by superadmin | Dec 31, 2025 | Budget Announcement
The Chancellor took aim at cash ISAs in her Budget, and is reducing the amount that can be put into a cash ISA from £20,000 to £12,000, with the remaining £8,000 being eligible for investment ISAs. These changes, which will apply from April 6, 2027, will not affect...
by superadmin | Dec 17, 2025 | Budget Announcement, Tax
The largest amount of money raised by the Chancellor comes from extending the freezing of income tax thresholds for an additional three years. The measure, introduced in 2022, was due to end in 2028, but will now continue to remain unchanged until 2031, which will...
by superadmin | Dec 3, 2025 | Budget Announcement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her second Budget on November 26, and taxpayers face the highest tax burden on record as a result. Frozen tax thresholds for everything from income tax to inheritance tax, a change in the use of salary sacrifice to make pension...
by Ruth Clark | May 8, 2023 | Budget Announcement
The Apprenticeship Levy was first announced in the Summer Budget 2015 and it was later confirmed in the Autumn Statement 2015 that the levy would be introduced from 6 April 2017. Primary legislation was subsequently included in the Finance Act 2016, Pt. 6 (s. 98...
by Ruth Clark | Apr 26, 2023 | Budget Announcement, Tax
Higher earners have been dealt a blow after the Chancellor changed the level at which the 45% additional rate of tax applies from £150,000 to £125,140. The move takes effect in the 2023/24 tax year and brings the threshold in line with the point at which the personal...
by Ruth Clark | Apr 19, 2023 | Budget Announcement, Tax
Up to 30 hours of free childcare per week will become available for any child older than nine months from 2024, when there is a staggered introduction starting at 15 hours in April 2024, rising to 30 hours in September 2025. This will be a welcome boost for parents...
