Archived Tax Tips and News
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April 2012
- 2012 Budget News and Analysis
- How Much To Pay Yourself?
- Travel for Home-Based Business
- IR35 Proposals
- VAT Changes
- April Question and Answer Section
- April Key Tax Dates
March 2012
- Tax Efficient Investments
- Spreading Household Income
- Working from Home
- Capital Exemptions and Losses
- March Question and Answer Section
- March Key Tax Dates
February 2012
- Closing Down Your Company
- Penalties for Late Payment of PAYE
- Confessing to Tax Fraud
- Reporting EU Sales to HMRC
- February Question and Answer Section
- February Key Tax Dates
January 2012
- Is Your Payroll Information 'Clean'?
- Online VAT Filing Compulsory
- Are You On The Taxman's Target List?
- Tax Numbers for 2012/13
- January Question and Answer Section
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2011
- Autumn Statement Tax Summary
- Low Value Consignment Changes
- Pension Lifetime Allowance Decrease
- Using VAT Groups
- December Question and Answer Section
- December Key Tax Dates
November 2011
- Reality of Self-Employed Contracts
- Teachers to Tell All
- PAYE Refunds and Underpayments
- Reclaiming VAT
- November Question and Answer Section
- November Key Tax Dates
October 2011
- Business Record Checks Update
- Splitting Businesses to Avoid VAT
- Stuck in the UK?
- Student Loan Notices
- October Question and Answer Section
September 2011
- Swiss Bank Account Tax Deal
- Business Exit Planning
- Jointly Held Property Tax Savings
- New Mileage Rates
- September Question and Answer Section
August 2011
- New Workplace Pensions Cost
- VAT Initiative Starts
- Companies House Reminders
- Less Tax for Students
- August Question and Answer Section
July 2011
- Web Bots Are Out to Get You!
- What if You Don't Pay Your Tax!
- Must You Register for VAT?
- Repayment Claims for Tax on Interest
- July Question and Answer Section
June 2011
- Tax Efficient Profit Extraction
- Property Development Issues
- Why Stamp Duty Form Changes?
- Missing Trader Fraud
- June Question and Answer Section
May 2011
- Higher Penalties for Late Returns
- Tax Efficient Cars
- Capital Allowances for Holiday Lets
- Paying PAYE on Time
- May Question and Answer Section
April 2011
- Plumbers Tax Safe Plan
- Changes to NIC Class 2 Payments
- PAYE Notices are Coming
- New Pensioners to Receive Tax Bills
- April Question and Answer Section
March 2011
- 2011 Budget News and Analysis
- Taxman to Hassle Tax Cheats
- Taxman Starts Business Records Check
- Traps with the Flat Rate VAT Scheme
- Leaving it to Charity
- March Question and Answer Section
February 2011
- More PAYE Reconciliations
- Changes to Tax Credits
- How to Challenge a VAT penalty
- Clamp-down on Loan Schemes
- February Question and Answer Section
January 2011
- Associated Company Changes
- Furnished Holiday Lettings Changes
- Take Care with VAT
- Tax Numbers for 2011/12
- January Question and Answer Section
December 2010
- 2010 Autumn Statement
- It's Christmas Time Mr Taxman!
- Business Tax Changes 2011/12
- Personal Tax Changes 2011/12
- Question and Answer Section
November 2010
- Planning for the VAT Increase
- Pension Changes Ahead
- Update on PAYE 'Errors'
- Refund of Overseas VAT
- November Question and Answer Section
October 2010
- Taxman Brings in the Heavies
- National Minimum Wage Changes
- PAYE 'Errors'
- Tell the Taxman Now
- October Question and Answer Section
September 2010
- Cycle to Work Scheme Update
- Dividend Planning to Maximise Tax Credits
- Maximum NI Contributions
- VAT Rates and Refunds
- September Question and Answer Section
August 2010
- Withdrawal of CIS Gross Payment Status
- Business Assurance Visits
- VAT on Google Adwords
- Deferring a Capital Gain and EIS
- August Question and Answer Section
July 2010
- Applying New CGT Rules
- Giving Shares to Employees
- VAT Online - Are You Ready?
