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Call for clarity on off-payroll extension
Contractors, and businesses or agencies that engage them, need greater clarity before IR35 rules extend to the private sector next spring.From April 2020, the off-payroll rules which already apply to contractors engaged in the public sector will be extended to the...
Capital gains tax changes to hit homeowners
More landlords and owners of second homes could have to pay capital gains tax on the sale of their additional property from April 2020, following a change to private residence relief.Private residence relief allows people to sell their main residence without incurring...
HMRC presses on with IR35 in the private sector
The Government has published draft legislation on tax changes affecting private sector contractors from 6 April 2020.The off-payroll working rules, also known as IR35, are aimed at preventing work that HMRC regards as "disguised employment".IR35 was reformed in the...
MTD is here to stay
Making tax digital (MTD) is now law for all VAT registered businesses with turnover over £85,000. This new law requiring Digital record keeping and filing of VAT returns via the MTD portal came into force on the 1 April 2019. This means change for many...
Personal Service Company Changes From April 2020
In the Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced that the "off payroll" workers rules that currently apply in the public sector would be rolled out to the private sector in 2020. The government have now issued a consultation paper that sets out proposed tax and national...
Changes to Capital Gains Tax from April 2019
Capital Gains Tax is the tax on the profit of a personal item you have sold that has increased in value. The important thing to remember is that you are not being taxed for the amount on the product sold but on the profit only. Many of your personal possessions are...
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