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28 Mar 2018
From 6 April 2018, the tax-free allowance on dividends will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,000. Owner-directors have used the dividend allowance to extract profits from their business, but changes over recent years have seen the advantage of this tax-efficient... Read more
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Reduced dividend allowance edges closer27 Mar 2018
Young adults with middle incomes are considerably less likely to own their own home than those born 20 years earlier, new figures show. Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that from 1995/96, 65% of 25 to 34-year-olds... Read more
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Home ownership falls for middle-income young adults26 Mar 2018
Employers could face unlimited fines if they fail to comply with gender pay gap reporting regulations, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned. After the deadlines pass – 30 March 2018 for public sector organisations and 4 April... Read more
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Firms face fines for failing to report gender pay gap22 Mar 2018
Freelancers in highly-skilled occupations have driven growth in the UK self-employment sector over the past decade, according to a report. Drawing on data from the Office for National Statistics, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) found that... Read more
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Freelancers drive self-employment growth20 Mar 2018
Self-employed businesses can voluntarily use software to manage their business records digitally and send income tax updates to HMRC, following the opening of its Making Tax Digital (MTD) pilot. The pilot became available to sole traders with income from one... Read more
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MTD pilot opens to the self-employed15 Mar 2018
The government has launched a “call for evidence” on the design of the VAT registration threshold, amid concerns that the current system dis-incentivises small business growth. In November 2017, the £85,000 threshold at which businesses are required to register for... Read more
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Government launches VAT review13 Mar 2018
Many mothers in the UK are failing to protect themselves financially, according to research published ahead of Mother’s Day on 11 March 2018. Scottish Widows surveyed 5,077 adults, and revealed that 3 in 5 women with dependent children have no... Read more
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Mothers “lack financial protection”13 Mar 2018
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has reduced the interest rate it pays on Guaranteed Growth and Income Bonds for new customers. Interest on the 3-year Growth Bond has been reduced from 2.2% to 1.95%, while interest was also lowered from... Read more
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Savings rates cut on growth and income bonds05 Mar 2018
Chancellor Philip Hammond has called for a review of inheritance tax (IHT), to make it “fit for purpose”. In a letter to the Office for Tax Simplification on 19 January 2018, he asked for proposals to be put forward to... Read more
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Chancellor calls for IHT review