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Intended as a companion to: TRS Who should register and when. The TRS will collect information about the trust and its trustees, settlors and other individuals or organisations exercising control. This will include: Name of the trust. Date the trust was created. Whether the trust is an express trust or not. Details of the trust…

Similar to share dealings, you must declare any gains or losses from cryptocurrency investments on your personal tax return. It is important to keep records of dates, currency type, amounts bought or sold, and the value. There are several software options that can assist you with this; the best will include converting the currency to…

If you are yet to submit your tax return for the 2020/21 tax year, you will have been charged with a £100 late filing penalty. If you do not submit your return this side of 1st May, HMRC will charge an additional penalty of £10 per day that the return is late, up to a…

Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) are at a high – a recent survey found that 66% of UK CEOs expect to pursue transactions in the next 12 months. Our corporate finance team can assist with both acquisitions and disposals of your business, including marketing and due diligence.   In this blog we explore the possibility of…

The Trust registration service went live in 2017 and required any express trust with UK liabilities to register whether they were UK or non-UK resident. An express trust is simply a trust deliberately created by a settlor by transferring property to a trustee. Who should register? Recent money laundering directives have extended the definition of…

In July 2020 the government announced that VAT registered business who operate in the hospitality and tourism industry could use a temporary 5% reduced rate of VAT on certain supplies compared to the standard 20% to help them through the Coronavirus pandemic.   The scheme had been extended multiple times, and from 1 October 2021…

From the 2024/25 tax year, HMRC are looking to tax profits of unincorporated businesses on a tax year basis, rather than on the accounting year (or period) basis, effectively removing the current basis period rules.   Therefore, any unincorporated businesses without a 31 March or 5 April year end will be affected by these changes.…

Although a business may have an accounting year which doesn’t end on 5 April each year, they will still be required to submit various returns to HMRC on a tax year basis. Compliance is now an extremely important aspect of any business, with deadlines, fines and indeed penalties being applied where dates are missed, or…

Summary of tax rates, allowances, etc, for the new tax year, as announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP, plus a brief commentary from our tax group: Whitings LLP tax card 2022

As we look towards new the Self Assessment Tax Return year as a reminder again to all claimants of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants should be aware of the reporting requirements and tax treatment of these grants.   The grants are subject to income tax and self-employed National Insurance contributions (NIC).   The…