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The government’s move to restrict the tax relief landlords receive on finance charges started to take effect from April this year. This is the first year that finance charges are being restricted. The tax relief on mortgage costs used to buy

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The VAT Flat Rate scheme (FRS) has been designed to simplify the way a business accounts for VAT, and in so doing, reduces the administration costs of complying with the VAT legislation.
Using the FRS, you simply pay VAT as a fixed percentage of

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Income Tax is generally payable on taxable income received by individuals in the UK, including earnings from employment, earnings from self-employment, pensions income, interest on most savings, dividend income, rental income and trust

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One of the less well-known ways of paying your self-assessment tax bill is to do so through your tax code.
This can only be done where all the following apply:

you owe a self-assessment balancing payment of less than £3,000;
you are an employee

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Under the Pensions Act 2018, the minimum amounts paid into automatic enrolment pension schemes are increasing for employers and their staff.
The increases will occur in two phases – the first increase needs to be made by 6 April 2018 and the second

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It has been announced that three million of the smallest businesses and landlords will be able to move to the new digital system for

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Please note that this event is now fully subscribed. If you wish to register and have your name added to our reserve list, you

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The latest newsletter from Burton Sweet’s Charity team has just been published, and is available to read here. The newsletter provides all the latest

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Employers have been warned not to fall for a scam involving the sale of fake certificates which suggest the holders do not have any

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There is currently no model where software providers will be able to provide a free solution for taxpayers to file quarterly when Making Tax

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Renting a property in UK whilst Resident in USA ? If someone is a US Citizen, Greencard holder or US resident, then the rental

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We were very proud to be sponsoring the Family Business of the Year Award at the recent Mendip Business Awards 2017. It was a

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