Please find below the diary of main tax events December 2022 / January 2023. As always if you need help in meeting these deadlines, do not hesitate to get in touch with our team.
One of the few changes announced on 23 September that has not been reversed concerns Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in England and Northern Ireland.
Employers will be relieved that there are no more changes to National Insurance Contribution rates and bandings or therefore consequential payroll software changes!
For all individuals, the first £2,000 of dividend income is taxed at 0%. The government have now decided that this ‘dividend allowance’ of £2,000 will be reduced to £1,000 in the 2023/24 tax year and then again to just £500 in the 2024/25 tax year.
Freezing income tax bands: It had already been announced that the income tax personal allowance (£12,570) and higher (40%) rate threshold (£50,270*) would be frozen until 5 April 2026, instead of increasing each year in line with inflation.
The new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had warned the public and the financial markets that his Autumn Statement would include “eye-watering”
Please find below the diary of main tax events: November/December 2022. If you need help in reaching these deadlines or if there is anything we can do please do not hesitate to contact our team. We are here to ensure you are tax compliant.
The Government will continue to support business capital investment by keeping the level of the 100% Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) at £1 million.
The 23 September Fiscal Statement included the unexpected news that the “off-payroll working” (OPW) rules would be scrapped from 6 April 2023.
Undoing all measures announced since 23 September 2022, the income tax rates applicable to non-dividend income remain as they are now; namely a 20% basic rate, a 40% higher rate and a 45% additional rate (for those with income over £150,000)
On 23 September 2022, it was announced that the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) nil-rate threshold on residential property would be increased from £125,000 to £250,000.
The legislation to abolish the 1.25 percentage point increase in the rate of National Insurance Contributions (NICs) paid by workers, employers and the self-employed was already in progress when the U-turns were being made.
In his Fiscal Statement delivered on 23 September 2022, the previous Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, introduced a Growth Plan including the tax cuts promised by Liz Truss in her Conservative Party leader campaign.
Firstly, thank you from the whole team, to our clients who donated this weekend to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, and a big congratulations to the team members
The Chancellor has confirmed that the government will not proceed with abolishing the 45% income tax rate as first announced in the fiscal event of 23 September 2022. There has been a lot of changes since then.
In the March 2021 Budget, Rishi Sunak announced that the rate of corporation tax would increase to 25% from 1 April 2023 where a company’s profits exceeded
The £1 million Annual Investment Allowance has now been made permanent. You can claim capital allowances when you buy assets that you keep to use in your business, for example:
Below is our diary of main tax events October/November 2022. If you need any more guidance or assistance with these our team are on hand to help.
The Government has announced two changes to the tax advantaged Company Share Option Plan scheme. There is currently a maximum employee share option limit based on market value at grant of £30,000.
The much criticised “off-payroll” working rules were introduced for the public sector from 6 April 2017 and then extended
The Government is in discussion with 38 local authority areas in England to set up ‘Investment Zones’ in specific sites within their area.