Yesterday saw me back in Downing Street as a guest of Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for a reception to celebrate small business in the UK: We were also joined by Matt Hancock, who spoke of his support for small business. Matt Hancock has been the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care […]
Tax News
The (often forgotten) December 2018 tax deadline
Many people remember the 31st January tax payment deadline, but often forget there is an additional tax deadline each year at the end of December. Where possible, the deadline for having tax liabilities taken through your tax code in a later year means the return must be processed by HMRC before the end of December at […]
Launch of the Silver DofY iDEA Award
Yesterday I was at St James’s Palace for the Silver iDEA Award launch with members of the Small Business Saturday community: It was a superb event, attended by a wide variety of people who are seeing great benefits from the iDEA awards. I have completed the Bronze and the Silver myself – also achieving the […]
Residential Property Capital Gains Tax payment timescale changes
From 6th April 2020, there are changes to how capital gains tax(CGT) on residential property is reported and paid. Rather than at present, where the details are reported in the next tax return and the tax paid the following 31st January, there will only be 30 days to submit a CGT return and make a […]
Changes to HMRC rent a room tax relief now cancelled
I reported back in July 2018 that HMRC were planning to change the rent a room relief rules so that it would only apply in cases where the owner occupied the property at the same time. However, it has just been announced in the 2018 October Budget that these planned changes have been cancelled. Rent […]