2024 Budget Review

Autumn 2024 Budget - Reeves goes big on National Insurance and Capital Gains TaxThe pitch had been well and truly rolled for tax increases this ... [more]

Gazing into the crystal ball – possible tax changes in the Autumn Budget

The upcoming Autumn Budget, scheduled for October 30th, is generating considerable speculation and anxiety.  The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and the chancellor Rachel Reeves ... [more]

Spring 2023 Budget Review

Jeremy’s big pitch yesterday was that this Budget was all about getting people back to work. To this end a range of schemes were rolled ... [more]

2022 Autumn Statement review

Well Jeremy promised eye watering tax rises and he certainly didn't let us down. The tax changes he announced yesterday will increase the overall tax ... [more]

2022 Mini Budget Review – part 2

Well that was an interesting couple of weeks. For anyone not following the news, the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt, has reversed nearly all of the ... [more]

2022 Mini Budget Review

For a mini-budget, there was an awful lot of big changes announced by the chancellor on Friday, mostly involving tax cuts on a grand scale. ... [more]

Changes to capital gains tax on sale of properties

HMRC have finally given more detail of the forthcoming changes to capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale of residential properties. These are ... [more]

2019/2020 Optimum director’s salary

With the start of the new tax year it's time for directors of their own companies to review their monthly salary. This year I would ... [more]

Free Freeagent software for RBS/Natwest customers

I'm a big fan of Freeagent software, in my view it's the best software around for small businesses. The one thing however that I find ... [more]

2018 Budget Review

I was quite relieved in the end that the Budget didn't end up containing the bad news on VAT and IR35 that had been rumoured. ... [more]