Latest Private Client Tax

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…

The government announced, as part of the Budget, that some changes are being made to the rules for Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) with immediate effect for disposals on or after 29 October 2018. Two new tests are to be added to the definition of a ‘personal company’, requiring the claimant to have a 5% interest in…

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You may wish to consider the implication this could have on your state pension in later life. Following the introduction of the high income child benefit charge in January 2013 many new parents have decided not to make a claim for child benefit as their individual income is well above the threshold to be fully…

Those companies that continually go through funding rounds, such as your typical techco start-up, should be aware that HMRC are introducing a new tax election wef 6-Apr-19: Proposed legislation contained within the Finance Bill 2018 This election will allow shareholders who hold at least 5% of the company on 6 April 2019, and who are…

The deadline for registering for self assessment is 5 October for the 2017/18 tax year. Anyone submitting a self assessment return for the first time – including higher income child benefit charge (HICBC) taxpayers – need to register by 5th October 2018 so that they can complete and file their return by 31st January 2019…

In a recent HMRC test case (Ames v CRC), the Upper Tribunal considered whether it was necessary for EIS income tax relief to have been claimed when an EIS investment was made, for the transaction to then potentially qualify for exemption from capital gains tax when the investment was sold. For the case in question,…