by Lisa Dickson | May 5, 2020 | Personal Taxes
Can employees reclaim any expenses whilst working from home? On Monday 16 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the public to work from home where possible in an attempt to contain the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the UK. For more than 1.7 million people it...
by Lisa Dickson | Nov 18, 2019 | HMRC and tax, Personal Taxes
Tax changes to private residences for 2020/21. From 6 April 2020, HMRC is proposing three significant changes which will potentially increase the capital gains tax paid on the disposal of any residential property by an individual. These changes seek to raise extra...
by Lisa Dickson | Aug 16, 2019 | Personal Taxes
Are you on track for a comfortable retirement? All of us dream of the day we can retire, saying goodbye to the alarm clock and commute, filling our days with sun-soaked beach holidays, leisurely rounds of golf, or cruising the world. As delightful as that sounds, the...
by Lisa Dickson | Mar 1, 2019 | Personal Taxes
Controversial fee increase set to take place from April. From April 2019, some estates in England and Wales could be required to pay almost £6,000 for a service that currently costs less than 4% of that amount. This is because of a proposed change to the fees families...
by Lisa Dickson | Sep 11, 2018 | Personal Taxes
How to minimise business tax in 2018/19. If there’s one thing that keeps us awake at night it’s the thought of how many British businesses are failing to claim capital allowances to which they are entitled – worth billions of pounds across the board, according to some...
by Lisa Dickson | Aug 20, 2018 | Personal Taxes
How to make this tax break work for you. Millions of married couples and civil partners in the UK are eligible for the marriage allowance, but take-up has remained subdued since the tax break came into force on 6 April 2015. Almost half of the UK’s eligible couples...
