News: May 2015 Green party tax policies The most radical tax policies are those proposed by the Green Party, such as increasing the main rate of corporation tax back to 30% and the

  Tax diary: All the main tax events for May / June 2015 Welcome to this month’s Tax Diary, providing you with all the main tax events for the next couple of months

News: April 2015 Personal allowances As already announced the basic personal allowance for 2015/16 will be £10,600. The Budget on 18 March announced that there will be a further above inflation increase to

News: April 2015 Further changes to ISAs The current £15,000 ISA limit is to be increased to £15,240 from 6 April 2015. Remember that the 50% cash ISA restriction was abolished from 1

News: April 2015 New help to buy ISA These new accounts to help first time buyers save for a deposit to buy their first home will be available from Autumn 2015. First time

News: April 2015 Further pension flexibility The Government will bring in new legislation from 6 April 2016 to allow people who are already receiving income from an annuity to agree with their provider

News: April 2015 Capital taxes It had already been announced that the CGT annual exempt amount would increase to £11,100 for 2015/16. With a top CGT rate of 28% this allowance potentially saves

News: April 2015 Tax relief on small donations to charity increased to £8,000 The Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) allows charities to treat small donations such as those in collecting boxes as

News: April 2015 Single 20% corporation tax rate A single corporation tax rate of 20% will apply from 1 April 2015 whatever the level of your company's profits. As already announced in the

News: April 2015 VAT registration limit £82,000 The VAT registration limit has been increased by £1,000 to £82,000 from 1 April 2015. The de-registration limit also increased by £1,000 to £80,000.