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Marriage allowance is a government scheme which provides tax relief to married couples. Marriage allowance allows you to transfer 10% of your personal allowance, £1,250 in the current 2019/20 tax year to your spouse or civil partner, which could save you up to £250 in tax. Marriage allowance can be backdated up to 4 years.…Read More

If you are a limited company director and owner, you should prioritise working out the most tax-efficient methods to draw funds from your company. Below are some useful tips you can use to extract profits tax efficiently from your limited company: 2019/20 Basic director salary Take a director salary of £8,460 to pay a small…Read More

Private Residence Relief (PRR) is designed to keep out of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) those gains or losses that arise when a person sells or otherwise disposes of a dwelling that has been used as their only or main residence. In the 2018 budget, the government announced the following changes: the final period exemption will…Read More

If you have been skilful or lucky enough to build a business and now think it’s time to pack up or sell, Entrepreneur’s Relief could be the answer for you. While there is more to cover than in this blog, this should give you a beginner’s guide to the Entrepreneur’s Relief. Why use it? On…Read More

Selling of residential property and the implications of Capital Gains Tax Selling a property and the associated tax implications can seem very daunting to many homeowners, however, the aim of this blog will be to simplify and explain the most common type of reliefs and deductions available to help you better understand your possible capital…Read More

IR35 is the off-payroll working rules for clients, workers and their intermediaries. The legislation was designed to assess whether a subcontractor is actually acting as a subcontractor, or whether they are a ‘disguised employee’. By establishing this, HMRC can then ensure tax avoidance is not happening. Current legislation Under the current IR35 rules, the off-payroll…Read More

Accounting for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, and physiotherapists might not be as straight forward as you initially thought, particularly where the business is operating as a Limited Company and there are workers providing medical care. A ‘health professional’, is accepted by HMRC to mean the following…Read More

Zapier is an online workflow automation tool that allows you to connect your apps and services together.  You can connect two or more apps together with an “If X happens, do Y” structure, to automate repetitive tasks that currently cannot be automated due to lack of integration ability between the two apps.  This is where…Read More

VAT reverse charge on building and construction services Now is the time to prepare your CIS registered clients for this change. VAT reverse charge comes into effect on 1 October 2019. It is a major change to the way VAT is collected in the building and construction industry. From this date, the customer receiving the service…Read More

Save on Inheritance Tax by making pension payments into a Self-Investment Pension Plan (SIPP) Funds held in a Self-Investment Pension Plan (SIPP) on the death of the member may be transferred to the ‘nominated beneficiaries’. The member should complete an ‘expression of wish’ form for each pension plan stating to whom they wish the benefit to…Read More

Tax Relief Tax relief means that the amount you spend on certain expenses is deducted from your total income. This effectively reduces your taxable income and therefore the tax you will have to pay. In some cases, such as pension contributions, it may mean that you get tax back in another way; some reliefs are…Read More

Have you recently left university, and are you wondering if an accountancy career is for you? As a graduate looking to get your first job in accountancy, it is important to first evaluate whether you are willing to put in the work and dedicate another 3 years of your life to studying. Whether it be…Read More

Gift aid is a UK tax incentive that enables registered charities to reclaim the tax element of donations made by a UK taxpayer, which effectively increases the total amount of the donation. Charities are able to claim back Basic rate tax of 20% on any donation you make which equates to an extra 25p for…Read More

Graduating is no easy thing. You think you’ve done the hard work already, studying for the exams, writing the dissertation, cooking for yourself for three years with no parent around to help… the majority of students think that actually graduating is the easy bit. You put on the cap and gown and celebrate your success,…Read More

A director’s current or loan account is a way for directors to essentially lend money to or borrow money from their company. The director’s loan account (DLA) is, in essence, a record of all transactions that occur between the company and its directors. 1) Loaning money to a company: Director’s loan accounts are a usual…Read More