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IHT
February 4, 2025

Tax planning strategies for 2025 – IHT


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Changes announced in the Autumn Budget will have a significant impact on business owners and farmers from April 2026. Find out how to minimise your IHT bill in 2025 here.

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February 3, 2025

The consequences of higher employer’s national insurance contributions


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The impact of the Budget’s increases in national insurance contributions (NICs) are not limited to employers. There were three main changes to employer’s NICs announced in the Budget, all of

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January 30, 2025

Changes to Group Audits and Utilising Component Auditors under ISA (UK) 600


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Background The need for the audit profession in general to improve the quality of group audits is regularly highlighted by external regulatory inspections, and group audits present real challenges, many

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pension tax rules
January 29, 2025

Check and top up the State Pension – why everyone should check their NI record & take action before April 2025!


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The amount of State Pension you, your family, and your employees will be entitled to in the future will depend on the amount of National Insurance Contributions (NICs) each individual

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January 27, 2025

Have you seen my pension? The lost £31.1 billion…


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There are now over three million ‘lost’ pensions worth over £31 billion. We all lose things, be it the proverbial change down the back of the sofa or TV remote.

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January 20, 2025

Pensions and IHT: beware April 2027


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The latest Budget move to count pensions as part of your estate for inheritance tax (IHT) is a major change, with potentially significant consequences. At present, most pension benefits payable

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January 14, 2025

Tax planning strategies for 2025 – CGT


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With a significant increase to the lower rate of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) from 2024 and beyond, business owners need to consider when to sell their business. Doing so sooner could save considerable Capital Gains Tax.

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January 13, 2025

Student fees to rise in England in 2025


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The long freeze on student tuition fees in England has come to an end. Do you know what the RPIX is? You might guess it’s related to inflation given that

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January 6, 2025

The NICs top-up countdown is underway again…


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A third deadline for topping up State Pension entitlement is now coming into view. “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone?”

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end of year statutory audit
January 2, 2025

How to prepare for your end of year statutory audit


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“To be prepared is half the victory” as Miguel de Cervantes once said. Don’t let your end of year statutory audit process be intimidating.

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