If you are responsible for a child or qualifying young person and live in the UK, you can normally claim child benefit. If your child is aged 16 to 19 years old, provided they remain in approved education or training, you can still claim child benefit. You need to let HMRC know, otherwise your ...
The personal allowance has been frozen at its current amount of £12,570 since the tax year 2021/22. We take a look at what this policy means for those with lower incomes.
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed the publication of HMRC’s long-awaited Transformation Roadmap, setting out a bold program of digitally-focussed enhancements to its current way of administering the tax system.
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is urging self-employed taxpayers and landlords to file their 2024/25 tax return early to find out if Making Tax Digital will apply to them from next April.
HMRC’s customer online forums closed on the 30 June 2025, with HMRC suggesting people use other alternatives such as the digital assistant and webchat instead. Given issues with some of these alternatives, even more taxpayers are likely to turn to other forums or even AI like ChatGPT or Google’s ...
Recently, we have noticed a growing interest in so-called ‘grocery schemes’—programs pitched to employees, often lower-paid, as a way to save money on supermarket shopping through National Insurance savings. While these schemes may appear straightforward at first glance, a closer look reveals some ...