If you are very sure that your taxable income (after personal pension contributions and charitable donations) will exceed £60,000 in the current tax year, then you should probably opt out of the Child Benefit system. If you think there is a chance your taxable income...
Every person who is resident in the UK is given a personal allowance each tax year. It operates as follows: The personal allowance is the amount of income you can receive before paying tax – and it generally increases each tax year. For the 2022/23 tax year, it is...
Because of quite large tax advantages compared to diesel and petrol cars, a lot more electric cars are being bought by companies for their director/shareholders. One advantage, in particular, is the low benefit-in-kind tax charge that applies to electric cars. In...
It depends. If your employer or your own Limited Company provides you with a van, HMRC usually assume it will also be used for personal journeys. They will tax you personally on £3,600 (2022/23) for use of the van as a ‘benefit in kind’ (and a form P11D will need...
Any household where a parent or their partner has an individual income of more than £50,000 will see some of their child benefit clawed back due to the High Income Child Benefit charge (assuming they claim the benefit). If you have chosen to continue receiving child...
The wide range of work covered by the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) includes things like installing conservatories. The rules say, if you pay your friends as employees, (deducting PAYE and National Insurance) you don’t need to register for the CIS scheme. But, if...