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The first Autumn Budget since 2018, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s third Budget in fewer than 20 months, focuses mainly on public spending.

It reveals no major increases in personal taxes, but no major reductions, either.

Another Budget earlier in the year addressed how to raise necessary extra revenue, including corporation tax rises and allowance freezes.

There are various tax advantages to a rental property being treated as a furnished holiday letting, but inheritance tax (IHT) business relief is generally not one of them. Even though the law supports HMRC’s view, property owners regularly appeal against their refusal to give relief. The tax advantages The most immediate benefit is full tax […]

New IR35 changes will be implemented in April 2021 for private sector contractors that will transfer responsibility from contractors to large and medium companies to assess off-payroll worker status. But what exactly are the IR35 rules, and what can you do to prepare for these changes? What is IR35? Some independent contractors who work through […]

Did you defer your VAT payments last year due to the financial effect on the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, you were not alone. Over half a million businesses deferred VAT payments that fell due between March and June 2020 with the balances needing to be paid in full by 31 March 2021. However, HMRC have […]

From 1 March 2021 the domestic VAT reverse charge must be used for most supplies of building and construction services. The charge applies to standard and reduced-rate VAT services: for individuals or businesses who are registered for VAT in the UK reported within the Construction Industry Scheme When the reverse charge applies, a supplier of […]

In the eleventh hour move, HMRC have announced that they are extending the tax self-assessment deadline by a month, from 31 January to 28 February as there are more than 3 million people who have still not filed their 2019/20 tax return. It is hoped that the extension will be a sigh of relief for […]