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Clampdown on repayment agents will protect taxpayers

New legislation from HMRC that changes the way repayment agents are paid will better safeguard taxpayers and improve standards in the sector. The way taxpayers who use a repayment agent can receive overpaid tax will be adjusted to protect them and raise standards among repayment agents. Angela MacDonald, HMRC’s Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent […]

More time to prepare for MTD transition

If you’re self-employed and have been worried about the approaching 2024 deadline for transitioning to Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA), you can relax. The Government has made the decision to phase in the mandatory use of software from April 2026, two whole years after the original date. Victoria Atkins, Financial […]

Super-deductions finish March 2023

Time is running out to claim the super-deduction offering 130% first-year tax relief. The deduction is available to companies until March 2023. The super-deduction was designed to help incorporated businesses finance expansion after the coronavirus pandemic and to help drive growth. The super-deduction tax break was introduced on 1 April 2021 and allows businesses to […]