5 - End of 2011/12 tax year. Last day to use up your annual exemptions for capital gains tax, inheritance tax and ISA's. Read More...
April Question and Answer Section
Q. I am about to move abroad, for what I hope will be a permanent relocation. Can I continue to contribute to my tax-free ISAs in the UK? Read More...
VAT Changes
The Government has decided to tidy up some of the areas of VAT law where a different rate of VAT may be charged on very similar goods or services. Read More...
IR35 Proposals
There has been a certain amount of panic in the contractor community about a statement buried deep in the Budget documents about the reform of IR35. It says: Read More...
Travel for Home-Based Business
If you are self-employed your business may well be based at your home address, although you perform the majority of your work at your customers' sites. This can apply to a range of trades from plumbers to computer consultants, and even medical Read More...
How Much To Pay Yourself?
As the director and shareholder of your own company you can decide how much salary to pay yourself each month, in order to use your personal allowance in the most tax efficient way. As a director of your personal company you do not have to pay yourself th Read More...
2012 Budget News and Analysis
The Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne, is an ambitious man; he wants to simplify the UK tax system as well as make it fairer, predictable and supportive of work. Some of those aims are contradictory. Simplification does not necessarily produce a Read More...