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Claim full expensing or 50% FYA

Full expensing allows for a 100% first-year capital allowance for qualifying plant and machinery assets and came into effect last April. To qualify for full expensing, expenditure must be incurred on the provision of “main rate” plant or

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Statutory redundancy pay

If you have been in the same job for two years or more and are made redundant you will usually be entitled to redundancy money. The legal minimum that you are entitled to receive is known as ‘statutory redundancy pay’. There are exceptions where you

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Translation

If you receive documents from overseas customers or suppliers and you need to translate text into English, have you used Google Translate? It’s a free, but incredibly powerful facility. You can select to translate: Individual blocks of text that

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Extracting profits from a small, limited company

It is pretty much universally accepted that shareholders (usually directors) of small companies take out their remuneration as a small salary - a salary pitched high enough to secure NIC benefits but not high enough to that employee NIC contributions

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Tax Diary August/September 2024

1 August 2024 - Due date for corporation tax due for the year ended 31 October 2023. 19 August 2024 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 August 2024. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 August 2024) 19 August 2024 -

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Finding your National Insurance number

If you have lost or forgotten your National Insurance number there are a number of ways to locate it. Firstly, you could try and locate the number on paperwork such as your tax return, payslip or P60. You can also use your personal tax account or the

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Check your State Pension forecast

The enhanced Check Your State Pension forecast service is now available online. The service can be found on GOV.UK at the following webpage https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension. The new digital service is a joint service by HM Revenue and Customs

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Are you claiming the marriage allowance

The marriage allowance can be claimed by married couples and those in a civil partnership and where a spouse or civil partner does not pay tax or does not pay tax above the basic rate threshold for Income Tax (i.e., one of the couples must currently

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Check employment status for tax

The Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool can be used to help ascertain if a worker should be classified as employed or self-employed for tax purposes in both the private and public sectors. The service provides HMRC’s view as to whether IR35

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How to check a UK VAT number

The online service for checking a UK VAT number is available at: www.gov.uk/check-uk-vat-number. This service can be used to check: if a UK VAT registration number is valid; and the name and address of the business the number is registered

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