The government is planning a change that it says could save thousands of taxpayers from having to file a self-assessment tax return. What’s the full story?  Partner Kenny Adamson has the full story.

If you agree to a part-time employee permanently increasing their hours of work, you must ensure that you properly address any changes to their employment terms which are consequent on that increase. But what do you need to do?  Pamela Singh keeps you fully informed.

You are planning to make gifts to your children to reduce the inheritance tax (IHT) burden for your estate. But to achieve this you’ll either need to sell assets to raise the cash or gift them. But how does any resulting capital gains tax (CGT) impact on IHT planning?  Partner and Tax expert Kenny Adamson...

One of your firm’s directors is retiring soon and the board want to pay him a lump sum to reward his long service. However, this type of ‘golden handshake’ is usually taxable. Is there a more tax-efficient alternative?   Partner Kenny Adamson provides the answer.

5 April is a crucial deadline to fill gaps in missing NI contributions and boost your state pension. Topping up your pension contributions can be very lucrative; indeed, this could add thousands to your state pension. HMRC allows people to buy missing years as far back as 2006, but soon you will only be able...

The Chancellor’s action on small business owners and anyone who has pension savings means that it’s more important than ever to take advantage of the lifetime gift exemptions. What are they and when can you use them? Partner and Tax expert Christiaan Hansen, discusses these exemptions.

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Your business leases its vehicles but for a variety of reasons you want to terminate the lease early and buy the cars from the leasing company. But how much VAT can you recover? Partner, Alister Biggar explains.

Sub-letting trading premises, should we charge VAT? Q. The landlord of our trading premises charges VAT on our monthly rent, and we claim input tax. We are planning to sub-let one of the floors to another business but are not sure if we should also charge VAT? If we don’t, does this mean we will...

Your business has purchased a commercial vehicle to transport goods to your customers but there will be some private use at weekends. Must you apportion input tax on the purchase price and ongoing costs to reflect the private use? Partner, Alister Biggar, discusses here in this article.