March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  Have you used your 2016/17 £11,100 annual capital gains exemption? Consider selling shares where the gain is less than £11,100 before 6 April 2017. Also, if you have any worthless shares, consider

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  If you are looking for investment opportunities, have you considered the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)? These investments in certain qualifying companies allow you to set off 30% of the amount invested against

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  Your maximum annual investment in ISAs for 2016/17is £15,240. Your investment needs to be made before 6 April 2017. In addition, have you thought about investing for your children or grandchildren by

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  For every £2 that your adjusted net income exceeds £100,000, the £11,000 personal allowance is reduced by £1. Pension contributions and Gift Aid can help to reduce adjusted net income and save

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  The new flexible loss relief rules coming into effect from 1 April 2017, will make the purchase of a loss-making company attractive. For many years there has been anti-avoidance to block the

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  New rules that will allow greater flexibility in the way that companies obtain relief for losses will apply to losses incurred from 1 April 2017 onward. These rules have been introduced to

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  Legislation to introduce Making Tax Digital (MTD) will be included in the Finance Bill 2017 and despite many objections that it was too soon, the new system of quarterly reporting will commence

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  There are significant changes that commence on 6 April 2017 for workers in the public sector supplying their services via their own personal service companies or other intermediaries. From 6 April 2017

February 6, 2017 0 Comments

  Date What’s Due 1/02 Corporation Tax payment for year to 30/4/16 (unless quarterly instalments apply) 19/02 PAYE & NIC deductions, and CIS return and tax, for month to 5/02/17 (due 22/02 if

February 6, 2017 0 Comments

  In the December edition of this newsletter we flagged up that new anti-avoidance legislation in Finance Act 2016 will tax certain transactions in UK land as trading transactions instead of capital gains.