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For those born after 5 April 1948 the personal tax allowance is £10,000. It was also announced that from 6 April 2015 this would increase to £10,500. The much publicised change to the taxation of salaried members of Limited Liability Partnerships is confirmed. Ongoing vigilance is required to ensure that salaried members’ tax status does not change from self-employed to Continue Reading

   Entrepreneurs’ Relief  As long as the ownership of your business is structured correctly, and for a minimum time period, then lifetime disposals not exceeding £10m will only be taxed at 10% for Capital Gains Tax purposes.   Cap on tax reliefs  Don’t forget that certain tax reliefs are capped at £50,000 or 25% of your income. The reliefs affected Continue Reading

Employers should note that HMRC is changing the way they charge interest on unpaid PAYE from 6 April 2014. We have reproduced below HMRC’s recent Helpsheet:  For the tax year 2014-15 onwards:  HMRC will charge in-year, rather than annual, interest on all unpaid: PAYE tax and Class 1 National Insurance, including specified charges (estimates HMRC makes in the absence of Continue Reading

If you have recently started to receive your State Pension, you may, or may not, have noticed that it is paid without deduction of tax. This can have a number of unforeseen tax consequences: If your total income including your State Pension is less than your personal tax allowance then there is no tax to pay and you can spend Continue Reading