Class 1 National Insurance for session musicians

by | Mar 19, 2014

Those who have been hardest hit by Class 1 NICs deducted from ad hoc session payments will already know from me that HMRC are stopping this treatment.  From this April this should remove the need to sign up as an ’employee’ of an organisation you might...

Coding problems

by | Nov 20, 2013

For clients with salaries or fees paid under Pay As You Earn (PAYE), with tax deducted, I have noticed problems during the last year in several cases either with incorrect tax codings or with correct codes not applied properly. This has meant in two cases that most of...

Tax-return information for 2013 returns

by | Nov 20, 2013

Please get information to me as soon as you can now for the 2013 tax return, due in with payment to HMRC by 31 January. New for this return are questions for anyone whose household received child benefit between January and 5 April 2013.  Please check the amount...

Child Benefit

by | Aug 16, 2013

On the 2013 tax return, all taxpayers need to show whether they or their partner/spouse received child benefit up to 5 April 2013.  For those families who did, there are then further questions, including one relating to the income of your partner/spouse.  I’ll...

Budget Day 20 March 2013

by | Mar 20, 2013

I am adding information from today’s Budget (from the Budget Press Releases rather than the Daily Mail) most likely to be relevant to my clients.  I am also updating details of the information I’ll need for your 2013 tax return.  Please see Budget News and...