April 2024 Newsletter

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Happy New Tax Year! In this April issue, we highlight some key tax changes that took effect from the start of the new tax year. Unfortunately, most of the income tax and national insurance thresholds continue to be frozen, resulting in an increasing number of higher-rate taxpayers. The major exception is the welcome increase in…

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February 2024 Newsletter

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Welcome to our latest monthly tax newswire. We hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and find it useful. Contact us if you wish to discuss any issues further. Tax-Year-End Tax Planning It’s not too late to undertake some end-of-year tax planning. If you have some spare cash, an obvious tax planning point would be to…

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January 2024 Tax Newsletter

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Happy New Year, and welcome to the January edition of Tax E-News. We hope that you find this informative. Please get in touch with us if you wish to discuss any matters in more detail. New Year Resolutions To Save Tax At this time of year, we think about New Year’s resolutions. It is also…

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December Tax Newsletter

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On 22 November 2023, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his Autumn Statement to Parliament and started making, in his words, the long-term decisions necessary to strengthen the economy and build a brighter future. Fueled by falling inflation and stabilised public finances, focus is now being applied to reducing debt, cutting taxes and rewarding hard work.Headlines included…

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November Tax Newsletter

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Welcome to our November Tax Newsletter. We hope that you find this informative. Please contact us if you wish to discuss any matters in more detail. Salary Or Dividend Best In 2023/24? In recent years, many accountants have advised their director/shareholder clients that the most tax-efficient method of extracting profit from their family company was to pay…

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October Tax Newsletter

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Welcome to our October Tax Newsletter. We hope that you find this informative. Please contact us if you wish to discuss any matters in more detail. It Is Important To Have Up-To-Date Profit Forecasts For Tax In order for us to help predict your taxable profits and tax liabilities, we need up-to-date profit figures and projections. One…

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