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Mr Hammond surprised listeners to his autumn statement speech when he said: This is my first Autumn Statement as Chancellor. After careful consideration, and detailed

Salary sacrifice is a term applied to benefits taken in place of salary. In many respects these benefits provide employees with higher “take home” value

HMRC is to introduce an additional test that will determine the flat rate percentage used by traders. It would seem that HMRC presently considers the

From April 2017, the National Living Wage (NLW) for the over 25s is being increased to £7.50 per hour. This is an increase from the

Philip Hammond surprised MPs when he ended his Autumn Statement by saying: This is my first Autumn Statement as Chancellor. After careful consideration, and detailed

Last week, Philip Hammond presented his first Autumn Statement to parliament. In some respects, it was a bit of a damp squid as there were

Organisations across the UK have been publicising their wish lists for Philip Hammond’s first autumn statement later this week. Amongst tax practitioners there seems to

Just when it looked as if things couldn’t get any worse for prospective buy-to-let investors – in particular the gradual withdrawal of higher rate tax

If you are involved in planning the staff Christmas party for your firm don’t forget to consider the income tax consequences. Here’s a short reminder

Readers will be relieved to note that their professional advisors and other interested organisations, have recently lobbied HMRC to temper their agenda for making tax

From 1 January 2016, the AIA was increased to an annual limit of £200,000. Unlike previous changes, this is a permanent increase. The AIA allows

We have received enquiries from a number of clients, concerned that HMRC is going to try and tax them for the small amounts of cash

It may be possible to delay paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you sell a business asset that is subject to a charge to CGT,

The length of time you need to keep tax records depends on the types of income you earn and the types of tax you are

From 6 April 2013, the total amount of certain Income Tax reliefs that can be used to reduce your total taxable income is limited to