Updated 13/2/2025 and current at the time of writing. Many small businesses in the UK are set up as Limited Companies. There are many benefits to this approach and some legal and accounting concepts that owners need to understand. A Limited Company is a separate legal entity to the owners. As such, the money in
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2024 Autumn Budget In Depth Briefing Welcome to our in depth budget briefing. If you would like any help with any of the issues raised here please do not hesitate to get in touch here. Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget on Wednesday 30 October 2024. She pledged to ‘invest, invest, invest’ to drive
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Pre Budget Tax Update As the 30 October 2024 budget approaches, small businesses should be preparing for potential tax changes that could significantly affect their finances. While the full details won’t be known until the official announcement, speculation is growing around key measures that businesses, especially directors, need to consider in advance. One of
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On 6 March 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his Spring Budget to Parliament. In the knowledge that the government must hold a general election before 28 January 2025, this was a Budget designed to restore confidence and win voters. But on the heels of Britain entering a recession and downgraded Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)
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On 17 November 2022, the government undertook the third fiscal statement in as many months, against a backdrop of rising inflation and economic recession. The Chancellor laid out three core priorities of stability, growth and public services. The government sought a balanced path to support the economy and return to growth, partially through public spending
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Abolition of Basis Periods Along with the impending introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for unincorporated businesses and landlords the government made a significant announcement on 20 July that they would abolish basis periods for unincorporated businesses for the 2023/24 tax year to simplify MTD reporting. That change would apply to sole traders, partnerships, as
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The “off-payroll” IR35 working rules that apply to certain workers supplying their services to clients via their own personal service companies start from 6 April 2021. These rules were already been in place in the public sector but now apply to the private sector as well. Under this new regime end user businesses will be
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With only a month to go there is still time to save some tax with some end of year tax planning. Here are some ideas: Use your spouse’s personal allowance If your spouse is a lower rate or non-taxpayer, it’s possible for them to transfer 20% of their unused personal allowance to their spouse
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When your year end is approaching it’s important to take the opportunity to think about any actions you need to take to manage your tax bill. Many of these actions actually need the transactions to be carried out before the end date and can’t be backdated. Some of these actions have cash flow and balance
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INTRODUCTION The Chancellor’s second real budget on the 3rd of March made some important business announcements to try and mitigate the effects of the pandemic and also to start rebuilding the nation’s finances for the future. Below we list some of the most important announcements that will affect individuals and small businesses in Scotland. The
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