Can paying dividends reduce your Company’s tax bill?

No it can’t.  A Company pays Corporation Tax on its profits before dividends are paid out.  Consequently, shareholders are treated as having already paid some tax on their dividends but they still have 7.5% dividend tax to pay (on dividends above £2,000) – and...

Tax on overseas income

If you are working overseas and pay tax there, you can usually claim what is called a Foreign Tax Credit. The UK has an agreement with nearly every country in the world, so when you pay tax overseas you can enter it in your Tax Return and the UK tax due can be reduced...

National Insurance – the forgotten tax

National Insurance (NI) is one of the most important, overlooked, taxes for most working people. In context, for an employee earning between £12,500 and £50,000 per year, for every extra £1 they receive in net pay, the Treasury receives 67.35p (29.41p in Income Tax...

The Budget

Back on 11th March 2020, we had Rishi Sunak’s first budget. The tax changes were soon overshadowed by the Coronavirus pandemic and the Government measures used to support employees and businesses. Below i have explained some of these tax changes: Delay of IR35 in the...