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When not to charge VAT

When a VAT registered business issues an invoice to their customer, they must ensure that they charge the correct rate of VAT. Whilst most businesses in the UK charge VAT at the standard rate of 20% there are a number of different VAT rates and

Claiming Business Asset Disposal Relief

BADR used to be known as Entrepreneurs’ Relief before 6 April 2020. The name change does not affect the operation of the relief. BADR applies to the sale of a business, shares in a trading company or an individual’s interest in a trading partnership.

Income Tax if you move to or from Scotland

The Scottish rate of Income Tax (SRIT) is payable on the non-savings and non-dividend income of those defined as Scottish taxpayers.

The definition of a Scottish taxpayer is based on whether the taxpayer has a ‘close connection’ with Scotland or

NICs after reaching State Pension Age

If you have reached the State Pension age and continue to work, in most cases you no longer need to pay employees National Insurance Contributions (NICs).

At State Pension age, the requirement to pay Class 1 and Class 2 NICs ceases. However, you

Protecting your personal data

The next time you receive a request, by phone, text, or email, that requires you to take an action or verbally disclose information about yourself or your finances, alarm bells need to ring.

Criminals now use every means at their disposal to obtain

Current passport fees

Travel options for going abroad are slowly starting to reopen. From 17 May 2021, international leisure travel from England will no longer be illegal but strict border control measures remain in place. There are 3 different levels of restrictions for

Jobseeker’s Allowance

The Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) is a benefit for those usually aged over 18 who are either not working or who are currently working less than 16 hours per week. Applicants must be capable of working and actively looking for work. There are three

Taking money out of a limited company

There are a number of ways a director can extract money from their limited company.

The money can usually be withdrawn in one or more of the following ways. For most directors, the optimum way to minimise personal tax liabilities will be using a

IHT immediately chargeable transfers

There are special rules concerning the liability to IHT on a transfer made during a person’s lifetime. Most gifts made during this period are not subject to tax at the time of the gift.

These lifetime transfers are known as ‘potentially exempt

Charging VAT on discounts and free gifts

When VAT registered traders issue an invoice to a customer, they must seek to ensure that the correct rate of VAT is charged. Whilst most businesses in the UK charge VAT at the standard rate of 20% there are a number of different VAT rates and

Importing goods into the UK

There are special procedures for importing goods into the UK. Following the end of the Brexit transition period, the process for importing goods from the EU effectively mirrors the process for all other international destinations.

Businesses,

Holiday update

As lockdown is being eased and opportunity to holiday opens, we felt it might be useful to set out bank holiday dates for the UK regions for the rest of this year.

England and Wales – 2021

Date
Day
Holiday

31

Taxing your car

The instructions to tax your car on the GOV.UK website is reproduced below:

To tax your car, motorcycle or other vehicle you will need to use a reference number from:

a recent reminder (V11) or ‘last chance’ warning letter from DVLA
your vehicle

CIS – types of work and businesses affected

The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is a set of special rules for tax and National Insurance for those working in the construction industry.

The CIS covers all construction work carried out in the UK, including jobs such as:

site

Impact of residence and domicile

HMRC’s online guidance note for residence, domicile and the remittance basis: RDR1 is intended for UK residents and non-residents and covers the residence, domicile and remittance basis rules from 6 April 2013 and onwards.

For most taxpayers, it

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