New tax surcharges for late payments

New tax surcharges for late payments

In the 2021 Spring Budget, the Government announced a new penalty and interest regime to replace the VAT default surcharge. From April 2022, this new penalty regime for late submission of tax returns and late payments will begin across VAT and Income Tax...
The ATED return for 2021-22 is due by 30 April 2021

The ATED return for 2021-22 is due by 30 April 2021

The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) return for 2021 to 31 March 2022, and any tax due for the year, is due by 30 April 2021. What is the ATED? The ATED is a system that came into force on 1 April 2013 regarding UK residential properties worth over £2 million...
Could the current tax payment timings change?

Could the current tax payment timings change?

Millions of taxpayers in the UK could face earlier tax payments as part of the Government’s 10-year strategy to build a “trusted, modern tax administration system”. Due to the challenges of the current tax-payment timings, it is considering bringing tax payments...
Budget 2021

Budget 2021

In the year since the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his first Budget to a packed Commons chamber in March 2020, more than 135,000 people in the UK have died from Coronavirus, there have been three national lockdowns, the economy has shrunk by 9.9 per cent and...
MPs call for business rates cut in 2021 Budget

MPs call for business rates cut in 2021 Budget

A total of 45 MPs in England are calling for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to cut business rates in England from 50 per cent of the market rent to 35 per cent in the 2021 Budget. They argue that cutting this tax will help to “save the High Streets” in the upcoming months....
VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme goes live

VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme goes live

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that its online VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme is now open for applications to help businesses arrange smaller monthly repayments of deferred VAT. Under the New Payment Scheme, you can repay VAT deferred between 20 March...