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News & Updates
Scottish Tax Bands
In our newsletter on 22 December 2016 we explained how the income tax bands for Scottish taxpayers will differ from those applicable to taxpayers in the rest of the UK, from 6 April 2017. However, those tax bands have been revised again.
Reclaiming Overseas VAT
When you incurs VAT on business expenses in other EU countries, you must not attempt to reclaim that VAT on his UK VAT return. However, if the business meets certain conditions it can reclaim the overseas VAT through HMRC’s VAT online services system. Those conditions for the UK business are:
Myths About Letting
HMRC has released some examples of common errors made by property owners when they let out their property. Many of these people do not consider themselves landlords as they did not set out to make a profit from their property. You could fall into any one of these situations:
IHT and Holiday Cottages
Years ago, tax advisers would say that an active holiday lettings business should qualify for IHT business property relief (BPR), if the owner died whilst running the business. This would allow the value of the holiday accommodation to be covered by the 100% BPR exemption.
PAYE codes and P800s
Interest paid by banks and building societies has been paid gross since 6 April 2016. Basic and higher rate taxpayers have a savings allowance of £1000 or £500 to set against interest received, so in most cases the individual won’t have to pay tax on their savings income.