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Overseas Workday Relief

Overseas Workday Relief

Earnings from employment that you earn in a year for which you are resident in the UK are taxable in the UK when you receive those earnings. During the tax year, the earnings which relate to duties you perform overseas in that year are foreign earnings if: 1. you’re...

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Writing off a director’s loan

Writing off a director’s loan

Being a separate legal entity, the money within a company’s bank account belongs to that company, not the owners or directors. Tempting though it is for a business owner to help themselves to the company’s profits, they cannot do so unless it is declared as a dividend or paid as a salary or pension.

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Remortgaging: Interest relief

Remortgaging: Interest relief

The tax legislation states that a deduction from rental profits is allowable for expenses incurred ‘wholly and exclusively’ for the purposes of the business. This short and general provision has resulted in uncertainty and case law disputes between taxpayers and HMRC over the years.

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Business property relief

Business property relief

It is a valuable inheritance tax (IHT) relief, allowing certain types of business assets to be passed on 100% IHT-free. There is also a 50% rate of relief for other eligible business assets that do not qualify for the 100% rate.

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