Buy-to-let hit again
Last year’s Autumn Statement marked another future tax increase for buy-to-let. “Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can’t afford a home to…
Half of small businesses struggle with pensions
Nearly half of the UK’s small businesses admit to struggling with how to set up workplace pension schemes. Research carried out by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has highlighted…
Using social media for business
What your staff say about your business on social media can affect its reputation. But what can you do if disaffected employees post derogatory comments on personal Facebook pages or…
Additional annual allowance
This tax year you might be in the lucky position of being able to make more pension contributions than you were expecting. Due to complex transitional arrangements which apply for…
DWP launches ‘Workie’ in new workplace pensions campaign
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) launched a campaign last month that is designed to change the country’s view of pensions in the workplace…through the use of a large…
Owner/managed companies hit for six
The new basis of taxing dividends, which will come in from 6 April 2016, is particularly targeted at company owner/managers who draw profits as dividends rather than as salary in…
Automatic enrolment: are you ready?
More employers are failing to meet their obligations. The latest report on ‘compliance and enforcement’ from the Pensions Regulator shows that the recent batches of employers due to auto-enrol have…
The latest pension tax relief rumours
There have been more press reports that the Chancellor will reform tax relief for pension contributions in his March Budget. In last July’s Budget the Chancellor launched a consultation on…
