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Miscellaneous income
- August 4, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
No CommentsThere are special rules known as the miscellaneous income sweep-up provisions that seek to charge tax on certain income. This unusual provision, which is broad in scope, catches income that would not
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Settlement legislation – non-trust settlements
- July 28, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
The settlement legislation seeks to ensure that where a settlor has retained an interest in property that the income arising is treated as the settlor’s income for all tax purposes. A settlor can be
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Tax gap remains at 5.1%
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
The tax gap for the 2020-21 tax year has been published and remains at 5.1%. This is the second lowest recorded percentage and remains unchanged from the previous 2019-20 tax year.
The tax gap is
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Standards for tax agents
- July 7, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
HMRC last published guidance on the standard for agents in January 2018 (updating the first set of standards published in February 2016). The standard applies to all tax agents who transact with HMRC
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Intrastat – trading goods with EU
- May 19, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
Intrastat declarations were historically used to collect information on the movement of goods from the UK to other EU countries and vice versa. Any business that exceeded the exemption threshold for
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Holiday lets occupancy check
- May 12, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
The furnished holiday let (FHL) rules allow holiday lettings of properties that meet certain conditions to be treated as a trade for tax purposes.
In order to qualify as a furnished holiday letting,
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ISAs 2022-23
- May 12, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
The maximum amount that can be invested in an ISA in the current (2022-23) tax year is £20,000.
ISA’s are a valuable and flexible relief and should be considered as an option for most investors.
An
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Income excluded from a property business
- May 12, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
HMRC publishes a list of income streams that are excluded from a UK property business. The list includes fishing concerns, hotels and guest houses, tied premises, caravan sites, lodgers and tenants in
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Writing off a director’s loan
- May 5, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
An overdrawn director’s loan account is created when a director (or other close family member) ‘borrows’ money from their company. Many companies, particularly ‘close’ private companies, pay for
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HMRC names avoidance scheme promoters
- April 14, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: HMRC notices
HMRC has used new powers introduced in the Finance Act 2022 to name tax avoidance schemes and their promoters for the first time. Under this legislation HMRC can name avoidance scheme promoters,