by superadmin | Mar 26, 2025 | HMRC
Meeting tax obligations is costing UK firms around £15.4 billion a year according to the National Audit Office (NAO), the body responsible for scrutinising public spending, and it appears HMRC is underestimating these costs to taxpayers. This has a major impact on the...
by superadmin | Mar 5, 2025 | HMRC, Tax
While most of us were ringing in the New Year with a chorus of Auld Lang Syne or nursing a hangover from the revelries, nearly 25,000 people filed their tax return on January 1, 2025, according to HMRC figures. Most people – 2,603 – filed their returns between 14:00...
by superadmin | Feb 5, 2025 | HMRC
A change in the way HMRC is calculating when tax is due to be paid on profits arising for the self-employed or members of a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) mean they could be facing higher bills in January than they are expecting. The new Basis Period Reform,...
by superadmin | Jan 29, 2025 | HMRC
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is the tax payable on most property purchases within the UK, and the figures for who needs to pay what are set out very clearly by HMRC. But there are times when specific allowances can be made that reduce the amount of SDLT due, and...
by superadmin | Jan 22, 2025 | HMRC, Tax
HMRC is warning people who are filing Self-Assessment returns to be on the look out for fraudsters, after customers referred nearly 150,000 frauds to the taxman in the last year. As the January 31, 2025, deadline looms, the scammers are targeting people with tax...
by superadmin | Jan 15, 2025 | HMRC, Tax
Most of us have heard about the Self-Assessment tax regime, especially those who are self-employed or who need to declare income outside of their main PAYE job. But some people will have received Simple Assessment letters from HMRC, and they may need to pay a tax bill...