Personal tax news
January 1st, 2009
When self assessment was introduced at the end of the 1990s, one of the carrots offered in exchange for shifting a lot of the admin burden from HMRC to the taxpayer was that there would be greater…
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December 1st, 2008
High earners hoping for an early Christmas present from Mr Darling were left severely disappointed following the pre-Budget report on 24 November. The giveaways have to be paid for somehow and it is…
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November 1st, 2008
Inheritance Tax (IHT) tends to be thought of as a tax payable on death, but it also rears its head during your lifetime, in the form of “chargeable lifetime transfers”, and it does not only affect…
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October 1st, 2008
The 2007/08 tax return you will be submitting in the next two weeks (unless you want to join in the electronic lottery next January) will be the last one under the old rules for penalties for…
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October 1st, 2008
A recent decision by the Special Commissioners in Belfast highlighted a distinction between Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) that is of importance to anyone who…
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