TAXguides provide practical guidance to practitioners on important developments to tax practice and policy. Tax Faculty members are able to download all guides in their entirety.
PAYE rates, thresholds, allowances, etc for employers in 2024/25 covering income tax, NIC, reliefs and levies, statutory payments, pensions, student loans, NMW/NLW rates and car/van/fuel BIK.
TAXguide covering the UK taxation of cryptocurrency held by businesses including corporation tax, stamp taxes, employment income and VAT.
TAXguide covering the UK taxation of cryptocurrency held by individuals including charges to capital gains tax and income tax.
Two new forms are required when making claims for research and development (R&D) tax relief. While the additional information form is required for all R&D claims, advance notification will also be required for some.
Pillar two is part of a package of initiatives agreed at OECD level by territories worldwide to tackle the challenges of taxing multinational enterprises (MNEs) cross-border. In the UK, it will be known as the multinational top-up tax and domestic top-up tax that will apply for accounting periods beginning on or after 31 December 2023.
Explaining top ups for low earners in net pay arrangement schemes and the digitalisation of top up claims by pension scheme administrators for relief at source pension schemes.
ICAEW's Tax Faculty hosted a payroll and rewards webinar on 16 April 2023. This TAXguide shares to the answers raised at that webinar covering topics such as rates, thresholds, payroll, P11Ds, pension contributions and residence.
The rates of research and development (R&D) tax relief have changed for expenditure incurred on or after 1 April 2023. In addition, the change in corporation tax rates from the same date means that the results for periods spanning 1 April 2023 must be time apportioned. This TAXguide uses examples to demonstrate the interaction of these changes.
The reintroduction of two rates of corporation tax from 1 April 2023 means that the associated company rules now apply. This TAXguide provides a high-level guide to the associated company rules.
PAYE rates, thresholds, allowances, etc for employers in 2023/24 covering income tax, NIC, reliefs and levies, statutory payments, pensions, student loans, NMW/NLW rates and car/van/fuel BIK.
This TAXguide provides details of the new penalties for late submission and payment of VAT returns, which takes effect for VAT periods starting on or after 1 January 2023.
This TAXguide provides details of the reform to the taxation of unincorporated businesses introduced through FA 2022 to take effect from April 2024. The TAXguide has also been updated for more recent changes and is up to date as of 10 October 2023.
PAYE rates, thresholds, allowances, etc for employers in 2022/23 covering income tax, NIC, reliefs and levies, statutory payments, pensions, student loans, NMW/NLW rates and car/van/fuel BIK
This guide highlights a change in HMRC’s approach to the treatment of loans made to remittance basis users where assets of the borrower are held by the lender. This TAXguide has been prepared jointly with STEP and the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Off-payroll working: guidance on clients’ off-payroll working obligations when a contractor works through an intermediary such as a personal service company across borders and/or some of the parties (client, contractor, contractor’s personal service company) are non-UK resident and/or the work is not wholly carried out in the UK, how the ‘host employer’ rules in s689 ITEPA 2003 interact, and the impact of double tax treaties.
Tax Faculty guidance for employers to help ensure that payments to HMRC are allocated to the right place in HMRC’s ledgers.
This TAXguide has been replaced by TAXguide 19/21: Off-payroll working: cross border issues.
Questions and HMRC’s answers on how to determine whether a trust that uses the services of a contractor provided through an intermediary such as a personal service company is ‘small’ or has a UK connection under the off-payroll working rules.
Off-payroll working: how to determine the size of a private sector client that uses the services of a contractor provided through an intermediary such as a personal service company.
Finance Act 2021 introduces a new loss relief allowing trading losses incurred in 2020/21 and 2021/22 to be carried back for relief against trading profits in the preceding three tax years. In this TAXguide Rebecca Benneyworth explains the measure in detail and examines some of the complexities that arise when considering the practical implications of the loss carry back.
The super deduction, special rate allowance and extension of the uplifted annual investment allowance, were discussed by Steve Watts and Richard Jones in a Tax Faculty webinar on 14 June 2021. This TAXguide provides answers to questions raised in that webinar.
The UK has left the EU, with 31 December 2020 marking the end of the transitional deal that has been in place since 1 February 2020. The EU departure will mean important changes for UK businesses that sell broadcasting, telecommunication and electronic (BTE) services to non-business customers (B2C) inside the EU. Neil Warren provides guidance on the key changes that will take place.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended until 31 March 2021 and altered from the previous two iterations. In this guide ICAEW's Tax Faculty provides the answers to more than 190 questions raised by attendees to its webinar explaining the changes to the CJRS broadcast on 20 November.
