Whether you’re thinking about winding down this festive season or perhaps are busier than ever, the Self Assessment deadline is approaching. This means it’s never been a better time to look over your business and its numbers – and ensure it all stacks up. One
Read moreWhether married, in a civil partnership or partners, two people in a relationship often share additional income. Most commonly, it’s from a property they rent out, but it can also come from a side-hustle business they run together, dividends they receive, savings interest or capital
Read moreAccording to Mike at GoSimpleTax, a government proposal to increase the Self Assessment tax return threshold for traders from £1,000 to £3,000 before the end of this parliament (2029) would mean 300,000 people (98% of them self-employed) no longer having to file a tax return.
Read moreMaking Tax Digital for Income Tax – you’ve heard of it, right? You know how it will impact you, when it’s being introduced and how it will change things? You may even have received a letter from HMRC telling you about it. None of that
Read moreSummertime and the livin’ is easy. Well, if you’re lucky it is. If not exactly easy, then perhaps easier. Maybe it’s the warmer, dryer weather and the longer days that allow us to get more done. Life can seem a lot more chilled and less
Read moreYou may not have paid any Capital Gains Tax so far. It’s not as common as Income Tax, National Insurance or VAT. And you may not be planning to pay Capital Gains Tax for some time yet, but one day that may change, so it
Read moreHaving just filed your 2023/24 Self Assessment tax return, hopefully ahead of the 31 January online filing deadline, you probably don’t want to have to think about your next tax return for a good while. That’s perfectly understandable. However, according to Mike at GoSimpleTax there
Read moreWell, after no less than four delays since it was first announced in 2015, it now looks like the first phase of the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) will finally go ahead at last. If you’re a
Read moreOK, so yet again you’ve left sorting out your Self Assessment tax return until far too late, despite promising yourself that you wouldn’t ever let it happen again. Tut, tut. The online filing deadline, which is midnight on 31 January, is now fast approaching and
Read moreSome 5.5m expat Brits are estimated to live outside of the UK, with 1.3m living in Australia alone. The other major English-speaking countries, New Zealand, the USA and Canada are also hugely popular with expat Brits, while a reported 400,000 expats live in Spain and
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