Personal Tax

Exploiting the staycation trend – buying a holiday let

With an increasing number of holidaymakers staying on British soil for the foreseeable future, those [...]

Matters of Trust

The HMRC Trust Registration Service (TRS) In June 2017, HMRC created the TRS to comply [...]

Altruistic landlords – 2015 announcements may bite hard in 2020

Residential landlords may well have felt an obligation or need to afford their tenants leniency [...]

Where there’s a Will there’s a way

Where a death occurs suddenly or unexpectedly, additional distress may be caused if the deceased [...]

Working from home? You could save tax…

Following government advice that individuals should work from home wherever possible to reduce the spread [...]

Deferral of tax due 31 July 2020 available to all taxpayers, not just the self employed

The second self-assessment payment on account for the 2019/20 tax year which would normally be [...]

Are you planning to sell a UK residential property? Beware of the new capital gains tax rules

From 6 April 2020, there will be a significant change to the way capital gains [...]

Why Portugal should be your tax destination of choice

Britons moving to Portugal can potentially receive income such as UK pensions and UK dividends [...]

What the election means for UK taxes

Last week, the Conservative party won the general election with a significant majority, and the [...]

Tax relief for charitable donations

There are various ways of making tax-relieved gifts to charity. The way in which the [...]

Voluntary National Insurance contributions – should you pay?

The payment of National Insurance contributions provides the mechanism by which an individual builds up [...]

Travel expenses and the 24-month rule

As a general rule, employees are denied a tax deduction for the cost of travel [...]

Student loan deductions

Employers fulfil many collection roles for HMRC, one of which is the collection of student [...]