The tax relief that landlords of residential properties get is going to be restricted to the basic rate of Income Tax from April 2017, Kenny Logan investigates. These changes will undoubtedly affect you if you let residential properties as an individual, or in a partnership or a trust and will affect how you receive relief...

Kevin Ferguson looks at whether it is possible to reclaim VAT on the purchase of a car. The issue of VAT on cars is something that we get asked about on a regular basis, in particular ‘VAT Qualifying Cars’. The phrase ‘VAT Qualifying Car’ is more relevant to the motor trade than to the public...

Something that we get asked a lot about is whether it is better to lease or buy a vehicle and indeed whether it is better to do this personally or through a business? Kenny Logan is in the driving seat on this one. With new vehicle prices continually rising and the value of used vehicles...

This tax relief has been extended and means that you may be able to pay less Capital Gains Tax when you sell or ‘dispose of’ all or part of your business. Entrepreneurs’ Relief means that you’ll pay tax at 10% on all gains on qualifying assets providing that certain conditions are met. Julie Robertson takes...

It is becoming increasingly common for individuals to claim that their hobby is actually a taxable trade, Kenneth Logan investigates. There are many people who have hobbies which generate money for them, such as buying and selling items on eBay or at car boot sales. But what you might find surprising is that it is...

You can legally transfer your property at any time, even while you are still living in it, but there are complex rules to be aware of as Alister Biggar outlines below.   In this article we look at some of the issues which arise from property transfers and concentrate on the main property taxes which come...

Julie Robertson warns that owning a home abroad is not quite as easy as they make out on programmes like ‘A Place in the Sun’. With the popularity of these lifestyle shows on television, it is perhaps unsurprising there are more than one million homes owned by UK residents in the EU alone. These properties...

In this article, Kevin Ferguson looks at how employers can now tax expenses and benefits through their payroll by adding the value of them to their taxable income (payrolling), rather than having to provide them separately. Some employers were already applying this process by using their own informal arrangements but HMRC has now streamlined the...

Are you missing out on tax free mileage allowances? by John Craig MA CA The AA estimates that the true cost of running a £25,000 car for 15,000 miles per year is 61p per mile – a figure which demonstrates just how stingy HMRC’s mileage rates of 45p and 25p really are. So if you...

With more and more people now facing an Inheritance Tax charge on their estate, good planning can protect your estate from the taxman. By Kenneth Logan, MA (Hons) CA Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid if a person’s estate (their property, money and possessions) is worth more than £325,000 when they die. This is called the...