Articles in "Tax"

After a series of announcements and reversals, the dust has settled on tax rates on dividends and bonuses.Even so, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, included some additional elements in his Autumn Statement as part of a renewed focus on raising tax.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have issued ‘nudge’ letters to taxpayers who they consider may not have reported a disposal of shares in an unlisted company in which they had a significant interest.

The Government has recently published draft legislation that will allow divorcing couples more time to arrange their tax affairs.

Where there is land and or property in a partnership, in very simple terms, it is ‘held in trust’ for the benefit of all the partners in the partnership. Although the value of that land may be credited to individual partners’ capital accounts, it has as a matter of law become partnership property and therefore is held to benefit all the partners.

With the increasing cost of childcare, it’s not uncommon for hard-pressed parents to turn to their family, especially grandparents, for help with looking after the children.

As an employer, there are various ways to remunerate your team. Increasing salary may be enough to retain some staff whilst others want a ‘slice of the action’. Company share schemes are an increasingly common way to incentivise employees, and there are various different ways to achieve this, depending on your requirements, and theirs.

The Enterprise Management Incentive (“EMI”) scheme is a tax-advantaged share option scheme.

The deadline for filing your annual ERS (Employment Related Securities) return is 6 July following the end of the tax year.