by Lisa Dickson | Apr 8, 2021 | HMRC and tax, Personal Taxes
What’s changing for the new tax year? If there’s one thing to take away from Spring Budget 2021, it’s taking charge of your personal finances is going to be increasingly important over the next five years. With the financial fallout from COVID-19 over the last year...
by Lisa Dickson | Mar 8, 2021 | HMRC and tax, Personal Taxes
Off-payroll working in the private sector Are you prepared for changes to the IR35 rules? Exactly a year later than planned, changes to the off-payroll rules – known as IR35 – will take effect in the private sector next month. The emergence of COVID-19 put paid to the...
by Lisa Dickson | Feb 15, 2021 | Personal Taxes
Get on track for a comfortable retirement. If you have a defined contribution pension scheme – whether private or through your employer – your retirement savings have probably been hit quite hard by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 12 months. That’s because pension...
by Lisa Dickson | Dec 17, 2020 | Personal Taxes
Reporting and paying within 30 days. Earlier this year, a new rule requiring capital gains tax on UK residential property to be reported and paid to HMRC within 30 days kicked in. This ushered in another change to tax rules affecting residential property owners,...
by Lisa Dickson | Nov 20, 2020 | Personal Taxes
The pros and cons of changing your main residence. With property being one of the most reliable investments around in a period of historic low-interest, many money-savvy people these days end up owning additional properties. They might rent them out, live in them or...
by Lisa Dickson | Jul 7, 2020 | Personal Taxes
How to pass on wealth to the next generation. There are many ways to reduce or eliminate the inheritance tax payable on your estate without using trusts. But for some, especially if you are very wealthy, they may not be enough. For others, the control that trusts...
