Underlining planning options for FHL owners
April 4, 2024

If you read our post of last week, Property Tax Changes, you will be aware that the Chancellor recently confirmed – as part of his Spring Budget – that the present tax advantages that owners of Furnished Holiday Let (FHL) property...

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Journey out of debt
April 3, 2024

Hopefully, this post will be of help to individuals that find themselves in debt and are struggling to keep up with repayments.

It’s interesting to consider how easy it is to get into debt and how difficult to get out of...

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Is this a good time for property owners?
March 28, 2024

The recent Spring Budget did little to make the life of those letting, buying or selling property any easier. For example:

  • The reduction in the higher rate of CGT on affected property sales from 28% to 24%.
  • The removal...

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Stand out from the crowd
March 26, 2024

It’s interesting to consider the challenges that are plaguing small businesses at present. For example:

  • A frustrating inability to reestablish profit levels to fund investment or to maintain the living standards of...

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Child Benefit claw-backs
March 21, 2024

One of the more impactful changes in the recent budget was the easing of the High Income Child Benefit Charge. Up to 5 April 2024, this has been recovering Child Benefits received by parents if the total income of one or more parent exceeded...

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Save on Easter child-care costs
March 19, 2024

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issued a press release recently reminding working families to save money on their childcare costs in time for the school holidays by making use of the Tax-free Childcare support.

With the Easter break...

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Companies House introduces changes
March 14, 2024

As we have mentioned in previous posts, Companies House have been tasked with introducing a number of changes introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCT Act), that came into force on Monday 4 March...

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Impact of the Spring Budget 2024
March 12, 2024

We all knew that the Chancellor would have restricted options when considering the contents of his recent spring budget announcement on 6 March. But it seems he has the skills after all to “play tennis” with his arms tied behind his...

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Tax Diary March/April 2024
March 11, 2024

1 March 2024 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 May 2023.

2 March 2024 – Self-Assessment tax for 2022-23 paid after this date will incur a 5% surcharge unless liabilities are cleared by 1 April 2024, or an...

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File early to have self-assessment tax coded out
March 11, 2024

The coding out threshold may entitle you to have tax underpayments collected via your tax code when you are in employment or in receipt of a company pension. Instead of paying off debts in a lump sum, money is collected in equal monthly...

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