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If you have a spare room in your home, you may consider letting it out to raise some much-needed cash to help meet rising living costs. If you do decide to do this, the rent-a-room scheme means that you may be able to enjoy the associated rental income tax-free. The scheme applies where you let
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The main residence exemption applies for capital gains tax purposes to the extent that a property is used as the taxpayer’s only or main residence. Where a property is used partly for business and partly as a residence, the relief only applies to that part which is used as a residence. The gain relating to
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As the cost-of-living crisis bites, landlords may find that tenants struggle to pay their rent. Where this is the case, the relief that is available and the way that it is given depends on how the landlord prepares his or her accounts. We explain the rules. Cash basis The cash basis is the default basis
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The personal allowance is set at £12,570 for 2023/24. However, not everyone is able to benefit from the personal allowance. A taper applies which gradually reduces the personal allowance until it is lost. The taper applies when adjusted net income exceeds £100,000. It operates by reducing the personal allowance by £1 for every £2 by
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A new penalty regime was introduced for VAT from 1 January 2023. The new regime comprises late submission penalties and late payment penalties. Here we look at the penalty regime for late returns. Late VAT returns The late submission penalty regime kicks in whenever a VAT return is filed late. It applies regardless of whether
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Dividends are a popular and tax-efficient way to extract profits from a personal or family company once a small salary has been paid. However, the rules surrounding dividends are strict and failure to comply may mean that HMRC will tax payments purporting to be dividends as employment income rather than as dividends. This will mean
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