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Increasing the Normal Minimum Pension Age
Increasing the normal minimum pension age The normal minimum pension age (NMPA) is the age at which most pension savers can access their pensions without incurring an unauthorised pension charge (unless they take their pension earlier due to ill-health). Registered pension...
Register for Child Benefit even if the HICBC applies
Register for Child Benefit even if the HICBC applies If you are responsible for bringing up a child who is under the age of 16, or under the age of 20 where they remain in approved education or training (such as A levels but not education at an advanced level, such as univ...
New reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and leisure
New reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and leisure The hospitality and leisure industry were particularly hard hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. To help the industry recover they benefitted from a reduced rate of VAT of 5% from 15 July ...
Get ready for the next steps of Making Tax Digital
Get ready for the next steps of Making Tax Digital Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a government programme to move to a digital tax world. HMRC’s stated ambition is to become one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world. MTD involves fundamental changes...
Understanding how dividends are taxed Dividends have their own tax rules and their own rates of tax. The rules and the rates apply in the same way regardless of whether the dividends are paid from your personal or family company as part of a profit extraction strategy, or ...
Special capital gains tax rule for transfers of assets between spouses
Special capital gains tax rule for transfers of assets between spouses Although married couples and civil partners are assessed individually for capital gains tax purposes and each has their own annual exempt amount, a ...
Disposing of an asset on which capital allowances have been claimed
Disposing of an asset on which capital allowances have been claimed Capital allowances are the tax equivalent of depreciation, and the mechanism of providing tax relief for certain items of capital expenditure. However, with the exception of cars, capital allowances are no...
RTI penalties and period of grace
RTI penalties and period of grace Under real time information (RTI), employers are required to report pay and deductions information to HMRC ‘at or before’ the time that the payment is made to the employee. This is done by means of the full payment submission (FPS). Pe...
Relief for losses in the early years of a trade
Relief for losses in the early years of a trade It is not uncommon to realise a loss in the early years of a trade. However, traders who commenced their self-employment in 2019 or 2020 may also have suffered as a result of the pandemic. Although the ...
Tax relief on loans to close companies
Tax relief on loans to close companies Family and personal companies are often ‘close’ companies. Broadly, this is one that is controlled by five or fewer shareholders or any number of shareholders all of whom are directors. In a ...
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