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Reading Time | < 1 min 22 Dec 2015

Uncertainty over pension savings

Reading Time • < 1 min49% of people are worried that they will not have enough pension savings to be comfortable in retirement.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Dec 2015

Draft Scottish Budget highlights

Reading Time • < 1 minThe draft Scottish Budget was presented to the Scottish parliament on 16 December 2015. The finance secretary John Swinney announced that Scottish rate of income tax will not rise next year.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 18 Dec 2015

Tax body reviews new approach to large company taxation

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Charted Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has responded to the new measures published in the Finance Bill 2016 to improve tax compliance.
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Reading Time | 3 mins 17 Dec 2015

Tax and National Insurance free benefits and expenses

Reading Time • 3 minsThere are some benefits and expenses an employer can provide which are genuinely free of tax and National Insurance (NI), some of which have qualifying conditions.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Dec 2015

Lowest unemployment rate in a decade

Reading Time • < 1 minUK unemployment fell at 5.2% between August and October 2015, its lowest rate in nearly 10 years.
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Reading Time | 3 mins 16 Dec 2015

It’s Christmas!

Reading Time • 3 minsHMRC has strict rules about staff entertaining, parties and gifts. Occasionally these rules can cause employers to inadvertently land their workforce with taxable benefits in kind, and possibly National Insurance contributions (NICs) to pay too.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 16 Dec 2015

Digital tax accounts introduced

Reading Time • < 1 minHMRC has launched a new system of digital tax accounts which will eventually replace annual tax returns.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 15 Dec 2015

Some thoughts on business development for professional practices

Reading Time • 2 minsWhy is it that we professionals are often seen as being poor at business development?
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Reading Time | 1 min 15 Dec 2015

Tax restrictions on selling annuities to be lifted

Reading Time • 1 minMore than 5 million people will be able to sell their annuity from 6 April 2017. The Treasury has outlined its plans to extend pensions freedoms and create a new secondary annuity market.
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