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Enterprise Investment Scheme investee businesses

Enterprise Investment Scheme investee businesses

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is designed to help smaller higher-risk trading companies to raise finance by offering a range of tax reliefs to investors who purchase new shares in those

Corporation Tax marginal rate

Corporation Tax marginal rate

The Corporation Tax main rate for companies with profits in excess of £250,000 increased to 25% on 1 April 2023. A Small Profits Rate (SPR) of 19% was also introduced from the same date for companies

NIC changes for employees from 6 January 2024

NIC changes for employees from January

In the recent Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced a significant change to National Insurance contributions (NIC) for employees.

There will be a cut in the main rate of Employee National

NIC changes for the self-employed

NIC changes for the self employed

In the recent Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced two important changes to National Insurance contributions (NIC) for the self-employed.

The first change concerns the removal of Class 2 NICs

Directors’ duties and responsibilities

Directors’ duties and responsibilities

To be a director, you must be over 16 and not currently disqualified.

As a director your responsibilities include:

filing your company’s annual accounts and reports or appoint an accountant to do

Gifts of shares to minor (under 18s) children

Gifts of shares to minor (under s) children

The settlement legislation seeks to ensure that, where a settlor has retained an interest in property in a settlement, the income arising is treated as the settlor’s income for all tax purposes. A

What counts as holiday accommodation?

What counts as holiday accommodation?

HMRC’s VAT Notice 709/3 entitled ‘Hotels and holiday accommodation’ explains how supplies by hotels and similar establishments such as motels, guesthouses and B&Bs should be treated for VAT

The badges of trade

The badges of trade

The ‘badges of trade’ tests, whilst not conclusive, are used by HMRC to help determine whether an activity is a proper economic trade / business activity or merely a money-making by-product of a

Income Tax – £5,000 savings zero rate band

Income Tax £, savings zero rate band

If you have taxable income of less than £17,570 in 2023-24 tax year you will have no tax to pay on interest received. This figure is calculated by adding the £5,000 starting rate limit for savings

CGT – Lettings relief

CGT Lettings relief

In general, there is no Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on a property which has been used as the main family residence. This relief from CGT is commonly known as Private Residence Relief or PRR. However,

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