If you work from home, you may be worried about increasing energy bills. However, there are some tax and benefit rules that might help ease some of the cost for you.
Tax credit awards last for a maximum of one tax year (6 April to following 5 April) so you must renew your claim each year to continue getting tax credits. The deadline for renewing tax credits was 31 July. If you did not renew by that date, HMRC will now stop your tax credit payments. If this has ...
The cost-of-living crisis has seen an explosion of suggestions as to how to make some extra money to help make ends meet. But the tax consequences often get little or no mention! You must be on top of your taxes from the start so that you don’t accidentally miss an important deadline or make a ...
Some employers are starting to pay or reimburse employee business mileage at more than the HMRC ‘approved’ amount because petrol and diesel prices are soaring. But the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) cautions employees that they may not see the full benefit.
Now that Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses, LITRG are reminding traders who are about to register for VAT that they must also sign up for MTD - or apply for exemption from the new digital rules.
If you are an employee and you spend your own money on things you need for your job, you might be able to get tax relief. We know the rules can be confusing and that the process for claiming the tax relief can be off-putting. But you can do it by following the seven steps below.