News & Updates

Covid-19 dominated the Budget which the Chancellor delivered on 11 March. However in amongst the coronavirus-related announcements was the confirmation of various other tax updates and changes to be aware of, many of which came into effect at the start of the new 2020/21 tax year. - Read More

Now that Boris Johnson and his Conservative party have won the General Election, what can we expect from the upcoming Budget and Finance Bill? - Read More

No one can deny these are uncertain times! Brexit is still an enigma, and the date of the next Budget is up in the air. Here are some key changes to watch out and plan for. - Read More

The government has published its draft legislation for the Finance Bill 2019-20, with many new tax laws due to come into effect from April 2020. We summarise a few of the more important proposals. - Read More

The 2018 Budget was delivered by the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, with less than six months to go until the UK is scheduled to leave the EU. Despite promises of more money for the NHS and an end to austerity there were a few nasty surprises, and this Budget could be seen as the calm before the storm… - Read More

In his recent Spring Statement, the Chancellor chose to focus on consultations for an interesting variety of future tax proposals, rather than any immediate tax changes. - Read More

The Chancellor presented his Autumn Budget on 22 November 2017. Whilst not being too controversial, it did include some key points worthy of note - we provide a summary of the main areas which may affect you. - Read More

A brief round-up of the key points which emerged from the Chancellor's Spring Budget on 8 March 2017 assessing how it wil affect individuals and businesses. - Read More

There were few surprises in this year’s Autumn Statement. The Chancellor couldn't afford many give-aways in advance of a potentially bumpy Brexit transition. - Read More

This is a basic summary of the main headline points which the Chancellor covered in his March 2016 Budget. - Read More

There has been a lot of speculation that the Chancellor may announce further major changes to tax relief on pension contributions in his March Budget, based on consultations with the pensions industry. - Read More

As you may be aware, there were various tax anti-avoidance rules announced in the Autumn Statement back in November. – Read More

The Chancellor delivered his Autumn Statement on 25th November 2015. It’s fair to say it didn’t include any particularly surprising announcements, and was actually rather a bland affair. – Read More

In the Summer 2015 Budget, the Government announced that HMRC would start a dialogue with businesses on how to improve the effectiveness of the existing intermediaries legislation. – Read More

The Chancellor’s Budget on 8th July certainly included some unexpected announcements. One of these concerned changes to the taxation of dividends, which will have a significant impact on company directors and shareholders. – Read More