by Paul Whyatt | Mar 14, 2024 | Business Advice, Business Tax, Personal Tax, Taxation
The national living wage (NLW) will increase by 9.8% to £11.44 per hour from April 2024. The higher rate will also apply to 21 and 22-year-olds for the first time. The NLW currently applies to workers aged 23 and above and stands at £10.42 per hour. Workers under the...
by Paul Whyatt | Feb 22, 2024 | Business Advice, Business Tax, Personal Tax, Taxation
A simplification of the MTD ITSA processes is to be introduced in 2026 including no EOPS, cumulative submissions each quarter and restrictions for complex situations. Taxpayers with turnover over £50,000 will be brought into MTD ITSA from April 2026. The £50,000...
by Paul Whyatt | Feb 6, 2024 | Business Advice, Business Start-up, Business Tax, Taxation
HMRC has introduced two new measures to tackle the rise in fraudulent research and development (R&D) claims. Claim notification form For accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2023, a digital pre-notification form is required to inform HMRC in advance of...
by Paul Whyatt | Feb 6, 2024 | News, Other Insights, Taxation
HMRC has set out its intention to collect data relating to trade sectors, locations, occupations, hours worked, shareholdings and dividends paid, and self-employed trading dates. Draft legislation has been released that provides for regulations to adjust the personal...
by Paul Whyatt | Jan 16, 2024 | Personal Tax, Taxation
The cash basis is to replace accruals for the self-employed as the standard tax reporting method for the tax year 2024-25 (first year of tax year accounting). From April 2024, as part of a move to simplify calculation of taxable profits for Making Tax Digital, all...
by Paul Whyatt | Jan 2, 2024 | Business Advice, Business Tax, Personal Tax, Taxation
The headline news from the Autumn Statement was the reduction of primary Class 1 and Class 4 NIC and the removal of compulsory Class 2 NIC. The main rate of primary Class 1 NIC paid by employees on earnings between £12,570 and £50,270 per year will be reduced from 12%...
