Please find below all the articles from August 2015.
Q. I have realised that I made a mistake on my most recent VAT return. What should I do?
A. You can adjust your current VAT account to correct errors on past returns if the error:
– was below the reporting threshold (broadly, less than £10,000, or up to 1% of your box 6 figure (up to a maximum of £50,000);
– was not deliberate; and
– relates to an accounting period that ended less than 4 years ago.
When you submit your next return, add the net value to box 1 for…
Read MoreThe Summer Budget 2015 contained two announcements affecting the employment allowance (EA).
Broadly, the EA potentially cuts every company’s NIC payments by allowing businesses and charities to offset up to £2,000 (2015-16) against their employer (secondary) PAYE NIC liabilities.
From April 2016, eligible employers will be able to reduce their employer Class 1 NICs liability by up to £3,000 per tax year, instead of the current £2,000.
Secondary Class 1 NICs are ‘excluded liabilities’, and therefore do not qualify for EA, if they are incurred:
– employing someone for personal, family or…
Read MoreThe new help-to-buy ISA, which is expected to be available from Autumn 2015, will enable first-time buyers to save up to £200 a month towards their first home. Investors will receive £50 from the government for every £200 saved, up to a maximum of £3,000. This means that the maximum that can be saved in a help-to-buy ISA is £12,000. The government bonus is added to this amount, so total savings towards the property purchase can be up to £15,000.
Accounts will be limited to one per person rather…
Read MoreIn the Summer Budget 2015, the government announced that the level of rent-a-room relief will be increased from the current level of £4,250 to £7,500 from April 2016. This means that from 6 April 2016, an individual will be able to receive up to £7,500 tax-free income from renting out a room or rooms in their only or main residential property. The relief also covers bed and breakfast receipts as long as the rooms are in the landlord’s main residence.
To qualify under the rent-a-room scheme, the accommodation has…
Read MoreTax-free childcare is part of the government’s long-term plan to support working families and will provide up to 1.8m families across the UK with up to £2,000 of childcare support per year, per child, via a new online system. It was originally planned that the scheme would launch in Autumn 2015, but, as a result of a direct legal challenge from a small group of childcare voucher providers, development of the scheme was suspended. However, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that government proposals for delivering tax-free childcare…
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