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If you or your partner get Child Benefit, keep the High Income Child Benefit charge (HICBC) in mind.

HMRC is publicising a new way that employers can be provided with an employee’s National Insurance number (NINO).

It’s all about plugging holes in your National Insurance record. And that in turn, is about making sure there are enough years of National Insurance contributions (NICs), or National Insurance credits, to get the full State Pension.

Online sales: one of those areas where awareness of tax is often low.

With support schemes having lost between £3.3 billion and £7.3 billion to error and fraud, HMRC isn’t letting go now.

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Brexit has meant constant change for customs rules. What else is round the corner?

Nearly 90% of businesses made payroll mistakes in the last year, research suggests. Errors can easily translate into overstretched payroll staff, who need to follow up what’s gone wrong, and employees who are left wondering what’s happened to their wages.

The rules underpinning what you can contribute to a pension, and the rules around the Lifetime Allowance, have changed significantly from 6 April 2023.

It sounds entirely shoulder-shruggable: but basis period reform is like the bits under the bonnet. It makes the car go. In this case, it helps determine the tax bill.

Unveiled in the Spring Budget, it’s the highlight of what the government calls its new ‘capital allowances offer’. But what is full expensing? And will it benefit your business?

The classic example is the meal deal. The cold takeaway sandwich is zero-rated, the fizzy drink is standard-rated and the piece of confectionery is, too. Technically, it’s a mixed supply for VAT purposes. Practically, it’s a headache.