Government U-turn on double cab pickup tax After just one week the government has u-turned on plans to classify double cab pickup trucks as cars for tax and VAT purposes which would have resulted in huge tax increases. This U-turn comes after huge criticism from...
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Tax incentives for capital investment
Super deduction and Annual Investment Allowance The introduction of the super deduction from April 1, 2021 was beneficial to capital-intensive industries such as logistics in that it provided companies with a deduction from taxable profits equal to 130% of the cost of...
Spring Budget: Changes to theatre, orchestra and museums and galleries exhibitions tax reliefs
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced an extension of the higher rates of tax relief for theatres (TTR), orchestras (OTR), museums and galleries exhibitions (MGETR) for two years to 31 March 2025. In addition, the definition of qualifying expenditure will be...
MTD: Digital start dates and the reform of basis periods
Making Tax Digital for income tax is being introduced on 6 April 2024. It will affect self-employed individuals and landlords with annual business or property income above £10,000. For general partnerships, the start date has been set at 6 April 2025. LLPs will join...
Dive with caution…Partnership income or employment income
In Corrigall [2022], The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) found that earnings from diving could not be treated as income from a partnership. The appellant in this case was employed as a gas and air diver for UK and international companies. The appellant, however treated his...
Tax opportunities for UK farmers and agricultural businesses
Are there tax opportunities for UK farmers available in 2022? Annual Investment Allowance, Agricultural Property Relief, and farmers’ averaging are generous tax reliefs for UK farmers and owners of agricultural businesses. However, each has some detailed rules that...
HMRC give self-assessment taxpayers one month waiver
HMRC have announced that they will be waiving late filing and late payment penalties by one month for Self-Assessment taxpayers. This is to give them additional time to complete their 2020/21 tax return and pay any due tax if needed. However, HMRC are still...
Autumn Budget: R&D Tax Relief to be Reformed
The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Budget that the R&D tax relief regime will be reformed. The key changes: The scope of the regime will be extended to support modern research methods by including expenditure on data and cloud computing costs The relief will...
Autumn Budget: Changes to Creative Tax Reliefs
Creative tax reliefs have been made even more generous following the Autumn Budget. Find out here if your company qualifies for these reliefs The Chancellor has announced a temporary increase in the rates of relief for the following tax reliefs: Theatre...
Changes to the Trust Registration Service (TRS)?
What is the Trust Registration Service (TRS)? The Trust Registration Service (TRS) was introduced in June 2017 as a result of the 4th Money Laundering Directive (‘4MLD’) to gather more information about trusts in a drive towards more transparency and to enforce...
Associate dentists self-employed concession to be removed
For many years HMRC have operated a concession under which associate dentists are treated as self-employed for tax purposes rather than employed. However, from 6 April 2023, this concession will be removed. How will this impact dental practices? At present, the...
VAT changes for sales to EU from 1 July 2021
The European Union is making changes to the VAT treatment of supplies of goods and services to EU non business customers. These changes take effect from 1 July 2021. Goods Under the existing rules sales of goods by non-EU businesses to the EU, customers are not...











