Tax

What to consider if you come into big money. Anyone who watched ITV’s recent drama Quiz, depicting Charles Ingram cheating his way to £1m on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? back in 2001, can be forgiven for dreaming of scooping a windfall.  Those dreams are likely to become more vivid this year, with the

Tax card 2020/21 Income tax allowances   2020/21 2019/20 Personal allowance* £12,500 £12,500 Personal savings allowance ·       Basic-rate taxpayer ·       Higher-rate taxpayer ·       Additional-rate taxpayer   £1,000 £500 £0   £1,000 £500 £0 Dividend allowance at 0% £2,000 £2,000 Marriage/civil partner transferable allowance** £1,250 £1,250 Trading/property allowance*** £1,000 £1,000 Rent-a-room allowance £7,500 £7,500 Blind person’s

High earners and the tapered allowance Controversial taper rules explained. High earners will be familiar with the tapered annual allowance. After all, it spent most of 2019 mired in controversy after medical professionals in England snubbed overtime shifts amid fears of being clobbered with unexpectedly high tax bills. In December 2018, the number of senior

Reclaiming overpaid tax How to claim tax back through PAYE or self-assessment. Nobody likes paying tax, but most people would like to receive a brown envelope through the post from HMRC containing a tax rebate. Over the next couple of months, the Revenue will start issuing notifications to people who have paid too much tax

Tax Card 2019/20 TAXABLE INCOME TAX BANDS AND RATES   2019/20 2018/19 Starting rate* of 0% on savings up to £5,000 £5,000 Basic-rate band £37,500 £34,500 Higher-rate band £37,501 to £150,000 £34,501 to £150,000 Additional-rate band Over £150,000 Over £150,000 Basic rate 20% 20% Higher rate 40% 40% Additional rate 45% 45% Dividend ordinary rate

Tax Card 2018/19 TAXABLE INCOME BANDS AND TAX RATES   2018/19 2017/18 Starting rate* of 0% on savings up to £5,000 £5,000 Basic rate band £34,500 £33,500 Higher rate band £34,501 – £150,000 £33,501 – £150,000 Additional rate band Over £150,000 Over £150,000 Basic rate 20% 20% Higher rate 40% 40% Additional rate 45% 45%

Tax Card 2017/18 TAXABLE INCOME BANDS AND TAX RATES   2017/18 2016/17 Starting rate of 0% on savings up to £5,000* £5,000* Basic rate band Scottish basic rate band £33,500 £31,500 £32,000 £32,000 Higher rate band Scottish higher rate band £33,501-£150,000 £31,501-£150,000 £32,001-£150,000 £32,001-£150,000 Basic rate 20% 20% Higher rate 40% 40% Additional rate 45%

Property and inheritance tax Could you benefit from changes to inheritance tax? Inheritance tax basics IHT is payable if a person’s estate (their property, money and possessions) is valued at more than the nil-rate band when they die. The current nil-rate band has been set at £325,000 since 2009. Anything that exceeds this is taxed