According to HMRC, you are required to send in a tax return in the last tax year if: you were self-employed - you can deduct allowable expenses you got £2,500 or more in untaxed income, for example from tips or renting out a property your…
Year: 2017
The Budget - personal tax considerations
Notable changes are listed below: First-time buyers will pay no stamp duty on homes costing no more than £300,000. First-time buyers of homes worth between £300,000 and £500,000 will not pay stamp duty on the first £300,000. They will pay the normal rates of stamp…
The Budget - small business update
Notable changes are listed below: Although there is no change to the rate of corporation tax, maintained at 19%, HMRC is to freeze indexation allowance on corporate capital gains for disposals after 1 January 2018. From April 2018, business rate rates will rise by any…
Private pension tax relief
There was much speculation prior to the budget last month, that the tax relief for higher rate tax payers was going to be scrapped, or reduced. Many pundits were expecting a flat-rate tax deduction of 33% rather than tax relief for higher rate taxpayers of…