Please find below all the articles from February 2023.
HMRC is writing to online sellers, gig economy workers, and influencers, asking them for unpaid taxes.
There are two versions of the HMRC letter.
– This letter is directed to those who sell goods, or their own services, through an online marketplace. This will include people who sell items on eBay or Etsy, as well as taxi drivers who find their customers through apps such as Uber.
– This letter is addressed to people who have created…
Read MoreHMRC defines crypto assets as: “cryptographically secured digital representations of value or contractual rights that can be transferred, stored, and traded electronically”. The various ‘tokens’ that have been created including Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ether are all virtual, they exist only on computer servers.
The tax law hasn’t been written to cope with crypto assets, but that doesn’t mean the profits made on investing in crypto are tax-free. HMRC expects most individuals who buy and sell crypto assets to be treated as investors rather than traders,…
Read MoreThe PAYE system should deduct approximately the right amount of tax from your salary so that you do not have further tax to pay on that income. However, it assumes that your income remains steady from year to year. This may not be the case.
If you have a PAYE code including the letter K, this means your personal allowance has been reduced to zero and a notional amount of income has been added to your salary to be taxed. The imposition of a K…
Read MoreIf you have claimed lettings relief to reduce the capital gains tax (CGT) payable on the disposal of a let property after 5 April 2020, you should expect to receive a letter from HMRC asking you to amend your tax return to remove that claim.
The conditions for lettings relief to apply were altered on 6 April 2020, with a retrospective effect. For disposals on or after that date, lettings relief can only apply where both the following conditions are met for residential property:
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