The tax legislation contains a number of exemptions which allow benefits in kind to be provided to employees without a tax charge arising. Some of the exemptions are more useful than others. One of the more valuable ones is that for mobile telephones. The exemption enables you to provide one mobile phone to an employee […]

As an employer, you can pay your employees tax-free mileage payments where they use either their own car or a company car for business journeys. However, the rates that you can pay tax-free depend on whether the car is the employee’s own or a company car and, where the employee drives a company car, the

If you are self-employed, the way in which your profits are taxed is changing. As a result of this, you only have a limited window in which to claim relief for any profits which have been taxed twice. Basis period reform For 2022/23 and earlier tax years, self-employed individuals, whether sole traders or partners in

If you need to file a Self Assessment tax return for 2022/23, you have until midnight on 31 January 2024 in which to do this, as long as you file online. However, HMRC have been encouraging taxpayers to file their tax return early. Is this worthwhile and what are the benefits? Due a tax refund?