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Working as an agency temp, does the agency pay the Employer's NI?
Or does the worker pay it? Thanks
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Divorce & Capital Gains Tax Help Please
Can anyone help please with regards to capital gains tax on jointly owned rental properties. I already have the decree nisi and we are due back in court on the 18th Feb. I understand that transfer of equity in the year of separation does not attract CGT i.e in our case before 5th Apri 08, but will capital gains tax have to…
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Confusing....help! Doing tax return for Mam!
Hi, I have completed a self assessment online for my mother for the past 4-5 years now. She is 64 and everything should be fine next year as the tax allowance goes up. I am confused by the way the payments work however. From the state of things I thought I had already paid for the 2007-08 tax year as payments were made in…
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overpaid tax?
hi there I have just completed my tax return for 07/08, cutting it fine i know :cool: when completing it stated that i have overpaid tax by over £500, can anyone advise what to do now, tr has been submitted but i have hunted for how to reclaim and cant seem to find an answer, how do i reclaim the overpaid tax and how will…
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Get a letter each year but no Self Assessement ?
Hi, I am a higher rate PAYE employee but every year I get a letter from HMRC saying that they have not heard from me in a while and they want to make sure I am not paying too much or too letter tax. Each year I have called them and they have said ok, just wanted to check, even though it does not actually ask me to call…
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phoning the tax office
Phoned the payment line (0845 366 1204) today to try set up a repayment plan, upon finally getting through i got a recorded message to enter account number, I maybe just being dense here but where do i find it? i tried keying in my tax reference (as shown on my payment form) but it says its the wrong one. no other…
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Urgent tax advice needed re redundancy, anyone please?
Hi everyone We are panicking slightly as my dad is currently being pressured to decide whether or not to take voluntary redundancy. We are worried as he is 60, and mum and dad are in quite a lot of debt, and so we need to make sure that they make the right decision. We have had all sorts of info on the tax issue, we are…
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changing dates on tax return help 1 day left
currently my accounting dates r 1/2/07 to the 31/01/08 can i change accounting dates to 01/02/07 to the 30/04/08 as i invested over 35k in the bussiness over the 3 month period witch i can claim capital allowence but i wouldnt need the full first years allowence of 50% id only need 15% so how would i show this to make use…
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Claiming for tax for work shoes.
Righto, had a bit of a look already but couldn't find a definitive answer. I start a new job next week and whilst I will be prepared with all clothing/safety equipment etc, I have been told that I must obtain my own footwear. I have heard that I can possibly claim tax on the cost of the boots, since they are required for…
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car tax
hi thanks for the help with the bank (happy new year) i have been redundant now for the last 4 months and just like every one i have to pay my bills but the thing that gets to me is the fact i pay my road tax 6 monthly and i see i have to pay £18.50 a year extra for this, now the courts told the banks that this was not on…
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ist year capital allowance not fully claimed
bought a van for my bussiness 2006 for 13k but only claimed 25% first time 3k ish was i able to claim 50% and if so what sould i do this year thanks wait for answer before i file online thanks
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Carrying forward unused losses
At present I have a loss with using expenses in the total of over 10K - how do I calculate or know what I can carry forward to the next tax year??
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partnership return on line
aaaaaaaarghhhhhh......... bought download from andica....one of the ones on hmrc web site.everything went well until final bit of download then started rolling back and status bar went backwards.....cant get in touch with them...what can i do....everything is worked out and individual ones done and tax paid so its just a…
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no mileage ??
hi i have started as a home care assistant, where i visit people in their own homes, i use my own car for this and had to add business use onto my insurance, i get £6.80 ph and work 5 nights a week, 16 - 20 hours per week, the company i work for say they dont pay milage but i can claim back (as tax relief i think) but when…
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Return to savings
My partner became a sole trader 5 years ago, taking out 2 bank loans to finance the business. When I retired 3 years ago, I used my lump sum to pay off the bank loans. Now that her business is in profit, is it possible for me to (on paper) take back some of the money that I used to pay off the loans, thus reducing her tax…
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Not sure how this should be treated?
Hi Have helped out my cabbie friend with his SA form for some years now, having had the (mis)fortune to work for the IR many moons ago. Each year I get a little more out of date though. My friend sold his taxi business, due to ill-health, last April, the writing had been on the wall as he had been too unwell to drive…
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Do self-employed people HAVE to claim all expenses?
Would be grateful for help here - I am self-employed and do all my work over the internet, so my expenses are tiny. I've never claimed them in the past as it didn't seem worth the hassle to just get £30 or whatever off my tax bill. This year though I've had a few more expenses, only a few hundred pounds though. Do I need…
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Tax relief on rental income, and abroad
We're moving abroad soon and hoping to let our house. We've been told we can apply for tax-free rental income because we'll be non-UK resident. We've also been told that you can apply for tax relief on repairs to the house that you make in order to let it out, and also on your mortgage interest on a house that's let. - If…
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self employed offsetting expenses - part time
Hope someone can advise. Went into property development 2 years ago - we have made a loss as went in at the wrong time!! My partner and I are completing the partnership tax return and I think we are ok on that. I also have become ill with ME/CFS about 3 years ago and apart from doing property ended up training in NLP to…
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Remortgaging an existing buy to let mortgaged property
Hello I have a existing BTL property that I have just remortgaged to a different building society without increasing the loan. I would like to know as a landlord what costs I can claim back against tax from the list below. New mortgage building society valuation survey fee Mileage to meet surveyor for valuation survey…