HMRC will accept appeals for late tax returns in bulk due to pandemic

HMRC has announced that tax agents and accountants will be able to send bulk appeals against late filing penalties for tax returns filed after 28 February, if the reason for late filing is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes after HMRC said that penalty notice...

Tax Policy: Chancellor urged to take ‘strategic approach’

With the 2020 Budget soon approaching, business groups have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to take a new approach to making tax policy. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and the Institute for Government (IfG) have written...

IR35 enforcement to be lenient in first year

In April 2020, changes to the off-payroll working rules (IR35) will come into effect. Who the rules apply to You may be affected by these rules if you are: a worker who provides their services through their intermediarya client who receives services from a worker...

Tax Return 2019 – Due 31/01/2020

You must submit a tax return if, in the last tax year (6 April 2018 to 5 April 2019), you were self employed and earned over £1000 or you were a partner in a business partnership. If your only income is from your wages or pension, you will not usually need to send a...