2017 news

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Published on 22 December 2017
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If you earned some extra cash in the period 6 April 2016 to 5 April 2017, for example by offering rides, making deliveries or selling items online, there are some impo

Published on 11 December 2017
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The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) broadly welcomes the Government’s ambition to see more disabled people in work, but is hugely disappointed that it has not tak

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Published on 11 December 2017
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You may have recently received a letter saying that HMRC’s information indicates you currently have or previously had offshore income or gains and if you have addition

Published on 6 December 2017
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HMRC are going to use information provided direct to them by your bank and building society about interest you receive to collect any tax due on that income.

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Published on 22 November 2017
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The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 2017 was Mr Hammond’s second Budget of 2017.

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Published on 22 November 2017
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In today’s Budget the Chancellor confirmed a £1.5 billion package of changes to universal credit in order to address some of the recent concerns raised about the impac

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Published on 22 November 2017
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The Chancellor announced today that the personal allowance will increase from £11,500 to £11,850 from 6 April 2018.

Published on 22 November 2017
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The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group has warmly welcomed today’s announcement that the Government will allow claims to the marriage allowance in cases where a partner has

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Published on 16 November 2017
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The Employment Appeals Tribunal have recently found some Uber drivers were ‘workers’ rather than ‘self-employed’ for employment law purposes.

Published on 14 November 2017
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On 1 November 2017, HMRC introduced the Social Care Compliance Scheme, aimed at employers in the social care sector (including individual employers who have taken on t

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