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Using your own vehicles for work-related journeys
If you are an employee and use your own money to buy things you need for your job you can sometimes claim tax relief for the associated costs. Usually, it is only possible to claim tax relief for the cost of items used
Does your business offer customs services?
If your business does offer customs services, did you know that HMRC could offer you a free listing on their published lists.
HMRC do not vet, approve or recommend individual firms. Information is simply provided to
Government promotes electric vehicles
The government department active in the promotion of electric vehicles has published guidance regarding the costs, charging issues and infrastructure. We have extracted a few comments and reproduced them in this
Time to Pay your tax
Businesses and self-employed people in financial distress, and with outstanding tax liabilities, may be eligible to receive support with their tax affairs through HMRC’s Time to Pay service. Any tax, duty, penalties or
Penalties if you missed the filing deadline
Have you missed the 31 January 2024 filing deadline for your 2022-23 self-assessment return?
If you have missed the filing deadline, then you will be charged a £100 fixed penalty if your return is up to 3 months late,
File early to have self-assessment tax coded out
The coding out threshold may entitle you to have tax underpayments collected via your tax code when you are in employment or in receipt of a company pension. Instead of paying off debts in a lump sum, money is collected
Joining or leaving the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme
The VAT Cash Accounting Scheme can offer useful benefits to small businesses. Under standard VAT accounting, VAT is payable on sales whether or not the customer has paid and can lead to claims for Bad Debt Relief. By
Do you need to tell HMRC about additional income?
There is an online tool that allows taxpayers to check if they need to notify HMRC about additional income. The online tool can be found at www.gov.uk/check-additional-income-tax.
This could include money earned from
Capital sums derived from assets
HMRC’s guidance is clear that where a capital sum is derived from an asset, the relevant legislation treats the owner as having made a disposal for capital gains purposes.
The legislation contained in s22 TCGA92 states
Does your business have a March year end date?
Leaving aside tax planning issues all businesses should be considering business planning opportunities if they presently have an accounting year end date of 31 March 2024.
For example:
Do directors need to review
Changes at Companies House
Companies House have issued an update on their first implementation of changes brought about by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. We have copied in the relevant comments made in a recent blog
Tax and working from home
Employees who are working from home may be able to claim tax relief for bills they pay that are work related.
Employers may reimburse employees for the additional household expenses incurred through regularly working at
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