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Technical Updates
Spring Budget 2024
The Chancellor delivered his final Budget before the General Election which will take place later this year. He announced two headline changes, a further reduction in employee and self-employed national insurance contributions and the abolition of the regime for non-domiciled individuals. In addition, there were a number of other changes, notably in relation to the taxation of…
The Spring Budget 2024 – abolishment of the non-domiciled regime
The chancellor announced the Spring Budget on 6 March 2024. The remittance basis, forming part of the UK’s tax system for over 200 years, will be abolished from 6 April 2025, as will the determination of the scope of a person’s chargeability to UK Inheritance Tax (IHT) based on domicile. The remittance basis will be replaced with a new regime titled the “FIG regime”.…
Substantial Shareholding Exemption
The substantial shareholding exemption (SSE) rules broadly exempt from Corporation Tax the capital gain or capital loss arising on the disposal of certain shares. The conditions include that the shares are ordinary share capital in a trading company or the holding company of a trading group or subgroup where a number of requirements are met by the investing company and by the…
Autumn Statement November 2023
The Chancellor has presented his Autumn Statement, which seeks to address inflationary pressures, the tax burden, and the need for economic growth in the UK.
The Statement focused on spending plans and incentives to promote business, with a number of tax and benefit measures which are summarised below.
Spring Budget 2023
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Spring Budget. With the UK now projected to avoid a recession, the Chancellor focused on delivering the Government’s growth plans. As expected, there were no changes to headline tax rates or allowances but there were targeted measures on childcare and pensions to attract people back to work.
PERSONAL TAXES AND BENEFITS…
Changes to the corporation tax regime and associated companies
BACKGROUND
In October 2022, the government announced changes to the Corporation Tax rate from 1 April 2023, increasing the main rate of Corporation Tax to 25%. In addition, the standard small profits rate is reintroduced to ensure that companies with small profits pay corporation tax at a lower rate.
In determining the rate of corporation tax for a company, its augmented profits…
Autumn Statement November 2022
The Chancellor has presented his Autumn Statement which addresses the significant economic challenges faced by the UK and the rest of the world, coming after the increase in government debt following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Statement focused on spending plans, but there are a number of tax and benefit measures which are set out below.
International Private Client UK Tax Card 2022
Please click the download PDF button to view our latest UK Tax Data Card. There is also a version of the tax data card which should be easier to read on a mobile device here.
This UK Tax Data Card outlines key UK tax considerations for…
Statutory Residence Test
Since 6 April 2013, an individual’s residence status in the in the United Kingdom for each tax year has been determined by the The Statutory Residence Test (“SRT”). The objective of the SRT is to alleviate uncertainty surrounding an individual’s tax residency. Extensive guidance and examples as to how the rules operate have been published by HM Revenue & Customs.
The test…
Spring Statement 2022
The Chancellor presented his spring statement on 23 March 2022. The statement was overshadowed by increasing inflation which is being described as the “cost of living crisis”. There were limited changes to business taxation and some changes to NICs intended to mitigate the effect of the Social Care Levy (which comes into effect on 6 April 2022) on lower earners.
EMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE…
Basis Period Reform
The way in which business income is charged to income tax is changing from 6 April 2023, affecting all self-employed individuals, partners in trading partnerships, unincorporated entities with trading income, and non-resident companies with trading income charged to income tax.
Under the current system, income declared on an income tax return is determined by the business…