taxplanning

Best Way to Lower Your Corporation Tax Bill: Contribute to a Pension

As a business owner, one of the most efficient ways to reduce your Corporation Tax bill—and extract value from your company—is through pension contributions. Not only do employer contributions reduce your company’s taxable profits, but they can also help you save on National Insurance and build long-term personal wealth. This article explores how contributing to […]

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Relief for Furnished Holiday Lettings losses post April 2025

From 6 April 2025 onwards, furnished holiday lettings are treated for tax purposes in the same way as other residential lets, and residential lets and furnished holiday lets owned by the same person (or same persons) form part of the same property rental business.  Prior to 6 April 2025, furnished holiday lettings had their own

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Pension savings in 2025/26

Putting money into a registered pension scheme can be tax-efficient. Individuals can make contributions in their own right, or even for someone else, and employers can make contributions on their employees’ behalf (and indeed must do so under auto-enrolment). Tax relief is available on contributions up to certain limits.  Auto-enrolment Under auto-enrolment, employers must enrol

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Furnished Holiday Lets Tax Changes – relief for finance and investment costs from April 2025

Landlords letting furnished holiday accommodation have hitherto enjoyed a range of tax benefits, including the ability to deduct interest and finance costs in full when calculating their taxable profits. However, the favourable regime for furnished holiday lettings comes to an end on 5 April 2025. From that date, landlords letting furnished holiday accommodation will be

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National Insurance for employers to rise 

One of the key announcements in the Autumn 2024 Budget was the rise in employer’s National Insurance contributions from 6 April 2025. Since then, the rate of secondary Class 1 National Insurance contributions has increased by 1.2 percentage points, from 13.8% to 15%. In a further blow, the secondary threshold above which employer contributions become

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