In 2015, Mossack Fonseca law firm’s files were leaked to the world in, what became known as, the Panama Papers scandal. These documents contained information that led to investigations of financial crimes, of both individuals [...]
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) latest research into council tax rates predicts a rise in council tax for 80% of councils in England. CIPFA's research findings CIPFA received 328 complete Council [...]
I’m sure we’ve all had a good old whinge about HMRC phone queues, or moaned about the fact that any part of our hard earned money disappears into the Tax Office. But our country couldn’t [...]
Chancellor Philip Hammond included increases to the duty paid on some alcohol in his October Budget. They come into effect this month and retailers usually pass on such tax rises to their customers. Which alcohol [...]
What does Brexit have to do with self assessment late penalties? An excellent question. On the surface of it, they seem totally unrelated. But, due to preparations for Brexit, HMRC is another government department under [...]
The digitisation of the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), or car tax, did come with the concern that it would enable more people to avoid paying. Unfortunately, the latest figures from the DVLA show that a [...]
The quick answer is “yes, the new Personal Allowance amount does change your tax code”. The longer answer includes the good news that you are paying less tax and why its effect on your tax [...]
We can all agree that our tax system is complicated. One of the biggest problems with this, is that many taxpayers are paying the wrong amount of tax just because they don’t fully understand the [...]
Nottingham’s council started a Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) in 2012. They now have a revamped station, measures to encouraging cycling and a new tram paid, for by the money raised by this additional tax. What [...]
Congratulations, if you were one of the 10,833,177 taxpayers that submitted your 2017-18 self assessment tax return on time this year. That means that 93.68% of people required forms were received by the deadline – [...]
