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No-one wants to pay more tax than they have to and yet most people want to avoid a potentially expensive and time-consuming HMRC enquiry. There are perfectly legitimate ways to order your financial affairs in order to minimise your tax liability. Let us talk you through what might apply to your situation so that you can plan intelligently.

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Budget Summary 30 October 2024

Ian Marlow

Summary The long awaited, much anticipated and dreaded first Budgetof the new Labour government was delivered to Parliament today – 30 October2024 – by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. We now know where the funds will come from to financeinvestment and growth, and the vaunted tax increases are no longer speculative,we have the detail.  The impact of the proposed...

Self-employed tax basis period reform

Ian Marlow

The self-employed tax basis period reform has changed the way trading income is allocated to tax years. Under the reforms, the tax basis period has changed from a ‘current year basis’ to a ‘tax year basis’. This means that all sole trader and partnership businesses must now report their profits on a tax year basis, beginning...

Changes to Companies House Fees

Ian Marlow

There have been a number of significant changes to Companies House fees. These changes took effect on 1 May 2024. The last significant change in fees occurred in April 2016. The new fees have been calculated on a ‘cost recovery’ basis meaning that the fees are calculated based on what it costs to provide the services...