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16th January 2024 31 Jan: Could Your Self-Assessment Tax Be Reduced?

Could your Self-Assessment Tax be reduced?   For those clients that prepare self-assessment personal tax returns, 31 January is usually tax payment day. This tax will primarily be based on your personal income for the tax year ended 5 April 2023, potentially made up of 2 components:   The balancing payment for 2022/23 (total 2022/23…

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16th January 2024 Fenland Business Awards 2024: Nominations Are Open!

Nominations for the Fenland Business Awards 2024 are open!   Whitings LLP are delighted to be the headline sponsor of the Fenland Business Awards for the second consecutive year.   Whitings have served businesses and individuals in the Fenland region since 1928 and as such have been keen to continue to support this event to…

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12th January 2024 HMRC Interest Rates & ‘Time To Pay’: Self Assessment

The forthcoming Self Assessment payment date of 31st January 2024 is looming. HMRC last increased the late payment and repayment interest rates on 22nd August 2023 and this applies to the main taxes and duties that HMRC currently charges and pays interest as follows:   Late payment interest rate — 7.75%   Repayment interest rate — 4.25%…

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11th January 2024 Spring Budget Predictions

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has announced that the Spring Budget will take place on Wednesday 6 March 2024. This will be the Chancellor’s second budget and will include the government’s tax and spending plans as well as new growth and borrowing forecasts.   The Spring Budget could be followed by a general election in as…

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10th January 2024 2024 SME Ely Business Awards: Enter Now

Entries are open for the 2024 SME Ely Business Awards. We all know the importance of celebrating what we have achieved in business, and the SME Ely Business Awards are just the way to do it.   If you run a SME business based within the Ely area and you have a success story to…

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9th January 2024 Spring Budget: SME wish-list?

With the 6th March Budget just around the corner, many SME business owners are beginning to wonder what’s in Mr Hunt’s red ministerial box, which got us thinking, ‘what might the SME wish-list look like in the ideal world?’   There are 2 reasons to be a little more optimistic than usual this time around:…

mm Ian Piper
8th January 2024 How To Pay Your Self Assessment Tax

‘How to pay your Self Assessment Tax’ will be a question that many people are asking with the payment deadline of 31st January 2024 just around the corner.   It is important to ensure your payment is made by the 31st January to avoid any late payment interest which HMRC charge daily.     For…

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1st January 2024 Happy New Year: 2024!

The Whitings LLP Team would like to wish you all a Happy New Year!   Thank you for your continued custom in 2023 and we look forward to working with you in 2024.     Please click here for a list of our re-opening times

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25th December 2023 Merry Christmas from Whitings LLP

We would like to wish our wonderful clients a very Merry Christmas from the Whitings LLP Team.   We are currently on our festive break, but you can click here to find your local Whitings office’s re-opening times.    

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21st December 2023 Christmas & New Year Opening Hours: Whitings LLP

We’re all feeling festive here at Whitings LLP, so what better time to share our Christmas & New Year opening times than now?   Bury St. Edmunds Closed from 5.30pm on Friday 22nd December 2023 Re-opens at 9am on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.   Mildenhall Closed from 5.30pm on Friday 22nd December 2023 Re-opens at…

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