Biggest Tax Raising Parliment

By Gary Robinson / October 14, 2023

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has stated that this has been the biggest tax-raising parliament since records began, pushing UK tax revenues to historically high levels. They comment “At the time of the last general election, UK tax revenues amounted to around 33% of national income. By the time of the next election in…

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Autumn Statement

By Gary Robinson / September 24, 2023

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has confirmed that the Autumn Statement will be on 22 November 2023. The Autumn Statement can affect tax policy, benefits, and much more. The Chancellor will make his announcement to Parliament, setting out the Government’s plans on all matters fiscal and economic. Interestingly, this could be the Chancellor’s…

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HM Revenue Customs thinks the solution lies in the use of online

By Gary Robinson / August 4, 2023

HMRC Annual Report shows some important trends for business owners HMRC’s annual report was published last week, and it shows that they failed to meet many of their key customer services measures in 2022-23. Customer satisfaction dropped to 79% from 82% last year and telephone performance has also declined with an average wait of 16…

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HMRC fined 300,000 tax payers

By Gary Robinson / February 4, 2023

A record 11.7 million people submitted their tax returns on time, but over 300,000 taxpayers missed the self assessment deadline This compared with 10.2m completed returns by the 2021 deadline, although HMRC did extend the filing period due to the fallout from the pandemic. On 31 January, 861,085 taxpayers filed online to meet the deadline,…

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HMRC is changing how they assess profits

By Gary Robinson / December 3, 2022

How HMRC assesses profits for sole traders and partnerships who use an accounting date between 6 April and 30 March will change from 6 April 2023. This change will not affect companies. Your accounting date is the last day of the period that you prepare your accounts for. You choose your accounting date when you…

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A fiscal U-turn without precedent!

By Gary Robinson / October 23, 2022

Over the last few days, we have seen a gradual dismantling of the mini-budget of Friday 23 September 2022, along with the economic policies that Prime Minister Liz Truss based her leadership campaign on. Designed to ensure the UK’s economic stability and provide confidence in the Government’s commitment to fiscal discipline, the emergency statement confirmed:…

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U-turn on the top rate of tax

By Gary Robinson / October 9, 2022

Facing huge criticism and market turbulence following his announcement of a series of “growth” measures, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has backtracked on his decision to abolish the 45p rate of income tax paid by people earning more than £150,000 a year. The proposal to scrap the rate had been criticised as unfair at this time of…

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Government Growth Plan

By Gary Robinson / September 30, 2022

The package of measures to deliver a pro-growth, simplified tax system that supports business investment across the United Kingdom, and allows people to keep more of their own money. This comes a day after the government announced that the Health and Social Care Levy (HSCL) of 1.25% due to be introduced from April 2023 will not…

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Tax Return deadlines

By Gary Robinson / November 7, 2019

Tax Return If you been sent a notice to complete a self-assessment income tax return you have until 31 January every year to get this submitted to HM Revenue & Customs or you will incur late filing penalties depending how long this is outstanding for. Late Filing Penalties Up to 3 Months £100.00 if it…

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Tax Returns and The Fines

By Gary Robinson / October 31, 2019

Tax Return If you been sent a notice to complete a self-assessment income tax return you have until 31 January every year to get this submitted to HM Revenue & Customs or you will incur late filing penalties depending how long this is outstanding for. Late Filing Penalties Up to 3 Months £100.00 if it…

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