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Sign up for online services

Sign up for online services

HMRC online services allow individuals, businesses and agents to manage tax matters securely over the internet. Using an HMRC online account, you can send information such as self-assessment tax returns or VAT registration applications, view important records like...
Inheriting Additional State Pension

Inheriting Additional State Pension

The Additional State Pension is only available to those who reached the state pension age before 6 April 2016 and are receiving the Old State Pension. The Additional State Pension is an extra amount of money paid on top of the basic Old State Pension. The Old State...
Tax and property when you separate or divorce

Tax and property when you separate or divorce

When a couple separates or divorces, most attention focuses on the emotional and practical aspects. However, it is important to consider the tax implications of transferring assets, as these can have significant financial consequences if not managed carefully. It is...
Entertaining employees

Entertaining employees

In general, entertaining employees is an exception to the normal rule that business entertainment costs are not allowable for tax purposes. If an employer provides entertainment exclusively for employees and it is “wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the...
31 January deadline met by more than 11.48 million people

31 January deadline met by more than 11.48 million people

HMRC has confirmed that more than 11.48 million people submitted their 2024-25 self-assessment tax returns by the 31 January deadline. This included 475,722 taxpayers who left their filing until the final day and almost 27,456 that filed in the last hour (between...