The minister responsible for HMRC, James Murray, has announced that those with side-hustles can earn up to £3,000 before they have to file a tax return, although tax will still be due on earnings over £1,000. A new service will also be launched on 31 March, for agents to escalate and resolve self-assessment and PAYE queries.
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This week we bring news of the planned closure of the HMRC/Companies House joint online filing service for companies. We explore HMRC’s new consultation on the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR), and, as the end of the current tax year draws near, we consider last-minute tax planning opportunities for 2024-25.
HMRC and Companies House have announced that from 31 March 2026, the joint online filing service used to submit company accounts and Corporation Tax returns will close.
The government has published its responses to four consultations regarding its initiative on labour market reform, 'Make Work Pay'. It plans on strengthening union and workers’ rights in areas like zero-hour contracts, unfair dismissal and sick pay.
The government has published its response to the consultation 'Tackling non-compliance in the umbrella company market'. From April 2026, recruitment agencies will be responsible for PAYE, instead of umbrella companies. The Employment Rights Bill will also be amended to bring umbrella companies within the definition of employment business to ensure workers receive similar rights to those of direct employees.
In Fitzgerald & Anor v HMRC [2025] TC09415, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) ruled that Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) was not available for an annexe. The planning permission specified that it could only be used for ancillary purposes to the house and it was not a separate unit of residential accommodation.
Missed our SME Tax Web-updates in February? Here is a summary of the month.
HMRC have launched a consultation ‘Reforms to Inheritance Tax agricultural property relief and business property relief: application in relation to trusts’. This explores the technical application of the proposed Inheritance Tax (IHT) changes, announced at the 2024 Autumn Statement, in the context of trusts.
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This week we explore HMRC’s February Agent Update, new advisory fuel rates, HMRC’s latest compliance activity and much more besides.
In The Executors of Mrs Leslie Vivienne Elborne Deceased & Ors v HMRC [2025] UKUT 00059 (TCC), the Upper Tribunal (UT) found that an Inheritance Tax (IHT) home loan scheme was valid. The value of a settled property within a deceased's estate could be reduced for IHT purposes by an associated loan note as it was not a 'debt incurred by' the deceased under anti-avoidance legislation.
