Introduction Let’s get straight down to business. There is reason you should put money into a pension and one of the main reasons to SAVE TAX. As a pension saver you enjoy two important tax reliefs: • Tax relief on your contributions – what I call buying investments at a…
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All taxpayers, regardless of the rate at which they pay tax, are entitled to a tax-free allowance for dividends. For 2020/21 this is set at £2,000, so if you’re thinking of branching out to be self-employed or have made the switch last year, this is what you need to consider.…
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The self-assessment tax return for 2019/20 must be filed by midnight on 31 January 2021. If you miss this deadline, you will automatically receive a late filing penalty of £100, regardless of whether you owe any tax, unless you are able to convince HMRC that you have a reasonable excuse…
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Under the cash basis, small businesses are taxed on the basis of the cash that passes through their books, rather than being asked to spend their time doing calculations designed for big businesses. For 2019/20 onwards the annual turnover limit below which a business can use the cash basis is…
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The deadline for submitting your Self-Assessment online, and paying any tax you owe, is midnight on the 31st January. If you prefer to submit a paper based return, the submission deadline is 31st October. But what happens if you are late in submitting your tax return? Unfortunately you’ll face an…
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To help those businesses who are suffering as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK Government have announced that can delay making their second payment on account how and when self-assessment taxpayers can delay making your second payment on account for the 2019 to 2020 tax year. The payment…
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