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Making a negligible value claim
Making a negligible value claim Where assets that have become worthless, it may be possible to make a negligible value claim, allowing a loss to be realised which can be set against chargeable gains to reduce the capital gains tax liability. This claim can be made either o...
Personal and family companies – Optimal salary for 2021/22
Personal and family companies – Optimal salary for 2021/22 A popular profit extraction strategy for shareholders in personal and family companies is to pay a small salary and to extract further profits as dividends. The optimal salary will depend on whether the employmen...
Statutory payment changes from April 2021
Statutory payments from April 2021 By law, there are various statutory payments that an employer must make to an employee while the employee is absent from work. This can arise from the birth, adoption or death of a child. The employer must pay employees who meet the qua...
Check if you can reclaim SSP paid to employees due to coronavirus
Reclaiming SSP for periods of self-isolation The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme allows smaller employers to reclaim some or all of the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid to employees who are absent from work due to a Coronavirus-related absence. ...
Making tax-free payments to employees working from home
Making tax-free payments to employees working from home As a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many workers have been forced into working from home. While working from home saves the costs of commuting to the workplace and perhaps allows workers to adopt a mor...
The Budget 2020 Our summary focuses on the tax measures which may affect you, your family and your business. To help you decipher what was said we have included our own comments. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ...
Changing a will after death As long as certain conditions are met, it is possible to change a will after death. This is known as a post-death variation, and it can be a useful tax planning tool. A post-death variation can be made to: ...
Winding up your personal service company
Winding up your personal service company Come April 2020, many workers who have been providing their services through an intermediary, such as a personal service company, may find that their company is no longer needed. This may be for a number of factors: -...
Annual investment allowance or writing down allowance?
Annual investment allowance or writing down allowance? The way in which relief for capital expenditure is given depends on the way in which the accounts are prepared. For companies, sole traders and partnerships not eligible to use the cash basis, accounts must be prepar...
Making the most of pension tax allowances
Making the most of pension tax allowances There are many ways in which you can make the most of your pension tax allowances. Pension savings can be tax efficient, as contributions to registered pension schemes attract tax relief up to certain limits. Limit ...
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