With lock-down now upon us, Alextra Accountants will continue to be open, providing a remote service for businesses and individuals, with our staff members working from home. Whilst we continue to have regular contact with our clients by way of calls...
On 11 March 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered his first Budget in the House of Commons. Just before the Budget announcement, Mark Carney from the Bank of England announced a reduction in UK interest rates from 0.75%...
HMRC’s application of the IR35 rules remains ambiguous after an IT contractor successfully appealed to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) against a tax charge arising under the intermediaries' legislation. In RALC Consulting Ltd v HMRC [2019] TC 07474, the FTT allowed...
Although the way in which landlords obtain relief for finance costs on residential properties is changing, there is no change to the type finance costs that are eligible for relief. What Qualifies For Relief The basic rule is that relief is available...
The high-income child benefit charge (HICBC) applies to claw back child benefit from either the claimant or his or her partner where at least one of them has income of £50,000 or more. The charge is perhaps one of the...