share Options Scheme is an initiative HMRC implemented to allow UK businesses to give share options to their employees with significant tax benefits. The scheme is intended to help smaller independent businesses realise their potential by attracting and retaining the best employees for long-term success. The key difference between […]
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) What is EIS? EIS uses tax reliefs to incentivise private investors who recognise that significant returns are achievable if they are willing to risk their funds by investing in early-stage businesses. Early-stage businesses often struggle to raise equity finance, so EIS has established itself as a trusted and crucial source of […]
PILON (Payment in Lieu of Notice) and Termination Payments Employees with more than one month’s service are entitled to a minimum statutory notice period upon termination of their employment contract. The statutory notice provides that an employee must receive a minimum of one week’s notice for every full year that their employer has employed […]
SpringStatement 2022 We have compiled the key messages from the briefing: Download PDF below Spring Statement 2022 – PDF Originally posted 2022-04-20 08:31:53.
The most common mistakes made in R&D tax claims Typical R&D claim Not all R&D projects occur in laboratories, and your R&D team doesn’t need to wear white coats. Any company in any industry may be eligible to claim R&D tax credits, so long as the company is undertaking development activities that seek to achieve […]
What do you know about Corporate Intangibles Tax Treatment Corporate intangibles tax treatment The corporate tax treatment essentially follows the treatment of intangibles in the accounts. There are, however, restrictions on the deductibility of debts about goodwill and other customer-related intangible assets depending on the date of acquisition or creation. The corporate intangibles regime has gone through several iterations since its introduction in […]
New VAT Penalties regime Penalties for late payment and interest harmonisation For VAT taxpayers from periods starting on or after 1 January 2023. For taxpayers in Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA), from the tax year beginning 6 April 2024 for taxpayers with business or property income over £10,000 per year (that is, taxpayers must submit […]
Can I get Tax Relief on Pension Payments? What is a pension, and how does it work? A pension is a financial product that lets you save up to fund your retirement. Technically, it’s a kind of tax wrapper with specific rules around what you can save and when you can access your cash. There […]
Does HMRC have too` much power or not enough? The taxes collected by HMRC – £584.5bn in 2020-21 – run the UK and, as such, the right amounts must be managed. To this end, HMRC has myriad powers to review returns and check taxes have been correctly calculated and paid. For civil cases, these powers […]
What can be claimed as an expense for a Limited company? What is a Limited Company? A Limited Liability Company is an “incorporated” business structure that means that to bring the company into existence, it must first be formally registered with Companies House. Once registered, the limited company is an entirely distinct “legal entity”, separate […]
