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The Government has at last increased National Insurance (NI) and dividend tax by 1.25 percentage points after months of anticipation. The 1.25% uplift came into effect on 6 April 2022 and will apply until April 2023, after which a separate health and social care levy will apply on peoples’ income at 1.25%. The Government said… Continue reading National Insurance and dividend 1.25% uplift underway

The Government has opened a public consultation into a new online sales tax (OST) to “rebalance” the taxation of online and in-store retail businesses. The Treasury published its consultation on 25 February 2022, seeking answers from stakeholders on 40 questions about how an OTS should work. If implemented, the Government would use an OST to… Continue reading Government launches online sales tax public consultation

The Economic Affairs’ Finance Sub-Committee of the House of Lords has written to the Government, listing key recommendations on off-payroll working rules known as IR35. IR35 legislation aims to prevent tax avoidance by workers who contract out their services through a personal limited company for tax purposes but enjoy the perks a regular employee would.… Continue reading House of Lords raises concerns over IR35

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has revised its forecast for GDP growth in 2022, which is now expected to grow at half the rate as it did in 2021. GDP is now expected to grow in 2022 by 3.6%, revised down from 4.2% and compared to 7.5% growth in 2021. The downgrade largely reflects… Continue reading Economic forecasts dampen for 2022

More than one million individuals completed their self-assessment tax return by the extended deadline at the end of February 2022. HMRC estimates 11.3m of 12.2m of the taxpayers who had to file a self-assessment tax return for the 2020/21 tax year did so by 28 February 2022. Individuals and trusts required to submit a self-assessment… Continue reading Over one million individuals use extra time to file tax returns

More than two million people missed a self-assessment tax return deadline on 31 January 2022, according to HMRC.  The tax authority said more than 10.2 million returns were filed ahead of the original deadline, leaving 2.3 million still to file. Late-filers had until 28 February 2022 to file their 2020/21 tax returns online before being… Continue reading Two million people missed self-assessment deadline

Is it only worth what the buyer wants to pay? The last year has been challenging for all of us, let alone business owners who’ve had to claim emergency support and battled hard to stay afloat.  Having survived those choppy waters, maybe it’s time to get your business valued as thoughts drift towards an exit… Continue reading How to value your business in 2022

Pensions usually fall outside of your estate. Inheritance tax was thought to be ripe for reform in last year’s Autumn Budget but, as it happened, it was left untouched for another tax year.  What that means is the £325,000 nil-rate band has been in place since 2009, while the 40% standard rate of tax that… Continue reading Utilising your pension to cut inheritance tax

Eligible businesses in England have until the end of this month to apply for the new Omicron hospitality and leisure grants. The Treasury announced more support for hospitality, leisure and accommodation businesses before Christmas last year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said at that time the new grant scheme was part of a new support package worth… Continue reading Deadline looms for new hospitality and leisure grants