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Maximise Your Tax Allowances Before 5 April

There’s just over a month until the end of the tax year on 5 April, which means now is the time to check whether you’re making full use of the tax allowances available to you. Many allowances reset on 6 April and if they’re not used, they’re often lost. A short review...

Watch for these signs of economic abuse in relation to tax

Domestic abuse is something some of us will have experienced in our lives, often without realising it until someone else points it out. But domestic abuse takes many forms, and one of these is financial, or economic abuse, which is often a big part of controlling...

More than 640,000 people can reclaim over £150m on Student Loans

Hundreds of thousands of people are entitled to refunds on their Student Loan repayments made in the 2024/25 financial year, and many of those with money owing are yet to make their claim. The Student Loans Company (SLC) released stats showing more than 640,000 people...

Taxpayers must be careful how they report CGT this year

Taxpayers with capital gains liabilities that they need to declare in their self-assessment tax return need to take extra care this year to avoid receiving a penalty from HMRC. Changes made to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates part-way through the 2024/25 tax year...

The Day After Tomorrow: Balancing the Short-Term and Long-Term Needs of Your Business

In business, as in our personal lives, it’s often too easy to concentrate on short-term challenges while neglecting long-term planning, particularly when the world is so uncertain and unpredictable that looking ahead more than a year or two can sometimes seem futile...

Missed the January filing deadline? Here’s what to expect

Thousands of people once again took the chance to use some quiet time over the festive period to file their self-assessment tax returns, with 4,606 people even filing their return on Christmas Day. In total, 37,435 people completed their return over the three days of...