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More than 200,000 landlords and sole traders ‘face up to 10%’ cost hike as Making Tax Digital loomsAround 212,500 UK businesses face potentially ‘tens of millions’ in extra accountancy costs under the government’s incoming Making Tax Digital initiative, experts have warned
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Average income tax by area: The parts of the UK paying the most tax mappedThe UK’s total income tax bill was £240.7 billion 2022/23, but the tax burden is not spread equally around the country. We look at the towns and boroughs that have the highest average income tax bill.
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Self-assessment taxpayers overpaid £8.9 billion last year – could you be owed money?Millions of taxpayers are paying too much income tax when they file their self-assessment returns, new figures show. Here’s how to avoid overpaying, and the ways to reclaim what you’re owed.
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Taxpayers urged to fight automated HMRC penalties as 20,000 win on appealHMRC loses more than 60% of cases when taxpayers appeal an automated penalty it has imposed, new figures show.
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Rachel Reeves's Autumn Budget: What it means for the UKOpinion A directionless and floundering government has ducked the hard choices at the Autumn Budget, says Simon Wilson
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Rachel Reeves confirms ‘workaround’ for pensioners facing tax bill on state pensionAs the full new state pension looks set to breach the tax-free personal allowance within years, the government has said anyone on just a state pension won’t have to pay income tax on the payment until the end of this parliament
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How the ‘Reeves Freeze’ on income tax thresholds could cost you up to £1,300The income tax threshold freeze will rake in an extra £12 billion by 2031, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility
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Hundreds of thousands more taxpayers to be pulled into £100k ‘tax trap’ by 2029
Frozen thresholds are pushing more workers into paying income tax at an effective 60% rate. We look at why, as well as how you can avoid being caught in the trap.
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Starmer and Reeves ‘rip up plans’ to raise income tax in the BudgetThe chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly looking at other ways to fill the government’s estimated £30 billion fiscal hole
