Tax

The Autumn Budget 2024

Forty billion pounds of tax rises represents one of the very largest tax rising Budgets outside of a time of recession, with Rachel Reeves announcing a compendium of changes aimed at businesses and higher tax payers. A penny off a [...]

Limited Company guide to dividends

Understanding dividends as a Limited Company director can help you increase your tax efficiency and maximise your take-home pay. Whilst we recommend speaking to your dedicated accountant for specific advice, knowing a little bit about dividends yourself can be handy. [...]

The Budget 2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has just finished delivering his Spring Budget 2024, in which he said the Conservatives have a plan to 'grow the economy'. He confidently stated that his Budget will "unleash people power and put this country back [...]

HMRC’s Crypto tax nudge letters

Crypto’s popularity has grown beyond anyone’s expectations in the past few years, and with more and more people investing or considering it, it’s worth understanding the accompanying tax implications, and what you could owe. In this blog we take a [...]

Do you owe tax on cryptocurrency in the UK?

If you currently have cryptoassets, or you've dealt with cryptoassets in the past, there's a good chance you owe tax on those assets. For some time, there was confusion about how crypto was taxed, but HMRC’s position is now much [...]

Can my Limited Company contribute to my pension?

When you’re busy working you’ll want to know that your future is taking care of, usually in the form of a pension. But can you contribute to a personal pension from a Limited Company? In this blog we explore just that, to [...]

Can you claim your festive party as a business expense?

It’s that time of year again when things start to get festive and many Limited Company directors start planning their annual ‘do’. HMRC are somewhat generous when it comes to events, as staff entertainment is considered an allowable business expense, [...]

The Spring Budget 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered a ‘Budget for Growth’ after the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast a stronger than expected performance from the UK economy this year with inflation continuing to fall. Driving business investment The Chancellor announced a £27 billion [...]

MINI BUDGET SEPTEMBER 2022

The mini budget - what it means for contractors Well that was a big U-TURN affecting the contracting industry! The (not so) mini-budget delivered by new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng last Friday, had a lot more in it than anyone expected. Repeal [...]