Sep 4, 2023 | FAQ, Income Tax, PAYE, Payroll, Pensions
People making the most of flexible pension withdrawals have been facing tax overpayments due to miscalculations by HMRC. In Q2 2023 alone, the taxman repaid £56,243,842 to people who had been taxed more that they should on their pension withdrawals. This amounts to an...
Aug 14, 2023 | Expenses, FAQ, Information, News, PAYE, Payroll
We all love a perk of the job, and a major industry has built up around the types of employee perks companies are able to offer. The best news of all is that most of these will be tax deductible, which means the taxman will fund at least part of them. Everything from...
Aug 7, 2023 | Business Start Ups, Expenses, Information, News, Tax
Charitable giving is something many organisations might not be considering in the current climate, especially as everyone is struggling to pay their bills. But if you have money to spare within your business, then charitable giving is a great way to reduce your tax...
Jul 31, 2023 | National Insurance, News
Do you struggle to remember – or find – your National Insurance number when you’re asked for it? If so, you’re not alone. So, it will be a relief to many that HMRC has now created a way for iPhones to store someone’s National Insurance number in their Apple Wallet...
Jul 24, 2023 | Information, News, PAYE, Self-Assessment
The threshold for people taxed through PAYE who are required to file a self-assessment return has increased from £100,000 to £150,000. Those affected should be contacted by HMRC if they need to change anything. That said, there have been times in the past where HMRC...
Jul 17, 2023 | Business Start Ups, Expenses, FAQ, Information, News, Self-Assessment, Tax
HMRC is changing the way sole traders and partnerships need to calculate profits for their self-assessment returns. The Revenue will require the profits to be declared for the tax year in question, rather than the accounting year as is currently the case. Any sole...
Jul 10, 2023 | FAQ, Information, National Insurance, News
Anyone with an incomplete National Insurance contributions (NICs) record between April 2006 and April 2016 now has until July 31 to add to their NICs to qualify for a full State Pension after HMRC extended the deadline. Thousands of taxpayers have incomplete years in...
Jul 3, 2023 | Business Start Ups, Covid-19, FAQ, Information, News
The pandemic brought a lot of changes to our businesses, some good and some bad. One that has continued to be a topic of conversation is the desire for more people to be able to work some, or all, of the time from home. If your business requires people to be onsite –...
Jul 1, 2023 | Information, News
BoE base rate rises – has your business account kept up? The Bank of England (BoE) has raised rates 13 times in a row to June this year, with the base rate reaching 5% – a level not seen since 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Mortgage rates and loan...
Jun 26, 2023 | FAQ, Information, News, PAYE, Payroll, Pensions
The Chancellor made some major changes to the pension rules in the March Budget, and one key amendment has made using something called ‘Carry Forward’ rules much more beneficial for pension savers. How does Carry Forward work? The Carry Forward rules allow you...
