What are the pros and cons of switching to the salary sacrifice scheme?

Salary sacrifice is a scheme that allows employees to exchange part of their salary in favour of savings for the future. The savings can take many non-cash benefit forms such as pension contributions. As employees are giving up a portion of their salary in favour of pension contributions their gross pay will decrease. Therefore, the…Read More

What is Private Residence Relief and how does it arise?

Private residence relief (PPR) applies to the sale of a residence that has been an individual’s only or principal residence for the period of time they have owned it. If you sell a property, once rented out, you will have to pay Capital Gains Tax within 60 days of selling the property. This tax is…Read More

How to reduce your Capital Gains Tax     

Do you own a residential property personally, and plan on selling it in the not-so-distant future? We can help you reduce your capital gains tax!   If you own a residential property personally, and you sell your property, the gain is subject to capital gains tax at 28%, after you have utilised your capital gains tax…Read More

Maximise your State Pension -Changes to Voluntary NI Contributions

The state pension should be an important part of your retirement planning but there is some important planning you need to do before 31st July 2023 to maximise your income. Firstly, you need to understand that you only receive a full state pension if you have paid (or received credit for) National Insurance contributions for…Read More

International Services-Brexit

Supply of services The two basic rules for services will remain unchanged post-transition: Business-to-business (B2B) services The basic place of supply of B2B services will be where the customer belongs. If the business customer belongs outside the UK, the supply is outside the scope of UK VAT. The UK service provider must include the sale…Read More

Robert Kiyosaki

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