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Why does the UK tax year end 5th April?

A bit of history this week but with a practical outcome for 2019. Up to 1582, Europe used the Julian calendar introduced by the Romans in 45BC. Unfortunately, the Julian calendar differed from the solar calendar by 11 ½ minutes; after 500 years this small difference meant that the...
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Have you received your tax statement?

HMRC normally send out a tax statement this time of the year to all self-assessment taxpayers that have submitted a tax return for 2017-18. As we reported last week, this will list any balance of tax due for 2017-18 and the amount of any payment on account required for 2018-19 (if...
6 days 13 hours ago

Travelling to the EU after Brexit

The following guidance was published on the GOV.UK website 20 December 2018. Much of the guidance has been updated on the basis of a no-deal Brexit. UK citizens planning a trip to the EU and EEA before 29 March 2019 are not affected by Brexit changes. The following comments assume...
1 week 1 day ago

Set your New Year resolutions

This is not the place to discuss your personal options, but this is an ideal time to consider your business and personal financial planning options for 2019. What are your options? If Brexit, as it seems likely, has a depressive effect on the UK economy, we may be pushed back into...
1 week 2 days ago

Tax Diary January/February 2019

1 January 2019 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 March 2018. 19 January 2019 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 January 2019. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 January 2019) 19 January 2019 - Filing deadline for the CIS300...
1 week 2 days ago

The top rate of Income Tax is 45%?

Named the additional rate, the highest rate of Income Tax is 45%, and some might say 45% is high enough. However, if the rate of tax is measured as the relationship between income and tax plus tax related penalties paid, there are times when this 45% can rise, to as much as 90%....
1 week 2 days ago

Tax payment time again

As all our self-assessment readers will be aware, 31 January is the date by which any arrears of tax for 2017-18 need to be settled, together with a payment on account for 2018-19, if one is due. Those who have completed their tax returns for 2017-18 should be aware what these...
1 week 2 days ago

CGT planning for married couples

This article is also relevant to couples who have entered into a civil partnership. For the tax year 2018-19, taxpayers can make tax-free capital gains of up to £11,700. This allowance is available on a per person basis and so married couples (and those in a civil partnership) have...
1 week 2 days ago

Turkey dinner and tax returns

Completing your tax return may not have been top of your priorities on Christmas Day, but that didn’t stop 2,616 taxpayers from filing their Self-Assessment returns on 25 December 2018. For some taxpayers completing their return on Christmas Day is as traditional as spending time...
1 week 6 days ago

Proposals for consumer protections when companies collapse

The government is to consider new laws to protect consumers who have prepaid for products when a business becomes insolvent. • Government to consider new laws to protect consumers who have prepaid for products when a business becomes insolvent • proposed measures will include...
2 weeks 13 hours ago

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