Do you need to fill in a tax return?

Jun 17, 2014

HMRC have determined that you must complete a self assessment tax return if any of the following circumstances apply to your personal, financial circumstances:

 

     1.    You're…

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Construction Industry and tax

Jun 12, 2014

All active building contractors and building subcontractors are subject to HMRC regulation. The rules they have to abide by are set out in the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS). Essentially, contractors…

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European Commission ventures opinion on UK economy

Jun 10, 2014

In March 2014 the European Commission published a report entitled Macroeconomic Imbalances United Kingdom 2014. The text includes a few observations on the UK property market that have been greeted…

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Small business rate relief

Jun 06, 2014

You can get small business rate relief if you only use one property and its rateable value is less than…

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Tax fugitive tracked down

Jun 03, 2014

A member of the one of the UK’s biggest tobacco smuggling gangs, who fled to Spain to avoid prison, has been returned to the UK to begin his sentence.

John Sabin, 58, from Doncaster, was…

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Pension contributions and high income earners

Jun 02, 2014

Our previous government enacted legislation that removed the personal allowance for certain high income earners. The present government has made no change to this process. Basically, for every £2…

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HMRC's second incomes campaign

Jun 02, 2014

On 9 April 2014 HMRC published details of their latest campaign to encourage taxpayers to declare and pay unpaid tax on second incomes.

HMRC will expect settlement of any taxes due four months…

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VAT online filing relaxed

Jun 02, 2014

HMRC has proposed to relax the current online filing of VAT returns. They are going to improve the telephone filing service by making it possible for taxpayers to ring HMRC rather than making an appointment…

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The end of Private Residence elections?

Jun 02, 2014

At present, taxpayers who own more than one property used as residences by them, can make a formal election to determine which of their properties should be considered their private residence for…

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