Author Archives: Anna Cummings

The Treasury has frozen the UK’s VAT thresholds for a further two years in a bid to start repairing tattered public finances following COVID-19. Businesses with annual taxable turnover of more than £85,000 have to register for UK VAT and file digital VAT returns through compatible software. This VAT-registration threshold for 2021/22 remains at £85,000 … Continued

More help for the self-employed has been announced, with the final two income support grants available until the end of September 2021. The fourth taxable grant available through the self-employed income support scheme (SEISS) covers a three-month period from 1 February to 30 April 2021. As with two of the previous SEISS grants, the fourth … Continued

Around 1.8 million taxpayers missed the 2019/20 deadline for self-assessment on 31 January 2021, according to figures published by HMRC. The tax authority revealed 1,790,368 people failed to beat the midnight deadline, almost double last year’s total of 958,296. HMRC attributed the spike in the number of personal taxpayers missing this year’s midnight deadline – … Continued

A 0.5% increase to the personal allowance and higher-rate of income tax will be in place from 6 April 2021, according to the Treasury. Both thresholds will increase in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate of inflation figure for September 2020, which was 0.5%. This means the personal allowance will increase from £12,500 … Continued

These are the suggested reimbursement rates for employees’ private mileage using their company car from 1 March 2021. Where there has been a change the previous rate is shown in brackets. Engine Size Petrol Diesel LPG 1400cc or less 10p     7p 1600cc or less   9p (8p)   1401cc to 2000cc 12p (11p) … Continued