The number of businesses closing down is steadily increasing. Many of those businesses will have staff, therefore the legal and tax position of any termination payment must be considered. Many assume that any amount up to £30,000 is tax free. However, this may not apply to all redundancy payments not least because termination payments will […]

When setting up in business, most people weigh up the pros and cons of operating as an unincorporated business or a limited company. However, there is another option where more than two persons are involved – to operate as a limited liability partnership (LLP). One of the main reasons for the government creating the LLP

As part of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital initiative, the existing method of calculating profits on an accounting year basis is to be abolished for the self-employed and partnerships. From April 2024, all such businesses will be taxed on profits for the tax year. To facilitate this move, the current 2023/24 tax year is deemed a

For stamp duty land tax (SDLT) purposes, a property may be a residential property, a non-residential property or a mixed-use property. The classification is important as it determines the rates at which SDLT is charged. Recently, there has been a slew of cases concerning mixed-use properties. A mixed-use property is one comprising both residential and

Furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) have a number of tax advantages over residential lets. These advantages include the opportunity to benefit from a number of capital gains tax reliefs. The capital gains tax legislation treats the commercial letting of furnished holiday letting as a trade. This allows the FHL business access to certain reliefs which are