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As employers approach the new tax year, those who do not have the administrative capabilities or expertise to run a payroll function may wish to consider outsourcing. Payroll outsourcing involves the hiring of an external individual, or company, usually in the form of an accountant/bookkeeper, or via a specialist bureau to complete the payroll function…

The 31st January payment deadline is fast approaching. Here are some tips to ensure you get your payments to HMRC on time: HMRC accepts payments on date of payment rather than date it reaches their account You can pay via the secure HMRC App You can pay via scanning the QR code within your HMRC…

With the forthcoming Self Assessment payment date of 31st January 2023 just 3 weeks away HMRC have increased the late payment and repayment interest rates applied to the main taxes and duties that HMRC currently charges and pays interest from 6th January 2023: late payment interest rate — 6% from 6 January 2023 repayment interest…

Do you jointly own a property? Is this actually funded/owned other than 50:50? Are you a high earner and your spouse a basic earner?   If you have answered yes to these, then tax election notification Form 17 is an easy way to help save tax as a couple! Without this, HMRC will default to…

Divorce and CGT Under current legislation, married couples and civil partners can transfer chargeable assets between them without incurring CGT under the ‘no gain, no loss’ principle. However, for separating couples, this only applies until the end of the tax year of separation.   A couple who separated in February 2022 could therefore only transfer…

The Whitings Team would like to wish you all a Happy New Year! We look forward to working with you in 2023.

After Press speculation over the weekend, it’s official, HMRC have now confirmed that the introduction of Making Tax Digital for income tax is to be delayed for 2 years: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-12-19/hcws465 The mandate of MTD for ITSA will now be introduced from April 2026, with businesses, self-employed individuals, and landlords with income over £50,000 mandated to…

In the 2020/21 tax year, record amounts of CGT was recorded, with the total CGT liability increasing by 42% from the previous year. This does not come as much of a surprise, as 2020/21 was the first year the ‘CGT on UK property service’ was introduced.   However, HMRC have recently reported that, in the…

Unlike other properties, FHL’s benefit from a number of tax advantages including capital allowances on domestic items and full deductibility of mortgage interest. FHL’s also benefit from Capital Gains Tax (CGT) reliefs on disposals including Business Asset Disposal Relief, Rollover Relief and Holdover Relief.   For a property to qualify as an FHL for the…

In May 2015, exclusivity clauses in employment contracts for zero hours workers, was made illegal. Unfortunately, it has been found that many low paid employees or workers who are not employed on zero hours contracts (perhaps part-time staff) could still be subjected to exclusivity provisions. From 5th December 2022, this will also become unlawful.  …