Tag Archives: tax

Tax on savings interest

The words tax on coins

If you have taxable income of less than £17,570 in 2024-25 you will have no tax to pay on interest received. This figure is calculated by adding the £5,000 starting rate limit for savings (where 0% of the interest is taxable) to the current £12,570 personal allowance. In addition, there is a Personal Savings Allowance […]

Register for the Marriage Allowance

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The marriage allowance applies to married couples and those in a civil partnership where a spouse or civil partner does not pay tax or does not pay tax above the basic rate threshold for Income Tax (i.e., one of the couples must currently earn less than the £12,570 personal allowance for 2024-25). The allowance works by permitting […]

Underlining planning options for Furnished Holiday Let owners

Holiday let apartment with sofa, bright colours and window

If you read our post of last week, Property Tax Changes, you will be aware that the Chancellor recently confirmed – as part of his Spring Budget – that the present tax advantages that owners of Furnished Holiday Let (FHL) property enjoy will be abolished from April 2025. While a deadline in a year’s time […]

Is this a good time for property owners?

Accountancy houses - letting, buying or selling property

The recent Spring Budget did little to make the life of those letting, buying or selling property any easier. For example: The reduction in the higher rate of CGT on affected property sales from 28% to 24%. The removal of multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax purposes. These competing changes must make life […]

Impact of the Spring Budget 2024

Impact of the Spring Budget 2024

We all knew that the Chancellor would have restricted options when considering the contents of his recent spring budget announcement on 6 March. But it seems he has the skills after all to “play tennis” with his arms tied behind his back… Would there be a combination of tax cuts and public expenditure cuts, or […]

Eligibility for the VAT Flat Rate Scheme

Eligibility for the VAT Flat Rate Scheme

The VAT Flat Rate scheme is open to VAT registered businesses that expect their taxable turnover in the next 12 months to be no more than £150,000, excluding VAT. The annual taxable turnover limit is the total of everything that a business sells during the year that is not VAT exempt. Under the scheme rules, […]

File early to have self-assessment tax coded out

File early to have self-assessment tax coded out

Self-assessment Tax The coding out threshold may entitle you to have tax underpayments collected via your tax code when you are in employment or in receipt of a company pension. Instead of paying off debts in a lump sum, money is collected in equal monthly instalments over the tax year. If you want to benefit […]