by VelocityAS | Mar 1, 2022 | Company Car, Employment, Finance, income, National Insurance, Tax, VAT
The Government is set to increase National Insurance Contributions (NICs) by 1.25% from April to fund the Health and Social Care Levy, and while this may be a laudable aim, it is going to hit all of us in the pocket. Costly increase when finances are being squeezed... 
by VelocityAS | Oct 1, 2021 | Business, Dividends, income, National Insurance, Tax
As part of the Government’s funding strategy for health and social care, the dividend tax rates are to be increased from April 2022, alongside the temporary increases in National Insurance, and, from April 2023, the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy. The... 
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...