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Trust Register
Extended Deadlines for Registering Trusts: What You Need to Know Keyword phrase: “trust registration deadline extension” HMRC has recently announced a trust...
Spring Statement 2018
Key Updates on Tax and Spending Announcements The Chancellor’s tax announcements scheduled for 13 March 2018 will focus on essential updates, with limited new measures...
Rumoured tax changes that did not make the final budget…
At a recent tax update course, the speaker mentioned that the Treasury drafted various proposals to change certain aspects of our tax system in case the Government decided to...
Making Tax Digital update – VAT first up
The government recently indicated that they are still fully committed to their plans to operate a digital tax system. From April 2019, when submitting quarterly VAT returns,...
Landlords and carpets
Do landlords get tax relief when replacing a carpet? This is at face value a simple question but often causes tax advisors difficulty, mostly because the rules keep changing!...
HMRC scrapping credit card payments
Please be aware that if you are planning to settle your tax bill by using a credit card, you will only have until 12 January 2018 to do this. HMRC have announced that they...
HMRC register for Trusts and Complex Estates
Any new trusts which incur a charge to tax and complex estates that will sell assets for proceeds in excess of £500,000 in a year (if the death was after 5 April 2016), or...
Payment of taxes
Changes to Tax Payment Options: No More Payments at the Post Office Keyword phrase: “tax payment changes 2017” As of 15 December 2017, significant tax payment...
Interest rates for late payment of taxes
Understanding Changes to Tax Interest Rates Recent changes to tax interest rates have come into effect following the Bank of England’s decision to increase the base rate....
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