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Tax Rates and Allowances 2022/23
Tax Rates and Allowances 2022/23

Introduction We have summarised the key rates and allowances which are fundamental to our business and personal lives. We are sure that you will find them a useful point of reference and have set out below a few examples of how they can be used. Personal tax rates As...

What is the Postponed VAT Accounting system?
What is the Postponed VAT Accounting system?

The Postponed VAT Accounting (PIVA) system for imported goods was introduced on 1 January 2021 and allows VAT registered businesses to declare and, subject to the normal rules, reclaim import VAT on the same VAT return. This avoids VAT being paid to HMRC on import and...

VAT and Making Tax Digital
VAT and Making Tax Digital

On 1 April 2019 (this was not a joke!!) HMRC introduced Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT.  Businesses above the current VAT threshold of £85,000 have since needed to submit their VAT returns using “functional compatible software”. As of 1 April 2022, all VAT...

What are Freeports? VAT implications
What are Freeports? VAT implications

A Freeport is designed to attract major domestic and international investment, these hubs of enterprise will allow places to carry out business inside a country’s land border but where different customs rules apply.​ At a Freeport, imports can enter with simplified...

Autumn Budget: R&D Tax Relief to be Reformed
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
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...

Capital Gains Tax deadline extended
Capital Gains Tax deadline extended

The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Budget that from 27 October 2021 the deadline for UK residents to report and pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) after selling UK residential property will increase from 30 days after the completion date to 60 days. This change follows a...

Changes to the Trust Registration Service (TRS)?
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...