Employment of someone to work in your home
Paying someone to act as your nanny, housekeeper or gardener may result in you being considered an employer…
Are you eligible for local authority grants?
A reminder that business in the hospitality, leisure and accommodation sectors in England may be due support funding from their local authority…
Self-employed tax twisters
We are often asked why a self-employed person is paying so much tax when their drawings from their self-employed business are minimal…
Landlords and tax – the basics
The following definitions set out how property income is calculated and taxed…
Don’t forget to declare COVID-19 grants
HMRC have issued guidance to taxpayers who may have received COVID-19 grants during the 2020-21 tax year…
Will your earnings exceed any of these amounts in 2021-22?
Earnings levels may affect your personal tax allowance, tax rate or child benefit payment payback requirements…
Be prepared for change in 2022
We are all ‘up to here’ in accommodating COVID-19, and depending on our tolerance levels, this is likely to continue into 2022…
Plug-in vehicle grants reduced
From 15 December 2021, the government is reducing the grants made available for certain electric vehicle purchases…
Recent damage to electricity distribution network
Many individuals and businesses will have been affected by the disruption in electricity supplies due to recent storm damage…
Time to pay taxes
January 2022 is a ‘taxing’ month. It is the last month to file a self-assessment tax return (electronically) for 2020-21 and avoid late filing penalties…
