Check your payslips often
Posted by Ben Locker on June 7, 2024Check your payslips often to ensure that you are getting all you are entitled to is our advice. We take a look at things that could be wrong.
Buy-to-let reforms: what they mean for landlords
Posted by Ben Locker on May 31, 2024The government’s white paper, ‘A fairer private rented sector’, outlines buy-to-let reforms that will have major implications for landlords.
Child Trust Funds – does your child have £2,000 they don’t know about?
Posted by Ben Locker on May 13, 2024Child Trust Funds were introduced in 2005 and many parents took them up at the time. But it’s easy to lose track of what was paid in.
Tax Evasion – HMRC techniques for discovery
Posted by Ben Locker on April 26, 2024Tax Evasion has become much easier for HMRC to detect in recent years following the development and deployment of their Connect system.
Can’t pay Inheritance Tax? You could apply for a grant on credit
Posted by Ben Locker on April 8, 2024If you can’t pay Inheritance Tax on time, you may be able to apply to HMRC for a ‘grant on credit’ – giving you extra time to pay.
Spring Budget 2024: what it means for you
Posted by Ben Locker on March 6, 2024On 6th March 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Budget 2024. We look at the key announcements and what they mean for you.
State pension age to rise further?
Posted by Ben Locker on February 5, 2024Soon the state pension age will rise to 67. Yet new research suggests it will need to rise to 71 by 2050. When will you be able to retire?
Growth in late rent payments and landlord limited companies
Posted by Ben Locker on January 15, 2024Increasing numbers of landlords are experiencing late rent payments – while many others are moving their portfolios to limited companies.
Inheritance Tax and the Acceptance in Lieu scheme
Posted by Ben Locker on December 18, 2023If you have an IHT, you may be able to settle it by donating items such as artworks and manuscripts via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme.
Christmas parties and tax – what can you claim?
Posted by Ben Locker on November 3, 2023With Christmas looming here we look at the rules regarding entertainment expenses for Christmas parties and what can you claim back?
