Top five most popular self-assessment questions

HMRC has revealed the most popular questions – and answers. Do I need to fill in a tax return?  You’ll need to send a tax return if any of the following apply, in the last tax year: you were self-employed – you can deduct allowable expenses you got £2,500...

Paying Voluntary NI

Whether to pay Voluntary NI can be a vexed issue for those working part time, or transitioning from employment to self employment. Heres our new guide on the topic

Reprieved class 2 NICs

Threshold and contributions up before 2019 abolition. It was announced earlier in November that the government has chosen to delay the abolition of class 2 national insurance contributions (NICs) by a year until 6 April 2019. For 2018/19 the small profits threshold...

The Scottish rate of tax

A recap on who, what and when, designed to help with 2016/17 self-assessment tax returns. When are the changes from? From 6 April 2016 people who live in Scotland pay a proportion of their income tax to the Scottish government. The Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT),...