- Young People and Taxes
- July Question and Answer Section
June 2010
- Emergency Budget 2010
- Changes in Capital Gains Tax
- Other Tax Changes Ahead
- Post Credibility Team
- PAYE Codes for 2010/11
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2010
- Furnished Holiday Lettings Saved!
- New Penalties for late PAYE
- Commercial Property Losses
- New VAT Partial Exemption Rules
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2010
- Company Car and Van Changes
- 2010 Budget News
- VAT Payments and New Penalties
- New Rateable Values from 1 April
- New Employment Regulations
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2010
- Filing VAT Returns Online
- How to Keep Accounting Records
- Time Runs Out for Tax Claims
- Changes to the EC Sales List
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2010
- Errors in New PAYE Codes
- Doctors and Dentists Asked to Confess
- Adding Overseas Purchases to Sales
- When is Your PAYE Due?
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2010
- Time to Pay Your Tax!
- The Capital Gains Dilemma
- Reclaiming Overseas VAT is Now Easier
- Are You Declaring Commissions?
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2009
- Pre-Budget - December 9 2009
- Tax Deductions for Franchise Fees
- Christmas Gift Time Mr Taxman!
- Avoid the Higher VAT Rate
- Tax Relief on Accountant's Fees!
- December Question and Answer Corner
November 2009
- Beware of Verbal Tax Advice
- Tips and Service Charge Changes
- What to do When a Customer Goes Bust
- New Opportunities to Claim Benefits
- November Question and Answer Corner
October 2009
- VAT Option to tax – 20 Years are up!
- Penalties for Late Tax Returns and Payments
- New Company Forms from 1 October
- Transferring Investment Property to Trading Stock
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2009
- 2nd Offshore Tax Amnesty Announced
- When is Paying a Dividend "illegal"?
- Correcting VAT Errors
- Giving Shares to Employees
- September Question and Answer Corner
August 2009
- Flipping Houses
- Budget For Your Tax Bill
- Beware Tax Email Scams
- When is a Pick-Up a Van?
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2009
- Tax Savings of Incorporation
- Are You Trading in Properties?
- Tips for Quick VAT Registration
- Company Cars are Getting More Expensive
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2009
- Car Scrappage Scheme Tax Implications
- Claiming Tax Relief on Overseas Property
- Credit Crunch Tax Credit Protective Claims
- Beware the VAT Threshold
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2009
- How to Beat the New 60% and 50% Tax Rates
- New NI Threshold to Record
- P11D Forms and Dispensations
- HMRC Bank Account Changes
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2009
- Budget News & Analysis 2009
- The Service Company Question
- Traps in the VAT Flat Rate Scheme
- Company Car Benefit Changes
- Giving to Charity Tax Efficiently
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2009
- Top 10 Year End Tax Planning Tips
- Budget Day will be 22 April 2009
- New Penalties from April 2009
- Why Pay the National Minimum Wage?
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2009
- New Companies House Late Filing Penalties
- Sharing Family Rental Income
- Dividend Planning
- Save Tax on Winding up a Company
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2009
- Overdrawn Directors Loan Account
- Will you be taxed on your Keyman Policy?
- Losses and Falling Sales
- Planning January 31 Tax Payments
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2008
- Pre-Budget 2008 Analysis
- Changes to Car Capital Allowances
- Claiming Small Business Rate Relief
- Increase Your Pension Fund Value
- Statutory Sick Pay Changes
- December Question & Answer Corner
November 2008
- 10 Ideas to Beat the Credit Crunch
- Losses on Property Lets
- VAT Problem for House Builders
- Losses in a Group of Companies
- November Question & Answer Corner
October 2008
- Contractors Beware Dragonfly Consulting Case
- Changes in Company Law
- New Tax Return Deadline
- Telling the Authorities About Your Company Changes
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2008
- Cycle to Gold & Save Tax!
