Tax and Business

Flow chart - requirement to complete a self-assessment returnThe rules which determine when an individual is required to complete a self-assessment return are widely misunderstood. HMRC complicates matter further with an odd set of practices which do... Read more

Flow chart - simplified business expensesSimplified business expenses can be used by unincorporated businesses, sole traders and partnerships as an alternative tax deduction to actual costs incurred for a few types of expense. The rules were soon mod... Read more

Claiming the property allowanceThe property allowance is a fixed tax deduction which can be claimed against rents and other income derived from property in place of the actual costs incurred in generating the income. It means that individuals can rec... Read more

Flow chart - claiming rent-a-room reliefRent-a-room relief is an automatic tax relief which applies to rent and related income received from letting all or part of your only or main home. The relief exempts income up to £7,500 per tax year. Naturall... Read more

Flow chart - business asset disposal relief Business asset disposal relief (BADR) reduces the rate of capital gains tax for gains made from the sale or transfer of a business, assets of that business and sometimes part of a business. The rules are wi... Read more

Flow chart - company loans to participatorsWhere a company advances money or confers a benefit directly or indirectly to an individual who owns or has a say in controlling the company it must pay a tax charge unless the arrangement is covered by an e... Read more

Flow chart - close, dissolve and strike off a companyIf you no longer need a company, you can apply to Companies House to have it struck off. Before you do this several conditions must be met. The procedure itself is simple. However, you must also en... Read more

Flow chart - forming a limited companyLimited companies are often created specifically for tax reasons although primarily their purpose was to limit their owners' financial and other liabilities. Forming a limited company can be a simple process but i... Read more

Flow chart - pay a company dividendA dividend is a distribution of a company's profits. There are two types of dividend: interim and final. A company is not obliged to pay a dividend but when it does it can choose to pay either type. Flow chartA final... Read more