The Lifetime ISA will be available for young adults from April 2017 as the Savings (Government Contributions) Bill receives Royal Assent. The Help to Save scheme to help people on low incomes will be available from 2018. The Lifetime ISA, available from 6 April 2017,…
Year: 2017
Reminders of significant tax changes from April 2017
The first thing you can count on, is that taxation is here to stay. The second thing you can count on is that the tax rules will continue to change to meet the changing needs of our government to recover funds from the economy and…
Affected by severe weather or flooding
It is unfortunate that HMRC have designated the 31 January as the filing deadline for self-assessment purposes as we are more likely to be adversely affected by extreme weather events at this time of the year. There are not many businesses that can continue to…
When do you need to register for self-assessment
We are fast approaching the end of the 2015-16 tax return filing period – returns for this year should be filed electronically by 31 January 2017. If you are not registered for self-assessment you may be wondering if you should consider registering for 2016-17. We…