by VelocityAS | May 7, 2021 | Accounting, Business, Dividends, Employment, income, Tax
If you run your business as a personal or family company, you will need to decide how best to extract profits for your personal use. A typical tax-efficient strategy is to pay yourself a small salary and then extract any further profits as dividends. Where this... 
by VelocityAS | May 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Finance, income, Tax, Tax Relief
To help businesses which have suffered losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the period for which certain trading losses can be carried back is extended from one year to three years. The extended carry-back period applies for both income tax and corporation tax... 
by VelocityAS | Apr 6, 2021 | COVID-19, HMRC, income, SEISS, Self Assessment, Tax
The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) provides grant support to eligible self-employed taxpayers who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A further two grants are to be paid under the scheme. In addition, the scheme has been expanded to... 
by VelocityAS | Apr 6, 2021 | Budget 2021, income, National Insurance, Tax
To help meet some of the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chancellor has opted to freeze various allowances and thresholds until April 2026, rather than increase the rates of income tax and capital gains tax. As incomes rise over the period, more people will pay... 
by VelocityAS | Mar 1, 2021 | Charity, COVID-19, HMRC, income, Self Assessment, Tax
If you are a taxpayer and you make a Gift Aid declaration when making a donation to a charity, the charity can reclaim basic rate tax on your donation. Tax relief on the donation A donation made under Gift Aid is treated as being made net of the basic rate of tax,... 
by VelocityAS | Jan 2, 2021 | Business, COVID-19, income
National Lockdowns and local restrictions may mean that you are unable to meet the tests for your holiday let to qualify as a furnished holiday letting (FHL) for 2020/21. However, where this is the case, all is not lost as there are alternative routes by which your... 