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Car Park charges at work, are they tax deductible?
Until this week car parking at work was free, now it has to be paid for. Is this tax deductible as are uniform laundering etc.?
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self assessment feast and famine-help!
Hello, could you help me with some advice? Ever since they changed how tax is charged in '96, I've been totally terrified by the whole thing! I'm a self employed illustrator, mainly comic books, with my accounting year beginning on each Feb 14 . Due to the unpredictable nature of winning commissions, i can earn £30000 one…
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car park charges
hi all ,im a self emolyed carpenter and last week did a job in town where i payed £3 a day parking. anyway got my payslip through and ive paid tax on it , is this right? thanks in advance
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What can i claim back from tax?
Hello just looking for some advice on what i can claim back from my tax bill. I just recently set up a limited company and i work on oil rigs. The company who sorts out my tax returns etc gave me an info sheet but it is very vague, any info would be much apreciated thanks
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IHT aren'tcha sick of it?
All these worries and probs about IHT! People have to deal with this with the law as it stands - and as it changes. But the best solution to a lot of people's worries about inheritance tax would be not to have them - very simple - abolish it! It could happen. It did happen in Italy. It turned out to be the biggest single…
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When do you know when your SA tax form has been accepted?
May be a simple question, but when do you know that the tax office has accepted your figures for the year 2004/5 that I submitted in January? I received a "Statement of Account" the other week - with a slight change on the amount due - does that mean it has been checked and accepted? Also, why is it that for the past three…
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gross pay and taxable pay
speaking to a friend at work and his 52nd week wage slip shows his total ytd gross pay is the same as his total ytd taxable pay , surely this is wrong , his earnings are £17,930.35 how much tax and insurance should he have paid on this amount , cheers in advance
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can I reclaim tax from online savings accounts?
I'm a 21 year old student and am not currently working. I only recently found that I might be eligible for tax free savings on money I have with a Nationwide e-savings account. My interest was paid in to my account on March 31st and tax was taken from it. If I fill in the appropriate forms, is it possible to reclaim that…
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Election blog query
Elections in European countries used to be pretty incomprehensible or uninteresting in the UK but this has changed and most people who bother with news have a reasonable idea of the issues and implications of recent elections in Germany, Spain, and France. Italy has always been a harder code to crack. The news is that the…
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self employed to paye
been offered a job on the cards have been self employed 20 years via sc60 cis will i pay a lot of tax or is it 22 % after the 4850 allowance any advice a great help
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new VAT limits
Does anyone the VAT limit for the new tax year? the HMRC website wasnt much help!
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claim medical expenses?
OH is self-employed as a 2nd job doing property maintenance & is having acupuncture to treat plasterer's elbow. He wants to know if he can set this off as an expense?
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inheritance tax house value above threshold
house value 600,000 mother gives it away to son she carries on living there but son lives there as well son also has a house which is left empty ish and occasionaly used as a weekend retreat presuming the mother lives 7 years then dies does is the house free from tax ?
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Deducting graduate endowment from taxable income?
Hi, As a Scottish student the time has come for me to pay my £2,000 graduate endowment 'in recognition of the benefits of a degree'....as I have chosen to pay this in a lump sum and not take a student loan (which would be collected by my employer at 9% of earnings over £15k) my query is as follows; 1. Can I deduct the £2k…
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FPS Salary and Expenses
Does anyone have experience of the pro's and con's of this method of working and what to watch out for. I work for an agency and have been put in touch with an organisation which offers this service (working as an employee of a company which offers Limited Company services).
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Share dividends and income tax
This concerns everyday dividends from quoted companies eg. BT, Barclays, etc. They have always had notional tax credit of 10% attached to them which has meant no further tax to pay for Basic Rate taxpayers. But I am aware that this tax credit relief has recently been withdrawn (thank you again Gordon!) but I'm not sure…
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tax codes
Is there a list somewhere on tax codes My OH thinks he is paying too much tax how can we find out He should be on married mans tax(although we are not married but have been together 13 years) We have 4 children Its his only job and i dont work
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electoral roll
My boyfriend and I are not register on the electoral roll, we would like to but if we use the adresse of his mother she will have to pay the council tax (she is retired and doesn't have to pay it). We do live at this adresse temporary the time to buy our flat. What would be the best? Give this adresse and get register or…
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Will she be a student or not???
My wife is currently a stay at home mum and is contemplating doing a course at the Open University. Is there a minimum amount of hours that someone has to study to be classed as a student? Just wandering if this will make us eligible for the 25% discount for council tax.
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Trying to work out company car tax effect
Firstly apologies for the numptiness of this query. I'm currently working in a temporary job (I was made redundant in January) which ends 31.8.06. Been for a job interview and I've been offered the job. The salary's the same as I'm on currently. My commute would go from a measily 100 miles week to 300+miles a week (up from…
