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Get your overlap relief figure

If you have unrelieved overlap profits, you will not be able to claim relief for those profits after 2023/24. Overlap profits are profits that have been assessed twice – either in the early years of a business or on a change of accounting date. From 2024/25, unincorporated businesses will be taxed on the profits for

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Dealing with gift hold-over relief ‘nudge’ letters

HMRC are sending one-to-many ‘nudge’ letters to taxpayers who included an invalid claim for gift hold-over relief in their 2021/22 tax return. This may be because a separate claim form was not included with the return, or the claim form was included but not signed. If you receive such a letter, it is important that

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Common National Minimum Wage errors to avoid

Workers are entitled to be paid the National Living Wage (NLW) or National Minimum Wage (NMW) for their age. Employers who fail to do this run the risk of financial penalties and of being ‘named and shamed’. To help employers avoid mistakes, HMRC have produced a checklist of 18 common errors. These are listed below.

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Separating couples – Importance of checking your child benefit claim

The High-Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge that claws back child benefit where the claimant or his or her partner have adjusted net income of at least £50,000. Where both parties have income in excess of this, the charge is levied on the partner with the highest income. The charge is equal

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Beware of diverting dividends to minor children to fund education

Owners of personal and family companies frequently pay themselves a small salary and extract further profits as dividends. To utilise the unused personal and dividend allowances of other family members, an alphabet share structure (whereby each shareholder has their own class of shares, e.g. A ordinary shares, B ordinary shares, etc.) provides the flexibility to

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Tax and influencers

Earlier this year, HMRC sent ‘nudge’ letters to social influencers who they suspect may not have declared the tax that they owe. They have also cracked down on gifts provided to influencers in return for promoting brands. Social media influencers and content creators, including those running blogs, may receive payments in cash. This may be

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