by Pi Accountancy | Apr 1, 2022 | Business, Tax
End of year tax planning – what you need to consider The new tax year on April 6 is accelerating quickly towards us, and now is the time to make sure that any last-minute tax planning will enable you to make the most of the 2021/22 tax year allowances. There are...
by Pi Accountancy | Apr 1, 2022 | Director, Self Assessment, Self-employed
Married Couple’s Allowance can be transferred between spouses and civil partners, and while 2m couples have claimed this since it was introduced back in 2015, there are many more people who are entitled to claim it. Go back four years The allowance, which is worth up...
by Pi Accountancy | Feb 18, 2022 | Business, COVID-19, Tax
Businesses and self-assessment taxpayers are being reminded they need to include all grants paid as part of the COVID-19 support payments in their tax returns, as some may think these were non-taxable. Have you set money aside to deal with tax on support grants? HMRC...
by Pi Accountancy | Feb 3, 2022 | Business, HMRC, Tax
When should CIS be taken off a retention? There are no special rules for retention payments and they are treated the same way as any other payments. Whether the retention payment is made gross or under deduction depends on the subcontractor’s tax status at the date of...
by Pi Accountancy | Nov 4, 2021 | Business, HMRC, Tax
The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) is a capital allowance that enables you to claim an immediate deduction against your profits for qualifying capital expenditure up to the available limit. The AIA limit was temporarily increased from £200,000 to £1 million from 1...
by Pi Accountancy | Sep 30, 2021 | Director, HMRC, Self Assessment, Tax
As part of the Government’s funding strategy for health and social care, the dividend tax rates are to be increased from April 2022, alongside the temporary increases in National Insurance, and, from April 2023, the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy. The...
