Mr Darling’s pre-election Budget was expected to be a damp squib. But there were a few significant changes for businesses; here’s our view on them.
Published 12.04.2010
For 2016/17 using your basic personal tax-free allowance, starting tax rate and the new zero rate bands for savings income and dividends allows you to engineer up to £22,000 tax free. How is it done?
Published 28.06.2016
The Chancellor announced a substantial hike in the thresholds for basic rate tax and NI. At first sight these look generous, but looks can be deceiving. How much better off might you be from April
2019?
Published 13.11.2018
In the last Budget the Chancellor announced age-related tax-free allowances would be phased out, but this won’t take full effect until 2015. If you’ll be 65 by next April, how can you make the most
of higher allowances while they last?
Published 25.10.2012
Sheltering profits from your business in a company is all well and good, but at some point you’ll want to retire and get your money out. When the time comes how can you ensure maximum tax efficiency?
Published 11.06.2013
You’re planning to move home and, following a neighbour’s example, you reckon you can get more by selling off part of your garden separately for development. How should you structure the deal to
obtain the best tax result?
Published 04.02.2014
The five-rate Scottish tax system has thrown up several problems. This time it’s a twist in the way that marriage allowance works. Some people will lose, while others will gain, but how can you work
out which group you’re in?
Published 25.06.2018
The increase in the rate of Capital Gains Tax in June wasn’t welcome news if you were planning to sell your company. But entrepreneurs’ relief (ER) also received a boost. As a shareholder in a family
company how can you take advantage this?
Published 08.12.2010
The government has at last decided how much transferable tax allowances will be worth and how you can qualify for them. But if you don’t meet the conditions is there an alternative way you can
achieve the same or a better tax saving?
Published 15.10.2013
In less than a year the headline tax rate will jump to 50%. One way of reducing the effect is to shift some of your income to your spouse or partner. But at what point is it worth doing and which
assets produce the greatest tax saving?
Published 24.06.2009