Articles in "Tax"

After a series of announcements and reversals, the dust has settled on tax rates on dividends and bonuses.Even so, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, included some additional elements in his Autumn Statement as part of a renewed focus on raising tax.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have issued ‘nudge’ letters to taxpayers who they consider may not have reported a disposal of shares in an unlisted company in which they had a significant interest.

Where there is land and or property in a partnership, in very simple terms, it is ‘held in trust’ for the benefit of all the partners in the partnership. Although the value of that land may be credited to individual partners’ capital accounts, it has as a matter of law become partnership property and therefore is held to benefit all the partners.

With the increasing cost of childcare, it’s not uncommon for hard-pressed parents to turn to their family, especially grandparents, for help with looking after the children.

As an employer, there are various ways to remunerate your team. Increasing salary may be enough to retain some staff whilst others want a ‘slice of the action’. Company share schemes are an increasingly common way to incentivise employees, and there are various different ways to achieve this, depending on your requirements, and theirs.

Whether they confuse, scare, or excite you, most people have heard about cryptocurrencies in recent years. Elon Musk has been tweeting about them, El Salvador has officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, and corporates are beginning to accept and hold various cryptocurrencies. As there is wider adoption, more businesses will end up acquiring these digital assets which raises the question on how to account for them.

It may feel like an alien world, full of complicated jargon and unseen digital transactions, but HMRC has been considering how cryptoassets should be taxed for years and have recently pulled together all their existing guidance into a new Manual. There isn’t any new legislation to go with it because they consider that existing rules cover this new way of trying to make money – many would disagree but how do you know what to do about your tax in the meantime?

Back in 2023, the Main rate of Corporation Tax increased from 19% to 25%. Whilst this may seem like a huge hike for business owners, many companies will actually pay less than 25%.