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National Insurance contributions for 2021/22
National Insurance contributions for 2021/22 The 2020/21 tax year starts on 6 April 2021. From that date, new thresholds apply for National Insurance purposes. Employees and Employers Employees pay primary ...
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...
National Minimum Wage changes from April 2021
National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage changes from April 2021 Under the minimum wage legislation, workers must be paid at least the statutory minimum wage for their age. There are two types of minimum wa...
Are you trading? Tax implications you need to know about!
Are you trading? Lockdown restrictions have forced many businesses to close temporarily. Selling goods or clothes on sites such as eBay and Depop offers the opportunity to raise some much-needed cash in these difficult times. However, it is important that you know the asso...
Make the most of the dividend allowance until April
Make the most of the dividend allowance The 2020/21 tax year comes to an end on 5 April 2021. The last few months of the year are a good time to undertake a review and to ensure that your dividend allowance for the year is not wasted. Nature of the dividend al...
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...
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: ...
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...
What to do if you need to change your tax return
What to do if you need to change your tax return You made it and filed your self-assessment tax return for 2018/19 by the 31 January 2020. However, having felt pleased with yourself, you realise to your horror that you have made a mistake and need to correct your return. ...
Do you know about this tax exemption for business trips?
Incidental overnight expenses A tax exemption enables an employer to meet small personal expenses when an employee stays away from home for work, without the employee suffering a tax charge and without any need to report the expenses to HMRC. What are incident...
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