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Revoking VAT option to tax land and buildings
There are special VAT rules that allow businesses to standard rate the supply of most non-residential and commercial land and ...
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Definition of VAT partial exemption
A business that incurs expenditure on taxable and exempt business activities is partially exempt for VAT purposes. This means that ...
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Limits to loss relief claims against income or capital gains
There are a number of tax reliefs available for self-employed taxpayers that make a trading loss. This includes a partners' ...
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Transferring assets during separation and divorce
When a couple separate or divorce it is unlikely that they are thinking about any tax implications. However, apart from ...
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SDLT concerns transferring a property to a company
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is a tax that is generally payable on the purchase or transfer of land and ...
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Increase in National Insurance from April 2022
We would like to remind our readers that the increases in National Insurance Contributions (NIC) of 1.25% – first announced ...
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Examples when settlement legislation does not apply
The settlement legislation seeks to ensure that where a settlor has retained an interest in property in a settlement that ...
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What is plant and machinery?
Capital allowances are the deductions which allow businesses to secure tax relief for certain capital expenditure. HM Treasury has published ...
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Range of supplies affected by VAT reverse charge
The VAT domestic reverse charge accounting mechanism was put in place to help prevent criminal attacks on the UK VAT ...
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End of SSP Rebate Scheme
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme has allowed small and medium-sized businesses and employers reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) ...
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Claiming for business use of own car or van
If you are an employee, you may be able to claim tax relief for using your own vehicle, be it ...
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Latest on COVID restrictions in England
The government has published its latest guidance on COVID restrictions and specifically on the new phase we have entered of ...
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Hobbies and artificial trades
HMRC uses a number of different measures to help determine whether an activity is a trade irrespective of whether the ...
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Gaps in NIC records
National Insurance credits can help qualifying applicants fill gaps in their National Insurance records. This can assist taxpayers to build ...
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MTD for VAT – digital records required
The MTD for VAT regime started in April 2019 when businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold of £85,000 ...
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Tax relief for job-related expenses
If you receive no compensation from your employer for work related expenses you have paid, you can still claim tax ...
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Tax relief if working from home
If you are an employee working from home, you may be able to claim tax relief for some of the ...
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Spreading the cost of tax bills
One of the announcements by HMRC at the start of the coronavirus pandemic was the introduction of emergency measures to ...
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Tax Diary March/April 2022
1 March 2022 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 May 2021. 2 March 2022 ...
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Paying tax underpayments via tax code
One of the less well-known ways of paying your Self-Assessment tax bill is to do so through your tax code ...
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Car fuel benefits for employees
The car fuel benefit rules only apply to company cars that attract a car benefit tax charge. This means the ...
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Option to tax (VAT) land and buildings
There are special VAT rules that allow businesses to standard rate the supply of most non-residential and commercial land and ...
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Challenging your council tax band
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is a government body in England and Wales and an executive agency of HMRC. The ...
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