“Plus Ca Change le Plus Ca la Meme Chose” – again I apologise for recycling a sub heading I used in one of my first ever website articles (about West Ham United at the time, as you asked). If football isn’t your thing then perhaps I could compare the events of...
When Norman Lamont put up the base rate 5% in one day before conceding defeat and reducing it back to 12% (yes 12%) by nightfall, you could be excused for thinking “we will never see anything like that again” – but here we are 30 years later and eating an even...
We are all aware that putting money into a pension enables us to save for our future retirement – but have you considered the savings that are available now? Each year, we all have up to £40,000 of annual allowance for pension contributions. If you are an...
In the recent mini-budget delivered on 23 September 2022, there was an unexpected change announced to the off-payroll working rules known as IR35. The reforms of 2017 and 2021 will be repealed from 6 April 2023. This means we will go back to contractors providing...
It has been proposed and we are still awaiting confirmation from the 2022 Finance Bill, that new beneficial rules will be introduced for divorcing couples from 6 April 2023. This will allow more time for tax beneficial inter-spousal or civil partner transfers to...
In the 2021 Budget. proposals to reform the income tax basis periods were confirmed. The intention was to help with the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD ITSA). This will affect all business who have accounting periods that do not...
