Personal Tax planning – The Lowdown

Nobody wants the taxman to take more than his fair share and planning your finances early on can ensure you adopt the most tax-efficient strategy for the months and years ahead. Effective tax planning will help protect your money and any assets, ready to pass on when the time comes, while also providing you with […]

Let Property Disclosure Campaign

HMRC’s Let Property Disclosure Campaign targets landlords who have undeclared income from residential property lettings. The campaign was launched in September 2013 and currently does not have an end date. The campaign offers landlords the opportunity to get their tax affairs up to date under the best available terms. HMRC will allow landlords to come […]

Watch Out, HMRC Debtors

The new Direct Recovery of Debts (DRD) powers will allow HMRC to target non-compliant taxpayers who owe more than £1,000 and who have sufficient funds in their accounts to pay. The proposals included measures to leave a minimum of £5,000 so as not to create unnecessary financial trouble for those affected. However, HMRC will be […]

Tech Talk: Jolene Hutton

Welcome to Tech Talk, a monthly catch-up with an accountant in practice to find out the effect that technological changes have had on the industry over the years. Today we are joined by Jolene Hutton, operations director of Eazitax, an accountancy practice working with self-employed people and small and medium-sized businesses in Loughton, Essex. Eaxitax is […]