Spring Statement 2025

On 26 March 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented her Spring Statement to parliament. Despite a backdrop of low economic growth and increasing […]

The High-Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) You may have to pay the HICBC if your income exceeds £60,000 and child benefit is […]

Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) Please remember that the significant changes to the NICs paid by employers will start to apply from […]

As we head into 2025/26, it should be remembered that, for most sales of capital assets, CGT will apply at 18% for […]

Electronic invoicing The government has recently launched a consultation on the possible advantages of e-invoicing, which include productivity enhancements, cashflow acceleration and […]

Research and Development (R&D) tax reliefs With ongoing focus on the availability of R&D tax reliefs and companies’ eligibility to claim them, […]

England and Northern Ireland If you are planning to purchase residential property, remember that the SDLT thresholds will change from 1 April […]

Modernising HMRC As part of the government’s ‘Plan For Change’, steps are being taken towards modernising HMRC, to improve value for money, […]

The Spring Statement was an economic update given in challenging circumstances, in what was regularly referred to as a ‘changing world’. Remember, […]

Date What’s Due 5 April End of the 2024/25 tax year – many tax planning actions need to have been taken by […]