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Hunter Gee Holroyd have produced a Tax Card which summarises many of the rates and allowances fundamental to your business and personal lives. It’s a great point of reference throughout the coming tax year and contains lots of information on personal, business, employment, property and capital taxes, including any changes. . Our guide contains information… Read more

The run up to the end of the tax year on 5 April 2024 is a good time to make sure that your family and business finances are arranged in the best way possible. The freeze of many tax rates and thresholds continues to increase the government’s tax take, but there are still many useful… Read more

Against a backdrop of reducing inflation and greater headroom for spending, the Chancellor announced several tax cuts and boosts to business in his ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’. Headlines Class 2 National Insurance contributions (NICs) will be abolished and the main rate of Class 4 NICs will reduce from 9% to 8% from 6 April 2024…. Read more

Hunter Gee Holroyd have produced a Tax Card which summarises many of the rates and allowances fundamental to your business and personal lives. It’s a great point of reference throughout the coming tax year and contains lots of information on personal, business, employment, property and capital taxes, including any changes. Our guide contains information on… Read more

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled the 2023 Budget on Wednesday. Although the word ‘unveiled’ may be a slight exaggeration. Not so long ago, the contents of each Budget were a closely guarded secret. Neither the press nor the public would know for sure what it would contain. Below is our summary of the most significant announcements… Read more

Taxpayers have until Friday 3 March to pay 2021/22 self assessment tax bills or face penalties equal to 5% of the outstanding tax. The first late payment penalty is calculated at 5% of the amount for 2021/22 still outstanding on 3 March 2023. If you agree a time to pay arrangement with HMRC and do… Read more

The future policies for the UK economy, which will be announced in the second budget of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, could be one of the most difficult to predict for a long time. This follows on from an Autumn Statement in November 2022 which came at a time when inflation was increasing quickly and the stock and… Read more

Checking that your personal affairs, your family and business affairs, and your plans for the long term are arranged as tax efficiently as possible is always important: and the period before the end of the tax year, on 5 April 2023, is the best time to do so. This year, such a review may be… Read more

Those planning to claim the UK state pension, are urged to check their national insurance (NI) record before 5 April 2023. Currently, voluntary contributions can be made to plug gaps back to April 2006, but this will be curtailed from April. The Tax Faculty has created a checklist of actions. National insurance contributions are typically… Read more

The year 2023 looks set to be an interesting one for the development of individual employment law rights, with a number of Bills currently on their way to become law that will change existing, and provide additional, rights to employees that will help them to better balance their work and personal commitments, which is set… Read more