Tag: HMRC
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Register by Monday
If you started working for yourself in 2025-26, HMRC needs to hear from you by Monday 5 October. Ten minutes this weekend saves a scramble in January.
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Your Savings Are Being Taxed Harder, and Nobody’s Sending You a Warning Letter
109,000 people now face a tax bill over £10,000 on savings interest, up from 28,000 four years ago. It’s a stealth tax on the cash reserves every sensible small business owner is told to keep.
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Buying a Van Before the Budget? Here’s What’s Actually Changing
HMRC’s Advisory Fuel Rates just updated for company vehicles, and the Autumn Budget could touch capital allowances too. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s still speculation, and what to check before you buy or lease.
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HMRC Tightens Up
Three HMRC administrative changes landed together this month — a VAT reversion, resumed Corporation Tax penalties, and a new till fraud rule. Here’s what each one means.
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The Autumn Budget Is Coming — Here’s What SMEs Should Watch For
Mark your calendar: Chancellor John Healey will deliver the 2026 Budget on 28 October — his first as Chancellor, and the new government’s first full fiscal statement since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister earlier this year. For SMEs, that combination of a new leadership team and a first major set-piece Budget makes this one worth…
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The Quiet Squeeze Is Real, Even If No Single Story Is
A rate-rise warning, climbing gilt yields and resumed HMRC penalties all landed in the same fortnight. None of them is a crisis alone — but added together, that’s exactly the point.
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HMRC Assumed Tapi Carpets Ran Its Business “the Wrong Way.” A Tribunal Said No.
A tribunal has criticised HMRC for arguing a business should have been structured differently, rather than engaging with how it actually operates — a ruling worth knowing if you work with self-employed contractors.