Have you paid tax on your eBay, Vinted & Airbnb income?
From 1st January 2024, a change in the information HMRC can collect on sellers using eBay, Vinted and other online marketplaces  came into force. The big question is, what does it potentially mean for you? In these belt-tightening economic times, many individuals are selling clothes online or perhaps letting out their garage for storage to […]
Christmas is the season for giving…..and receiving
Christmas is now at an end, which will have come as a relief to many of you, trying to juggle the competing interests and wants of assorted family members, friends and colleagues. So, as I throw away the turkey carcass, seemingly dozens of empty bottles and mounds of assorted wrapping paper, my thoughts turned to […]
Are HMRC frightened to pick up the phone?
Self-Assessment Helpline issuesA regular theme in my Blogs over the last couple of years has been HMRC’s truly appalling customer service, in particular the paucity of help and advice on the telephone. If you agree with me and pretty much anyone who has interacted with HMRC recently will, this week they have achieved a new […]
Kaye Adams wins nine year IR35 fight with HMRC
Celebrity IR35 Cases, see blog. https://www.morganjones.co.uk/2019/08/celebrity-ir35/I have often written about HMRC’s almost fanatical attempts to chase high-profile Radio and TV presenters, in an attempt to shoehorn these celebrities into the tax office’s own peculiar interpretation of the IR35 rules. That being said, HMRC’s seemingly obsessive desire to pursue Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams, has hit […]
Autumn Statement 2023 – Behind the headlines
Now that the dust has settled on Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, with the headline grabber being the reduction in NIC for both the employed and self-employed, what else did the Chancellor announce? Pretty much zero as far as most workers are concerned, but there were a couple of gems regarding business and a key announcement […]
NATIONAL INSURANCE, is it still fit for purpose?
With Jeremy Hunt’s ‘Autumn Statement’ just released, the most significant announcement was on changes to National insurance (NI), which has always been an oddball member of the UK’s tax family, with even its name prompting confusion over its status: Is it a tax? Or is it Health Insurance? History of National Insurance – Part 1 […]
HMRC snoopers walk headfirst into a custard pie
Standard Rate VAT TribunalEarlier this year, an intrepid officer from HMRC’s VAT hit squad, visited a small cake and sandwich shop and purely on a couple of hours observation, believed that the shop owners were deliberately minimising their Standard Rate (SR) sales. After a subsequent visit he concluded that the shop owners had knowingly understated […]
UK Tax Questions Answered by Shrewsbury Accountant No. 42
And other questionsAs it’s been over three months since my last Blog on some of the more interesting questions asked by clients and readers of the Blog, here’s my latest selection: I’ve paid the right tax into the wrong account My limited company has been struck off, what can I do? Is my truss tax […]
HMRC’s Customer Service Fails!
This tax accountant has had enoughIt only seems like five minutes since I last commented on HMRC’s dreadful customer service record, particularly with regard to telephone enquiries. So, fast forward to last week, when HMRC chief Jim Harra had his quarterly grilling at the Treasury Committee. During the Q & A session Big Jim unbelievably […]
HMRC clarifies tax on electric car charging
Electric cars are becoming ever more common on our roads, and having narrowly avoided been hit by one of these silent assassins (several times), I can concur that their numbers are rising rapidly. The biggest rise in ownership is by businesses, both large and small. This has been driven by very attractive tax benefits, not […]
