Selling your buy-to-let
Selling your buy-to-let
September 5, 2023Selling your buy-to-let In the UK and there is no CGT to pay (because, the gain is covered by your capital gains exemption). There is no requirement to submit the UK Property Return. The capital gains exemption available for 2023/24 is £6,000. The second important date is 31 January following the end of the
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Pension contribution limits relaxed
August 30, 2023Pension contribution limits relaxed The annual allowance (AA) caps the amount of tax-relievable pension inputs that can be made to a registered pension scheme. For money purchase (defined contribution) schemes (which include all personal pensions). The inputs are the total amounts contributed by you and your employer. In a defined benefits scheme ( one
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Benefits and expenses
August 23, 2023Reporting benefits and expenses HMRC has made it clear that employers must submit their reports of benefits and expenses provided to employees (P11D forms) in electronic form this year. All paper P11Ds will be rejected, as will any paper amendments to P11Ds for earlier years. There are now only two options open when reporting benefits
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Tax exemptions
August 21, 2023Settle tax on behalf of your employee There are various tax exemptions you can use to provide an employee with a one-off tax-free reward. Such as certain ‘trivial’ benefits or long-service awards. If the value of the reward exceeds the tax-free amount permitted, you can bear the tax and NICs (which the employee would normally
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VAT on land and buildings
August 18, 2023VAT on land and buildings When you are acquiring a commercial building, you need to know whether the purchase price will include VAT Older non-residential buildings will normally be exempt from VAT, but not if the owner has opted to apply VAT (“opted to tax”) at some point. This option to tax (OTT) is in
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Keep your company’s tax rate low
August 16, 2023Keep your company’s tax rate low Corporation tax rates have risen since 1 April 2023 There are some exceptions. For example, if you own an investment company. All its profits may be taxable at 25%, irrespective of the level of profits. These profit thresholds are reduced where there are ‘associated companies’ (broadly, companies under common
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Improve your state pension
August 11, 2023Improve your state pension If you have gaps in your NICs payment record, you may not receive the full state retirement pension. You can easily check your NICs record for your entire working life in your personal tax account (www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account ). You need at least 35 complete NICs years to receive the maximum state retirement
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Directors Loan
August 11, 2023A Directors Loan Account Your company may pay personal expenses on your behalf for which you later reimburse the company, or it might otherwise lend you money. This means you have a variable outstanding debt owing to the company, which is known as a directors loan account. Where that debt exceeds £10,000 at any point
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Payroll Hygiene
June 18, 2023The HMRC computer can be confused by incorrect information in PAYE returns, which may then result in a demand for more tax than you have deducted from your employees. This may happen when the HMRC computer records a duplicate employment for an employee, without ceasing the previous employment. For example, you take on William Smith
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The Calm Before The Storm?
June 16, 2023The calm before the storm After the multiple fiscal statements in 2022, which often reversed changes that had only recently been announced, the last few months have been relatively tranquil on the tax front. The Budget contained high-profile announcements of changes to childcare and pensions, but the former only begin being phased in next year
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