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Tax Diary May/June 2022

Tax Diary May/June 2022

1 May 2022 – Due date for corporation tax due for the year ended 30 July 2021.

19 May 2022 – PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 May 2022. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date

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Paying staff on jury service

Paying staff on jury service

If you have staff that have been called up to serve on a jury, then you must allow them the necessary time off. You can ask them to request to delay their jury service if their absence would seriously

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Dividend tax increase from 6 April 2022

Dividend tax increase from 6 April 2022

A reminder that the 1.25% increase in NIC contributions that came into effect on 6 April 2022 are reflected in a similar increase in the tax charge on dividends.

This means that the dividend tax

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Tax-free mileage expenses

Tax-free mileage expenses

If you use your own vehicle for business journeys, then you may be able to claim a tax-free allowance from your employer known as a Mileage Allowance Payment or MAP. The allowance is paid when

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Basic principles of domicile

Basic principles of domicile

Domicile is a general legal concept which in basic terms is taken to mean the country where you permanently belong. However, actually determining domicile status can be complex. In fact, HMRC’s

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Planning for Basis Period reform

Planning for Basis Period reform

The basis period reforms will change the way trading income is allocated to tax years. The reforms will change the basis period from a ‘current year basis’ to a ‘tax year basis’. Under the current

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Demergers

Demergers

There are special statutory demerger provisions that are designed to make it easier to divide and place into separate corporate ownership the trading activities of a company or group of companies.

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Business tax cuts from April 2022

Business tax cuts from April 2022

A number of business tax cuts came into effect from April 2022. This includes an increase in the Employment Allowance from £4,000 to £5,000.

The allowance enables eligible employers to reduce their

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Tax if you live abroad and sell UK home

Tax if you live abroad and sell UK home

One of the most often used and valuable of the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) exemptions covers the sale of the family home. In general, there is no CGT to pay on a property which has been used as the main

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Check your Income Tax for current year

Check your Income Tax for current year

HMRC offers taxpayers the ability to check their Income Tax for the current tax year. The online portal has been updated for the new 2022-23 tax year from 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023. The service is

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HMRC names avoidance scheme promoters

HMRC names avoidance scheme promoters

HMRC has used new powers introduced in the Finance Act 2022 to name tax avoidance schemes and their promoters for the first time. Under this legislation HMRC can name avoidance scheme promoters,

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NIC relief if employing veterans

NIC relief if employing veterans

A new National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday for employers who hire former members of Her Majesty (HM) armed forces came into force on 6 April 2021. This allows employers to apply a zero-rate

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When does a partnership exist?

When does a partnership exist?

A partnership is a relatively simple way for two or more legal persons to set up and run a business together with a view to profit. Partnerships can take many forms. Legal persons other than

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Rural pubs community funding

Rural pubs community funding

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has published the list of successful bidders from the reopening of the first round of the Community Ownership Funding. This brings the total

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