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The Scottish parliament is to take over responsibility for income tax and welfare benefits in the most significant devolution of taxes thus far.

Changes to the management of income tax and…

Many business readers of this blog will have their accounting year end set to coincide with the tax year end. For convenience, the end of March. As we approach the end of the calendar year you might…

The government has launched a public information campaign to ensure everyone knows what the State Pension changes mean for them.

With just over 500 days to go, Work and Pensions Secretary…

Readers who still need to file their 2014 self-assessment tax return may be asking themselves what’s the rush? After all, the deadline for filing the return is not until 31 January 2015: more than…

It would seem that errant directors are not only being pursued by HMRC for sloppy accounting procedures. The Insolvency Service is now taking a more active interest.

Daniel Mark Holloway,…

Currently if you die before you have started to draw your pension, the value of your pension fund will not usually be subject to inheritance tax (IHT) at 40%, as it is excluded from your estate. However,…

There are a number of personal assets that you can sell without a risk that you are creating a CGT liability. They include:

• your car
• individual personal possessions worth…

From March 2015 (subject to Parliamentary approval), the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency (CSA) will begin sharing certain information about the payment records of their clients…

There are precious few opportunities to make an arrangement after the end of a tax year, and carry the benefit back to impact tax liabilities of the previous tax year.

One such opportunity…