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Tax On Income Update 2025

Your tax-free personal allowance will remain at £12,570 in 2026/27. The personal allowance is partially withdrawn if your income is over £100,000 and then fully withdrawn if your income is over £125,140. Income tax rates and allowances For 2026/27, the income tax thresholds are unchanged from 2025/26 and are set to remain static until 2030/31. […]

Read more December 8th, 2025

Budget Summary Autumn 2025

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves set out tax-raising measures worth up to £26 billion in the Autumn Budget on 26 November 2025. The increases will be achieved through a range of measures, including extending the freeze on Income Tax thresholds for a further three years. Tax increases In addition to maintaining Income Tax thresholds, taxes […]

Read more November 27th, 2025

Autumn Budget 2025 – What Might Be Coming?

The Autumn Budget will be delivered on 26 November, but the Chancellor’s recent speech in Liverpool gave us some useful hints about what could be on the table. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to prepare the ground when she said: “We will face further tests, with choices to come, made all the harder by harsh […]

Read more October 14th, 2025

Online Marketplaces Will Now Contribute to Electrical Waste Recycling

New regulations have come into force that require online marketplaces – such as those hosting overseas sellers – to bear their share of the costs for managing and recycling waste electrical items like washing machines, radios and vacuum cleaners. Until now, UK-based firms had carried the financial burden of disposal and recycling, putting them at […]

Read more August 21st, 2025

PackUK Confirms 2025 Packaging Fees and Sets Out Three-Year Recyclability Plan

If your business sells goods in packaging – whether that’s cardboard boxes, bottles, jars or plastic wrap – there’s an important update you should know about. PackUK (the body running the UK’s Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, or pEPR scheme) has confirmed the 2025 base fees for the scheme. It has also set out a […]

Read more August 20th, 2025

Electric Car Grant Expanded: More Car Models Now Included

The government’s Electric Car Grant (ECG) is now up and running, with more vehicle models eligible for discounts. Initially launched in July, the £650 million scheme offers savings on new electric cars priced at or below £37,000. The discount is either £3,750 or £1,500, depending on the vehicle’s sustainability and is applied directly at the […]

Read more August 12th, 2025

HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap

On 21 July 2025, HMRC launched their Transformation Roadmap, which sets out ambitious plans for HMRC to become a digital-first organisation by 2030, with 90% of customer interactions taking place digitally. This compares to 76% as at today. HMRC will automate tax wherever possible and offer new digital self-serve options across a number of tax regimes. […]

Read more August 4th, 2025

Pension Schemes Bill: What Can You Do To Prepare?

The Government’s new Pension Schemes Bill, currently before Parliament, introduces wide-reaching reforms aimed at improving outcomes for pension savers. These changes will not only affect how pensions are administered but also impact scheme selection, cost management, and employee engagement over the long term. Figures released last week suggest that the average worker on an average […]

Read more July 21st, 2025

Windows 10 Is Ending: Are You Ready?

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging businesses to prepare for the fact that Windows 10 will no longer be supported from 14 October 2025. If your business still uses Windows 10 on its computers, it’s time to start planning your next steps. Why does this matter? Once Windows 10 support ends, it […]

Read more July 18th, 2025

Is It Too Hot Or Too Cold To Work?

With the UK experiencing more frequent extremes in temperature – both hot and cold – it’s worth brushing up on what the law says about working conditions, and what you can do to keep your team comfortable and safe. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides a useful guide that can help you make sure […]

Read more July 14th, 2025

Government Targets £7.5 Billion In Unpaid Tax

The government has announced plans to raise an additional £7.5 billion by stepping up efforts to close the tax gap – the difference between the tax HMRC expects to collect and what is actually paid. Figures published on 19 June show that £46.8 billion in tax went unpaid in the 2023-24 tax year. That’s 5.3% […]

Read more July 4th, 2025

P11D Form Deadline Approaches

P11D forms for reporting expenses and benefits in kind provided to employees and directors in 2024/25 need to be submitted by 6 July 2025. Note that paper forms are no longer acceptable; the return must be made online using PAYE Online for employers or commercial software. Remember that reimbursed expenses no longer need to be […]

Read more June 16th, 2025

Advisory Fuel Rate For Company Cars June 2025

The table below sets out the HMRC advisory fuel rates from 1 June 2025. These are the suggested reimbursement rates for employees’ private mileage using their company car. Where the employer does not pay for any fuel for the company car these are the amounts that can be reimbursed in respect of business journeys without […]

Read more June 11th, 2025

Workplace Rules On Separating Recycling And Waste Now In Force

New rules on how recycling and waste should be sorted in workplaces came into force in England on 31 March 2025. The rules are designed to simplify recycling procedures while reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills or for incineration. Under the new rules, workplaces with 10 or more employees need to arrange for […]

Read more April 9th, 2025

Identity Verification Coming To Companies House

As part of the changes being gradually introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCT), identity verification is set to become a Companies House requirement. This is one of several changes that the Act is making to better protect the data held at Companies House. Who will be affected by identity verification? Identity […]

Read more April 8th, 2025