This practical guide outlines the inheritance tax rules, explains key reliefs, and planning for lifetime gifts, wills and deathbed situations.
The requirement for UK residents to report and pay capital gains tax (CGT) on disposals of UK residential property separately from the self assessment tax return was introduced in April 2020. The deadline is 60 days for all completions on or after 27 October 2021.
Guidance on registering trusts on the Trust Registration Service and updating that information.
The rules for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) are new and complex. This TAXguide highlights the risk areas and explains how to correct claims if an error is identified.
An update to guidance from ICAEW, STEP, CIOT and The Law Society on areas of uncertainty in the statutory provisions for Inheritance Tax on Overseas Property Representing UK Residential Property introduced by Finance Act (No 2) Act 2017.
On 11 May, tax consultant Kate Upcraft provided an update on the latest developments in employment law in a Tax Faculty webinar, including information on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
Following the publication of TAXguide 04/19 ENTREPRENEURS’ RELIEF: Clarification of the new ‘5% proceeds test’ inserted by Finance Act 2019 - questions on scope of the new provisions along with HMRC responses, further questions have arisen on the Finance Act 2019 entrepreneurs’ relief legislation.
This guide focuses on the areas of uncertainty in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 statutory provisions for rebasing and the changes to the CGT foreign capital losses election. It is formed of questions and answers from ICAEW and other professional bodies, together with comments from HMRC.
This guide has been superseded by Taxguide 10/21: A guide to principal private residence relief.
A new regime for taxing termination payments was introduced from 6 April 2018. TAXguide 06/19 sets out a number of questions in relation to the changes, with answers provided by HMRC.
This TAXguide sets out a series of questions raised by the Tax Faculty with HMRC in order to explore the changes made to entrepreneurs’ relief, introduced in Finance Act 2019. HMRC’s replies are set out in full in this TAXguide.
This TAXguide has been prepared by committee members of STEP, ICAEW, the CIOT and the Law Society to highlight practical issues and uncertainties raised by Finance Act 2018 Schedule 10 (Settlements: Anti-avoidance, etc.).
PwC's Gillian Banks, Vicky Smallwood from PKF Francis Clark and Frank Haskew, Head of ICAEW Tax Faculty, explain the new rules on capital gains tax (CGT) on residential property.
Access resources on reliefs related to the taxation of charitable organisations within the UK tax regime
In TAXguide 11/18 Sarah Godfrey explores the settlements legislation and what it means for the family business, the Arctic Systems case and HMRC’s views of the rules as they currently apply.
In TAXguide 10/18 Kate Cottrell explains the process required to perform an IR35 contract review, problem areas to watch out for, details of HMRC’s free service and what the implications are when things go wrong. Read a summary here, Tax Faculty members can download the full guide.
The UK has left the EU, with 31 December 2020 marking the end of the transitional deal that has been in place since 1 February 2020. The EU departure will mean important changes for UK businesses that sell broadcasting, telecommunication and electronic (BTE) services to non-business customers (B2C) inside the EU. Neil Warren provides guidance on the key changes that will take place.
In TAXguide 19/17, David Kirk provides a step by step explanation of how to calculate the high income child benefit charge and highlights the potential pitfalls. Read a summary here, Tax Faculty members can download the full guide.
In TAXguide 18/17, Caroline Miskin explains what special relief is, when it might apply and the conditions that need to be met to make a formal claim. Read a summary here, Tax Faculty members can download the full guide.
In TAXguide 15/17, the Tax Faculty has published correspondence between Emma Chamberlain and HMRC relating to the availability of business property relief (BPR) in complex group structures. It extends the guidance offered by TAXguide 05/11 on inheritance tax and BPR.
Company Distributions : transactions in securities regime and liquidation distributions targeted anti-avoidance rule. Note of meeting with HMRC on 26 January 2016 published by ICAEW Tax Faculty.
Transactions in securities : company distributions, clearance applications further to draft clause 16, Finance Bill 2016. Exchange of correspondence between ICAEW Tax Faculty and HMRC in January 2016.
Use of foreign income and gains as loan collateral for a relevant debt - update
Reforms to the Taxation of Non Domiciles - Meeting notes