Archive:January 2017

Back in January 2016 we talked about the Government’s Making Tax Digital initiative – the £1.3 billion overhaul of HMRC to transform it into one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world by 2020.

It was intended that by April 2016 each individual and small business would have access to their own secure digital tax account allowing them to interact with HMRC digitally and begin digital reporting for income tax and National Insurance.

So far, so 21^st century.

However, as Shakespeare almost said, the course of simpler…

1 – Due date for payment of Corporation Tax for the year ended 31 March 2016

14 – Return and payment of CT61 tax due for quarter to 31 December 2016

19/22 – PAYE/NIC, student loan and CIS deductions due for month to 5/1/2017 or quarter 3 of 2016/17 for small employers

31 – Deadline for filing 2016 Self Assessment personal, partnership and trust Tax Returns – £100 first penalty for late filing even if no tax is due or tax due is paid on time

– Balancing self assessment payment due…

Following the announcement in the Autumn Statement, HMRC have published the details of a measure designed to tackle the future use of avoidance schemes currently being used by some self-employed people to avoid paying income tax and NICs on their income.

The measure will also tackle the existing use of schemes involving loans with a new charge (a ‘loan charge’) on outstanding loans taken out as part of avoidance arrangements. This charge will apply if tax is not paid on the loan and the loan is not repaid by…

Originally announced at Budget 2016, the 2016 Autumn Statement confirmed that Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will be abolished from April 2018, hopefully achieving the desired effect of simplifying National Insurance for the self-employed and making the system fairer for employed and self-employed individuals.

At the same time as the abolition of Class 2 NICs, the system for Class 4 NICs will also be reformed to include a new threshold – to be called the ‘small profits limit’ (SPL). The amount of the SPL for 2018/19 is yet…