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There are 53 Fridays in the 2018/19 tax year, rather than 52. If you are paid on Friday 5th April and will earn more than £11,850 in 2018/19, then you are likely to encounter a ‘week 53’ issue.

A similar issue may also affect you if you are due to be paid your salary or pension on 6th April but will receive it on Friday 5th April instead because 6th April is a Saturday.

HMRC have recently written to all VAT registered traders to tell them about their new ‘Making Tax Digital for VAT’ (MTD for VAT) programme which is about to be introduced. In this article, we explain how the new rules work, how to claim an exemption and key dates that you need to be aware of.

We regularly receive queries via our website. We do not give advice, but we try to signpost sources of further information and support. Some of the replies might be useful to others, so occasionally we will post them anonymously as ‘question and answer’ news items. We have received a question recently on the National Insurance conditions related to Bereavement Support Payment.