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When do HMRC charge tax on savings interest?
If I've received annual savings interest on 1st April, am I correct in saying it should be taken into the calculation for the year to 05 April? Gross income for 2022-2023: £1,001.43 private pension £805.62 Savings interest received on 01 April 2023 Other than that I had a capital gain of £25,096.50 on which I paid CGT of…
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2nd Home stamp duty
My sister in law has just split up with her partner and is splitting the proceeds of their home which will be about 300k each.. She obviously needs to buy a new house for her and her daughter but about 5 years ago was left a 25 % share in her mother's house from her father's will and this is now classed as a second home so…
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60% tax trap - explanation please
Hi there I am trying to get my head round the 60% tax trap. Hypothetical situation below. Salary - £105000 + £5000 car allowance (£110k total) My initial thoughts were that to beat the tax trap I need to make a personal contribution of net £8000 ie from my account to a separate private pension I have (as £2000 tax relief…
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Council tax cap ?
Did I miss anything in the budget about a cap on council tax?
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Autumn Budget 2024: Martin Lewis's analysis on what it means for you
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has today announced a host of changes to benefits, transport and more in her Autumn Budget. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has shared his instant reaction and explained what the changes mean for you, and we've added more detail on them below... Read the full story: Autumn Budget…
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Limited Company & Deceased Assets
Hi there I am new to the forum but have enjoyed reading some of the posts on various
matters - all very interesting. I believe I have a query that I can't see any
advice being given on previously and that is quite niche. My father unfortunately passed away earlier in the year and as part of his
inheritance, left his flat…
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Salary sacrifice tax code help
Hi I feel my tax code is incorrect for my salary sacrifice car. I dont understand the way it is worked out on my HMRC account and the tax code I have. I owe £2400 in tax apparently and my tax is worked out by my employer. Does anyone have any knowledge on here on salary sacrifice tax please.
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List Price - (P11d)
I am looking at the Benefit in kind calculation, for a company car Does the list price of the car remain the same when working out the P11d Value For example in Year 2 & Year 3 - Does the original List price reduce in time?
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I think I forgot to declare Dividends on my 2022/2023 tax return. What now?
Hey all, I just realised I was paid in £744.52 of dividends in the 2022/2023 tax year. Looking at my return I saved I can't see that I declared it. I read there is a dividend allowance, though not sure if this factors in with what I earn which is over 49k. Would I still need to declare these dividends? If so how would I go…
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Historical currency converters giving slightly different results?
For my capital gains tax I need to create a shares summary sheet. As my shares were held in the US all the figures are in dollars. I am using a historical calculator to convert them to GBP based on the dates they were purchased. I need to acquire a figure for cost so I can put that in the return. However, I noticed…
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Life insurance and self assessment
Hi I'm completing my self assessment tax return for 2023-24 Can someone advise me on the following question: Did you receive any other UK income, for example, employment lump sums, share schemes, life insurance gains? My husband sadly passed away in November 2021. He had a life insurance policy which wasn't put in trust.…
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HMRC Bank Interest returns: A mess?
I asked HMRC for a list of the bank interest data for the 2023/4 tax year which I now have, in print. The entries 'Source' is categorised as 'Actual' or 'Estimate' I reconciled most of the Actual entries with my records... but there were a few bank returns they were missing (several app based) plus a lot of 'estimates'.…
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About to receive an inheritance, what is the best way to maximise this gift and minimize tax
HI all First off I'm not sure if this is posted in the right place, apologies if not. So me (50M) am due to receive about 200K+ in inheritance this year. What to do? The cat is gonna get a big fish to celebrate * I have: * No debts (Well £600 on CC till its paid off next month) * No Family * Have about 6 months emergency…
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Liquidating GIA/ISA and moving abroad - CGT
I messed up badly. I wasn't paying attention on CGT allowance cuts during 2023 and 2024, because of that I never opened ISA account to protect me from CGT. All the time I held my shares in GIA and thought that CGT allowance was still £12.5k. I know, very stupid. So in June 2024 I opened my ISA account, sold GIA assets,…
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Really need help with Capital Gains section f self assessment :(
Hi all, So I left the company I worked for in 2017. They awarded me shares which amounted to something like 4k at the time. I forgot about them and last year saw they they grew to around £32k (these are all approximations) last year I was buying a house and needed the money to pay towards the deposit. I sold all shares in…
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Opting out of PAYE
I’m now receiving the state pension since January. I was working for the uk limited company owned by an Italian company until June and then converted to a zero hours contract so I could refuse some jobs. I’m also self employed for over five years making canal boat safety inspections which entails a self assessment every…
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Amateur music group
If musicians come together to practice regularly and play occasionally for other organisations (typically village halls) do they need to register with HMRC, file accounts, pay tax? INCOME Membership subs total per year £1100 Performances say £1200 EXPENSES Room hire £600 Equipment £200 AGM - meal to review £300 Expenses…
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Council Tax and Electoral Roll
I have no permanent residence in England, either owned or rented. Thanks
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Self assessment e-mail
I just got an e-Mail from HMRC reminding me there are 100 days left for to file my self assessment return. Not sure if this is a regular e-Mail and others have received it? I definitely wasn’t expecting to complete a self assessment and indeed I’ve had notification of my tax calc for FY25 from HMRC online. I did complete…
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Unused 'Starting Savings Rate' & 'Personal Savings Allowance'
Can unused 'Starting Savings Rate ' and Personal Savings Allowance be used to add to your Dividend Allowance? For example year 23/24 Say you earned £12,570 from non-saving and non-dividend income . You had £5400 interest on bank/building society savings You had £2000 share dividend. I'm assuming £5000 of that £5400 is…