- How to Gift a Property
- VAT - Checking the Numbers
- Getting More out of Mileage Rates
- September Question & Answer Corner
August 2008
- Getting Your Business to Pay for Your Holiday!
- Dealing with the Changed Personal Allowance
- Selling Your Business - the VAT Implications
- Mileage Expenses of Less than 40p per Mile
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2008
- Mileage Expenses and Rocketing Fuel Prices
- Planning to Sell Your Company?
- The £50,000 Annual Investment Allowance
- Protect Your Pension Fund
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2008
- Impact of Revised 2008/09 Tax Allowance
- Taxation of Non-Doms
- Changes to Correcting VAT Errors
- VAT on Pre-Incorporation Expenditure
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2008
- The Service Company Question on Form P35
- Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
- When is Lunch Tax Deductible?
- What Needs to be on a VAT invoice?
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2008
- National Minimum Wage for Family Members
- Inside or Outside the Company?
- Better Return by Holding Cash Personally?
- Claim Back Wages from the Taxman
- April Question and Answer Corner
- Budget March 2008
March 2008
- Year End Marginal Tax Rate Planning
- How to Bank Your Indexation Allowance
- How to Save Taper Relief
- Save Tax When Taking Your State Pension
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2008
- Capital Gains Relief for Entrepreneurs Announced
- Escaping Penalties for Late Tax Returns
- Taxman wants to help you claim R&D tax relief
- Tax Credits Rules for Childcare Costs
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2008
- Income Shifting is Coming Soon!
- Don't Overlook Goodwill on Incorporation
- New Capital Allowances Rules for Cars
- New Advisory Fuel Rates
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2007
- It's Christmas Party Time Mr Taxman!
- New VAT Rules for Invoice Numbering and More
- Protect Yourself Against HMRC Scandal
- December Question and Answer Corner
November 2007
- Rates and Allowances for 2008/09
- When to Sell your Investments
- Home Office Extension
- Employees Working Abroad
- November Question and Answer Corner
October 2007
- How to Declare Foreign Income
- Tax Advantages of Non-Domicile Status
- Car in the Company or Not?
- The Directors Loan Account Write Off
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2007
- Sharing Your Business With Your Other-Half
- The Collector Wants Your Money!
- Longer Holidays for All
- Company Car or Van?
- September Question and Answer Corner
August 2007
- Victory for Husband and Wife Companies!
- What will the Taxman do now to Attack Small Companies?
- How to Cash-in on Goodwill
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2007
- Is the Taxman Cracking Down on Buy-to-Let Landlords?
- VAT Registration Problems and Keeping Below the VAT Limit
- A Loan From Your Own Company
- Is it Worth Topping up NI contributions?
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2007
- Easing the P11D Pain
- Swap Salary for Benefits
- Choice of Dividend or Bonus
- Tax Credit Deadlines
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2007
- The "Tax Amnesty"
- What Happens if You Die Without a Will?
- Avoiding Tax on Company Vans
- New VAT Fuel Scale Charges
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2007
- Is the Small Company Still Viable?
- Tax Cut to 20%, is it Really?
- Taxman Issues New Guidance for Use of Home Claims
- Stamp Duty Help for Family Exchanges
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2007
- Budget 2007 News and Analysis
- Tax Benefits of Investing in Woodlands
- Now or Never - Year End Tax Planning Tips
- New CIS Rules from 6th April 2007
- Beware HMRC Email Scam
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2007
- Rewards for Tax Inspectors who Meet Targets!
- Should You Buy the Assets or the Shares?
- Tip to Avoid IHT on the Family Home
- Tax Advantages of Investment Bonds
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2007
- Last Chance to Get Your Tax Return Filed
- HMRC Launch Pilot Childcare Indicator
- From Ltd Company Back to Sole Trader
- Do You Know What an EFRBS is?
- Has Your Competitor Reported You on the HMRC Hotline?
- January Question and Answer Corner
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