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Class 4 NICs

The Chancellor announced two increases in Class 4 NI contributions for the self-employed in his budget and in the following week withdrew the increases for the term of the current parliament. His original notion was to start the process of equalising the NI contributions made by the...
3 years 11 months ago

Dividend tax set-back

The final matter we want to showcase for this month is the proposed reduction in the dividend allowance from April 2018. At present, shareholders with dividend income below £5,000 will pay no Income Tax on their dividend income. From April 2018, Mr Hammond looks set to reduce this to...
3 years 11 months ago

Tax Diary April/May 2017

1 April 2017 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 30 June 2016. 19 April 2017 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 April 2017. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 April 2017) 19 April 2017 - Filing deadline for the CIS300 monthly...
3 years 11 months ago

Working from home

Clients often ask if working from home is going to create issues from a tax point of view. There are a number of scenarios to consider. Employers’ obligations to employee homeworkers: Equipment, services and supplies Employers that provide equipment, services and supplies to an...
3 years 11 months ago

One week to go

Next week sees the end of the 2016-17 tax year. On the 6 April 2017, any action you take to minimise your tax liabilities for 2016-17 will be largely ineffective. So what, if anything, can you still action this week? Capital gains tax (CGT) The amount of tax free gains you can make...
3 years 11 months ago

New childcare funding choices

The government have launched a new website aimed at parents who may be able to claim for support with childcare costs. The web address is https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/. How Tax-Free Childcare works Working parents will be able to apply, through the childcare service, to...
3 years 11 months ago

Follow companies for free

If you want to keep an eye on documents filed with Companies House for a particular company, you can register for a new service that will do just that at Companies House. The new service is called “Follow” and it allows you to receive email alerts. Follow lets you receive email...
3 years 11 months ago

Reduction in the dividend allowance

Unless there are further political objections, one of the few remaining revenue raising changes in the recent spring budget was the reduction in the £5,000 dividend allowance from April 2018. From this date the allowance will drop to £2,000. This measure will increase the tax...
3 years 11 months ago

Making Tax Digital - a step closer

Another matter that received some clarification last week was the government’s move to implement MTD for the self-employed from April 2018. When the scope of MTD was first published it was proposed that the self-employed (including unincorporated property businesses) would need to...
3 years 11 months ago

Self-employed NIC increase

Although there was little of substance to Philip Hammond’s budget last week, one particular issue caused some political controversy. It was the proposal to increase the National Insurance contributions for the self-employed from 9% to 11% over a two-year period starting April 2018...
3 years 11 months ago

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