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If you submitted your tax return after the filing deadline of 31 January, or you still have not submitted your tax return, then you will automatically be fined £100 for missing the deadline.   In February, HMRC announced that they would be delaying issuing the late filing penalty notices due to Brexit. They have now…

  HMRC have recently attempted to remove a marriage allowance transfer for a couple, where the transferor had less than the 10% personal allowance unused. This treatment is incorrect as outlined below:   Background to the transfer The marriage allowance transfer was introduced from 5 April 2015 onwards and allows a person to transfer 10%…

From 6 April 2020, UK residents disposing of UK residential property will have new capital gains tax (CGT) reporting and payment obligations. The introduction of a 30-day reporting and payment window, i.e. within 30 days of completion of the sale, marks a significant change to the administration of CGT.   The changes do not apply…

The Insolvency Service has urged individuals saving for retirement to protect their pension pots from criminals and ‘negligent trustees’.   Research carried out by the Service found that criminals use a range of tactics to convince savers to part with their funds, including persuading individuals to access their pension and invest in unregulated schemes.  …

HMRC are not known for being ahead of the curve, so trying to find official guidance on how exchange gains from selling bitcoin, and other crypto currencies, is expected to be self-assessed and taxed, was always going to be ‘problematic’. At the time of first researching this, the latest HMRC guidance was published in 3…

  Borrowing to build Self-builders require more money up front than conventional homebuyers. This is because they have to buy their building plots and fund their planning applications before they can apply for any loans. Self-build mortgages tend to be interest-only as fixed-rate loans have substantial exit fees for those who change loans when the…

In common with many people, our client was notified in January 2018 that he no longer needed to file a tax return.  As he receives income from multiple sources, i.e. a salary, various pensions and savings income, he wasn’t convinced that he had paid the right amount of tax for the year ended 5 April…

With the festive period looming, completing self-assessment tax returns are the least of most people’s worries, however, if you are employed or receiving a pension and have tax deducted at source by your employer there is a benefit to filing your return before Christmas! If your return is filed before 30 December 2018 you can…

  There are only 76 days until the self-assessment tax return deadline of 31 January 2019. If your return is not filed by this date an automatic £100 penalty will be applied. With the festive season on the horizon it’s easy to push the tax return deadline to the back of your mind, however don’t…

Observers of recent Budgets will have noticed that the Chancellor has made several references to “EIS Knowledge Intensive Funds”, as a new initiative to help finance growth in innovative firms. He has even invented a new phrase to describe this type of funding: ‘Patient Capital’. The initial March 2018 Consultation Paper has now closed for…