Jul 17, 2020 | Business TaxPersonal Tax
The number of self-employed people in the UK has seen a record decrease in the last few months, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. Estimates for March to May 2020 showed a total of 4.85 million people were self-employed - a decrease of 178,000...
Jul 16, 2020 | Business TaxPersonal Tax
The Government has called for a comprehensive review of the capital gains tax system. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has commissioned the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) to review how asset sales are taxed. Capital gains tax applies on the sales of assets such as second...
Jul 15, 2020 | Business Tax
A temporary cut to the standard rate of VAT for businesses in the food, drink, hospitality and tourism sectors has come into force. Chancellor Rishi Sunak used last week's economic update to announce the measure, which reduces the main rate from 20% to 5% until 12...
Jun 23, 2020 | Business Tax
Former chancellor Sajid Javid has called for business taxes to be temporarily cut in a bid to revive the UK economy. In a report by the Centre for Policy Studies, Javid also warned successor Rishi Sunak against returning to austerity. With the economy reeling from the...
Jun 4, 2020 | Business Tax
Plans to change entrepreneurs' relief have reached the committee stage of Finance Bill 2019-21 in Parliament. The lifetime limit for gains qualifying for entrepreneurs' relief reduced from £10 million to £1m for disposals made on or after 11 March 2020. In Spring...
