TAXguides

This TAXguide provides details of the reform to the taxation of unincorporated businesses introduced through FA 2022 to take effect from April 2024.

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This TAXguide has been replaced by TAXguide 19/21: Off-payroll working: cross border issues.

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.

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. Disposals occurring before this date had to be reported within 30 days. Non-residents have had an obligation since 2015. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty provides guidance on the digital service for reporting disposals to HMRC.

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.

Guidance for those providing tax services in the United Kingdom, on the prevention of money laundering and the countering of terrorist financing.

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.

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.

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.

Use of foreign income and gains as loan collateral for a relevant debt - update

Reforms to the Taxation of Non Domiciles - Meeting notes