029 2081 4114 LinkedIn

News

Tax-free access to pension advice Tax-free access to pension advice The Treasury has confirmed details of the new Pension Advice Allowance, which will take effect from April 2017, and which will enable people to withdraw £500, on up to three occasions, from their pension pots tax-free to put towards the cost of pensions and retirement advice. Read Article Implementation timetable for Making Tax Digital extended Implementation timetable for Making Tax Digital extended Following representations from the House of Commons Treasury Committee, HMRC have published proposals to undertake a year-long pilot of the Making Tax Digital programme. HMRC are... Read Article Spring Budget 2017 Spring Budget 2017 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, delivered his first Budget against a backdrop of a more-buoyant-than-expected UK economy post-Brexit and improved tax receipts. Set against these were concerns about funding the NHS and social care, and the impact on business from changes to business rates. Read Article Tax-free Childcare Tax-free Childcare Tax-free childcare is part of the government's long-term plan to support working families and will provide up to 1.8m families across the UK with up to £2,000 of childcare support per year, per child, via a new online system. It was originally planned that the scheme would launch in Autumn 2015, but, as a result... Read Article RTI Penalties RTI Penalties Employers are supposed to be warned in advance that a penalty for a late PAYE report is due. The HMRC computer system should send an electronic notice through the PAYE online system, but in some cases those electronic notices have not... Read Article The Future for Intermediaries The Future for Intermediaries The Summer Budget 2015 contained an announcement that the government is to consult on proposals to improve the effectiveness of the existing intermediaries legislation, commonly known as IR35. The reason for... Read Article