What is a defined contribution pension?
A defined contribution pension (sometimes referred to as a money purchase pension scheme) is a type of pension scheme where the pension pot is based on how much money is paid into the scheme. This is
25% Corporation Tax from April 2023
The planned increases in Corporation Tax (CT) rates from April 2023 are now proceeding as originally announced.
The Corporation Tax main rate will increase to 25% from 1 April 2023 for companies with
What is a salary sacrifice?
A salary sacrifice arrangement is an agreement to reduce an employee’s entitlement to pay, usually in return for a non-cash benefit. The tax and NIC advantages of certain benefits provided as part of
Claiming back pre-trading VAT costs
There are special rules that determine the recoverability of pre-trading VAT costs. Pre-trading VAT costs describe VAT that was incurred before a business registered for VAT and is known as
Super-deductions finish March 2023
Time is running out to claim the super-deduction offering 130% first-year tax relief. The deduction is available to companies until March 2023. The super-deduction was designed to help incorporated
Don’t forget those trivial benefits
Don’t forget to take advantage of tax-free trivial benefits before Christmas. If you are an employer and looking to give your employees a small token of appreciation for Christmas, then your best
Autumn Finance Bill published
The government published the Autumn Finance Bill 2022 on 22 November 2022. The Bill is officially known as Finance Bill 2022-23. The Bill contains the legislation for many of the tax measures
Self-assessment payments on account
Self-assessment taxpayers are usually required to pay their income tax liabilities in three instalments each year. The first two payments are due on:
31 January during the tax year e.g. for 2022-23
Who is a Scottish taxpayer?
The Scottish rate of income (SRIT) is payable on the non-savings and non-dividend income of those defined as Scottish taxpayers. This means that Scottish taxpayers who also have savings and dividend
Filing abridged company accounts
Companies that are dormant or qualify as a small company or ‘micro-entity’ can choose to send a simpler set of accounts known as abridged accounts to Companies House and do not need to be audited.
