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Shrewd or Scrooge-like? Accountants assess the Christmas self-assessors
HMRC can count on 2,828 ‘festive filers’ not needing its new penalty waiver, as for them tax trumped turkey.
Jan 11, 2022 | Money NewsHow will the coronavirus pandemic impact your tax return in 2022?
Key dates and deadlines for your self assessment and how covid19 might impact what you need to submit.
Jan 6, 2022 | Money NewsA UK freelancer’s overview of VAT
All you need to know about VAT if you’re self-employed, especially as Brexit looms.
Jan 19, 2020 | Money NewsShould I register with HMRC if my income is under the personal allowance?
All newly self-employed with £1k earnings must tell the taxman, albeit no longer in the first three months.
Apr 30, 2019 | Money NewsSole traders glad to see green light for pensions dashboards
User-friendly interfaces should open up nest eggs to those who don’t currently have them -- FSB.
Apr 10, 2019 | Money NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Are digital tax accounts for freelancers now live?
Turnover tells you if your freelance outfit is now expected to be digital for VAT purposes.
Apr 9, 2019 | Money NewsMusic biz owner jailed for not playing by VAT rules
Instrument tuner put behind bars for orchestrating a £240k fraud.
Mar 29, 2019 | Money NewsCreatives endure two-week wait to get paid
And that's on top of potentially prohibitive payment terms of up to 120 days.
Mar 28, 2019 | Money NewsMTD burden won’t be an excuse not to pay VAT digitally -- Stride
Minister says HMRC won’t ‘come down like a ton of bricks’ but will ‘hold the line.’
Mar 12, 2019 | Money NewsSelf-employed mum takes Universal Credit to court
Freelance actor left on less than a tenner a week will fight ‘illogical’ benefits policy.
Mar 7, 2019 | Money NewsSort 'no-deal' Brexit preparations now, tiny traders urged
Despite well-intentioned advice from officials, the FSB fears it's too little, too late.
Mar 6, 2019 | Money NewsLate self-assessors yet to receive £100 penalties
Brexit puts the brakes on fines for filing after the 31st, but ‘you’ll still be charged.’
Feb 25, 2019 | Money News'Inflation drop will boost freelancers, at least for now'
Respite from high prices is welcome, says IPSE, but not if it’s the start of an economic slide.
Feb 18, 2019 | Money NewsMore self-assessors meet tax deadline than ever before
Some 700,000 taxpayers prove it can be done last minute, just as 700,000 prove it can't.
Feb 5, 2019 | Money News'On the first day of Christmas...I did my tax return'
Some 2,500 people followed up Turkey and mince pieces with a self-assessment form.
Jan 6, 2019 | Money NewsLords want digital tax accounts for small traders delayed
‘And even if MTD is postponed, small business owners must be persuaded not pushed.’
Nov 27, 2018 | Money NewsTaxman to talk Flat Rate VAT
The lowdown on going flat for VAT to go live tomorrow (and in December).
Nov 13, 2018 | Money NewsFall in inflation 'unlikely to ease freelancers' financial fears'
September's cheaper prices may have merely moderated freelancers' financial anxiety levels.
Oct 18, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers to feel inflationary squeeze 'more than employees'
Rising cost of travel to hard-hit those who have to absorb it themselves.
Sep 21, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Now they're staying, what are Class 2 NICs?
Tax charity clarifies why a levy on the self-employed isn’t going anywhere.
Sep 18, 2018 | Money NewsMPs call to bring self-employed under pension auto-enrolment
Tax returns tabled as the means to automatically deduct a small income percentage for your retirement.
Aug 13, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Can I get paid into a bank account in my home country?
‘More straightforward if the client pays in the country they’re in, and you’re from.’
May 23, 2018 | Money NewsMPs make Universal Credit ‘freelancer-friendly’
A ‘creaking system’ penalising the self-employed is being re-jigged to be ‘pro-business.’
May 14, 2018 | Money NewsBoost freelancer pensions with 30% bonus, says RSA
Flat-rate treatment for all, including sole traders, hailed as too big a prize to ignore.
Apr 23, 2018 | Money NewsHammond told how to fix Universal Credit for self-employed
Chancellor given nine ways that low-income freelancers need the system to change.
Nov 21, 2017 | Money NewsUniversal Credit's critics hope Hammond helps freelancers
A system that leaves the self-employed £2,600 worse off is set to be fixed this week.
Nov 19, 2017 | Money NewsCommuting freelancers hit by inflation's five-year high
Road, rail and food costs help push inflation to its highest level since early 2012.
Oct 18, 2017 | Money NewsFreelancers, do you need to tell HMRC by Thursday?
Only a few days left for self-employment’s newcomers, and others with changed income.
Oct 2, 2017 | Money News'Disincorporation relief shouldn't disappear from April'
Tax bodies say anti-limited company measures make DR more necessary, not less.
Sep 21, 2017 | Money NewsCall to give 'gig economy' workers the minimum wage
It's not for all freelancers, but the NMW would be ‘meaningful’ for platform workers -- report.
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