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CGT tax-free allowance reducing

CGT tax-free allowance reducing

In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the annual exempt amount applicable to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is to be more than halved next year. This rate had previously been fixed at £12,300 from April 2021 to April 2026 for individuals, personal...
Fiscal drag

Fiscal drag

You may have encountered this phrase, fiscal drag, in recent weeks, particularly if following the Autumn Statement announcements last week. A large part of Chancellor Hunt’s announcements confirmed that rates and allowances for Income Tax are to be frozen at...
Tax Diary December 2022/January 2023

Tax Diary December 2022/January 2023

1 December 2022 – Due date for Corporation Tax payable for the year ended 28 February 2022. 19 December 2022 – PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 December 2022. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 December 2022). 19 December...
Autumn Statement Summary

Autumn Statement Summary

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has delivered his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons against a backdrop of a worsening cost of living crisis and with confirmation from the Office for Budget Responsibility OBR that the UK has now entered into a...
Gifts paid out of disposable income

Gifts paid out of disposable income

It is possible for wealthier taxpayers to make tax exempt gifts and payments that are funded as normal expenditure out of income. This is a very flexible exemption from IHT as there are no specific requirements, for example by making fixed regular...