You pay money into the online childcare account and the government adds money to the account (called a top-up). You can then use the account to pay for your childcare, providing your childcare provider is registered to accept payments from the scheme.

Tax-free childcare provides a Government contribution to help with the costs of childcare for working families in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who meet certain minimum and maximum earnings rules. You can only use the help through tax-free childcare if the main reason for the ...

Limited companies are cheap and easy to set up. But working through your own limited company is very different from just being an employee or self-employed or working through an agency or umbrella company. You therefore need to consider all the factors before deciding to set one up (or allowing one ...

The marriage allowance (also known as the transferable tax allowance for married couples and civil partners) allows you to give up some of your personal allowance to provide an amount (a tax credit) that can reduce the amount of income tax that your spouse or civil partner pays.

As Making Tax Digital is such a significant change to the way that some people will need to report their tax information, this page sets out where you can find more information and covers all our frequently asked questions. 

The new Making Tax Digital rules apply to you once your income from self-employment and/or property letting exceeds the relevant Making Tax Digital threshold, unless you are exempt. On this page we look at what happens if your income falls below the relevant Making Tax Digital threshold ...