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A salary sacrifice is a voluntary reduction in your salary in exchange for tax-free benefits. These benefits can include: • Child care vouchers • Cycle to work schemes • Bus passes for commuters • Canteen tokens • Staff car parking and vouchers The Government have also launched a consultation into the promotion of payroll giving. The aim is promote the system that allows monthly charitable Continue Reading

HMRC have published draft guidance on landfill tax. Materials that can be classified as naturally occurring, and therefore taxable at the lower rate of £2.50, include: “Group 1 of the 2011 Order allows the following waste materials to be lower rated: naturally occurring rock, clay, sand, gravel, sandstone, limestone, crushed stone china clay, construction stone, stone from the demolition of Continue Reading

More than half of the UK's small businesses now operate from home, according to research from Direct Line for Business (DL4B). The 2.5 million home business owners account for 52 per cent of all small businesses and eight per cent of the total UK workforce. DL4B's analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics demonstrates how businesses are evolving Continue Reading

Many parents who receive Child Benefit may be blissfully unaware that they are walking into a tax trap. From 7 January 2013 Child Benefit payments are effectively means tested by the tax system. If either parent, or both parents, has income in excess of £50,000, then part or all of the Child Benefit you have received after 7 January 2013 Continue Reading