HMRC have made changes to some of the text messages they send out to taxpayers to help you recognise them as genuine. 

Are you self-employed and run your business using online platforms such as Deliveroo, Uber or TikTok Marketplace? If you are trying to complete your tax return for the first time, this article gives you some information about accessing, filling in and submitting your tax return, and provides you ...

More people are using online platforms to sell goods to make some money. There are different tax rules depending on whether you are trading, making some casual income, or just selling off unwanted personal items. But what if you are doing a mixture of activities? This article explains what type of ...

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has responded to today’s Budget announcement¹ that from April 2026 recruitment agencies, or end clients where there is no agency, will be responsible for accounting for PAYE tax and NIC on payments made to workers that are supplied by umbrella ...

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is urging HMRC to speed up the implementation of the new self assessment penalty regime after expressing concern that delays will leave some taxpayers, including those on low incomes, paying over a thousand pounds more for delays in filing their tax return ...

The change to the new ‘tax year’ basis (also known as basis period reform (BPR)) from the 2024/25 tax year onwards means that 2023/24 is a transitional tax year as we move to the new rules. This means the 2023/24 tax return will be more complicated than usual for affected sole traders and partners ...