Rent a Room

By Gary Robinson / November 16, 2024

As hundreds of homeowners rent out their rooms and houses during the sporting events such as Wimbledon tennis championships, for up to £15,000 a week, it is important to pay the right tax to avoid penalties. This year’s tournament is seeing a very buoyant market with houses renting at up to £15,000 a week, four-to-five-bedroom…

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Double Cab Pickups

By Gary Robinson / November 9, 2024

Labour has ‘revisited the fiasco from eight months ago’ by making double cab pick up trucks taxable as personal vehicles when having a payload of more than one tonne After mass uproar caused by the Conservatives earlier this year when changing double cab pick up trucks to being treated as personal vehicles for tax purposes…

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Autumn Tax Update

By Gary Robinson / September 28, 2024

RTI reporting changes delayed HMRC has delayed planned changes to real-time information (RTI) reporting requirements for employee hours worked. Draft legislation was published in May aimed at improving the range of data collected by HMRC. The proposed changes will require businesses to provide more detailed information to HMRC via self assessment (SA) and PAYE real-time…

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Payments on Account

By Gary Robinson / September 21, 2024

Payments on Account What are payment on account in tax and on your self-assessment tax return. Payments on account’ are advance payments towards your tax bill (including Class 4 National Insurance if you’re self-employed). You have to make 2 payments on account every year unless: Each payment is half your previous year’s tax bill. Payments…

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Partnerships

By Gary Robinson / September 14, 2024

Partnerships A partnership is defined a one or more people joining together in business with a view to make a profit and each partner receiving a share of the profit according to their share ratio for example 3 partners each holding 33 shares each. Partnership Tax Partnerships do not pay tax, but all partners pay…

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P11d Benefits

By Gary Robinson / September 7, 2024

If you have a team of employees, you have several options for rewarding them in addition to paying wages or a salary. One of the most flexible options is to offer benefit in kind, also known as fringe benefits. Benefit in kind take several different forms, which we’ll describe later, and they can be offered…

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Making Tax Digital

By Gary Robinson / August 24, 2024

The way that the self-employed and landlords’ pay their tax is changing and form April 2026 they will be required to use the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. This is where you will no longer complete a tax return, but you make data submissions every quarter and the period are as follows: Quarter 1…

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Electric Cars

By Gary Robinson / August 3, 2024

Electric Cars As more and more businesses consider more sustainable and eco-friendly ways to operate, we are seeing an increase in the acquisition of electric cars. There are tax surrounding electric cars, and they are: The company car that is available for an employee’s private use will usually attract a benefit in kind charge. As…

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Summer Tax Brief

By Gary Robinson / July 27, 2024

Cash basis by default From 6 April 2024 the cash basis has replaced accruals as the default method for preparing sole trader and partnership accounts for tax purposes. Previously, only unincorporated businesses with total receipts below £150,000 were entitled to opt out of accruals and file their accounts with HMRC using the cash basis. That…

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Capital Gains Tax on 2nd Property

By Gary Robinson / June 15, 2024

Capital Gains Tax on 2nd Property Who does this effect, it effects landlords with one or more property’s or where they rent this out on a commercial basis for payment of rent for living there. individuals who have a second home, but this may not necessary be rented out but for their own use and…

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