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Taxation of company cars in 2024/25 - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
A taxable benefit arises where an employee has the private use of a company car. Unless the car is an electric car, a further benefit...
May 3, 20243 min read


VAT records – What do you need to keep? - Bookkeeping Services London | Go Figure Financial
If you are registered for VAT, you will need to keep normal business records. The records must be complete, up to date and sufficient to...
May 3, 20243 min read


New VAT thresholds – When must you register and when can you deregister? - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
The VAT registration threshold rose from £85,000 to £90,000 from 1 April 2024. The deregistration threshold increased from £83,000 to...
May 3, 20243 min read


Small earnings from self-employment – Tax and National Insurance implications - Bookkeeping Services London | Go Figure Financial|
Small earnings from self employment
May 3, 20242 min read


Extracting profits in 2024/25 - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
If you run your business as a personal or family company, you will need to extract your profits in order to use them personally outside...
May 3, 20243 min read


Should I sell before the end of the FHL regime? - Bookkeeping Services London | Go Figure Financial
Furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) enjoy tax advantages not available to landlords letting residential property on long-term lets. The...
May 3, 20244 min read


Relief for replacement domestic items - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
Landlords letting residential property are not entitled to a deduction for the cost of the domestic items that they provide in the...
May 3, 20243 min read


HMRC revise stance on replacement boilers - Bookkeeping Services London | Go Figure Financial
In 2023, HMRC wrote to some taxpayers with property income asking them to check that the information provided in the property pages of...
May 3, 20242 min read


Post-cessation expenses – When and how are they allowable? - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
When an unincorporated business stops trading, accounts are prepared to the date of cessation. Where a limited company ceases trading, it...
May 3, 20243 min read


HMRC informers – How important are they in reducing the 'tax gap'? - Bookkeeping Services London | Go Figure Financial
The 'tax gap' is a phrase that has been around for almost twenty years and refers to the difference between HMRC’s expected tax revenue...
May 3, 20243 min read


Partnerships – Cessation on death of a partner - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
Partnerships exist in either ordinary format or as limited liability partnerships (LLP). An ordinary partnership is legally defined by...
May 3, 20243 min read


Training costs and the self-employed - Bookkeeping Services London | Go Figure Financial
A sole trader or proprietor of an unincorporated business may incur training costs. The tax treatment of those costs depends on whether...
Apr 17, 20243 min read


Reform of the High-Income Child Benefit Charge - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
The High-Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge that operates to claw back child benefit where the claimant and/or their...
Apr 17, 20242 min read


Make the most of your ISA allowance - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
Rising interest rates mean that individuals may now be paying tax on their savings income which previously they received it tax free....
Apr 17, 20243 min read


Income tax rates and allowances for 2024/25 - Go Figure Financial | Outsourced Bookkeeping Services
The 2024/25 tax year starts on 6 April 2024. Although many of the rates and thresholds are the same as for 2023/24, there are some...
Apr 17, 20242 min read


NIC cuts and what they mean for you - Go Figure Financial | Outsourced Bookkeeping Services
As widely predicted, in his 2024 Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a 2% cut in the main rates of Class 1 and Class 4 National...
Apr 17, 20242 min read


Inflationary gains and the CGT trap - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
The current capital gains tax rules do not provide any relief for inflationary gains. This can mean that when an investment property or...
Apr 17, 20242 min read


Boost your income by letting out your spare room - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, the idea of earning tax-free income is appealing. If you have a spare room, you can make...
Apr 17, 20242 min read


Splitting a company – Tax efficiently - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
Most private companies start as sole owner-managers; roll on a few years and some will have grown such that family members may also work...
Apr 17, 20243 min read


Work clothes – Can they be claimed against tax? - Bookkeeping Services Manchester | Go Figure Financial
Whether a claim for the cost of work clothes is tax deductible is covered by the general rule for deduction of any expenses incurred by...
Apr 17, 20243 min read
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