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Key Points of Spring Budget 2024 Below is a summary of some of the key points announced recently. Personal Tax National Insurance The main rate of Class 1 employee National Insurance Contributions (NIC) will be reduced from 10% to 8%, effective from 6th April 2024. A further cut of 2p to the…
Spring Budget 2023 HMRC have released some notes on the announcements made at the recent Budget. Some of the key points are summarised below: Business Tax Capital allowances – full expensing: the government is introducing full expensing. Companies incurring qualifying expenditure on the provision of new plant and machinery on or after 1 April 2023 but…
Increases to the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) The Government has announced the rates of the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) which will come into force from April 2023. Further details can be found at GOV.UK. HMRC are providing live webinars that are taking place throughout March, where…
Gaps in National Insurance record and State Pension Entitlement Those clients looking to take their state pensions in the foreseeable future should consider whether it is worth making additional contributions to fill any gaps in their contribution history. Check your record of contributions using the following HMRC checklist. Check your National Insurance record – GOV.UK…
VAT Notes for Construction Industry Businesses – VAT on the Domestic Reverse Charge and Common Zero-Rated Applications Domestic Reverse Charge This was introduced in April 2021 as an attempt to prevent VAT fraud in the construction industry. This introduced the concept of END USER as being important when accounting for VAT. Because building work often…
Autumn 2022 Budget Notes Below is a summary of some of the key points announced recently. Income Tax and National Insurance The current Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds are to be frozen at their current rates until April 2028. The additional rate Income Tax threshold, whereby income over £150,000 is currently taxed at 45%…