Self-assessment deadlines for 2018/19

Self-assessment season always kicks off at Stapletons as soon as the new tax year gets under way on 6 April.  While it’s our preference to sort tax returns for our clients as early as possible, a raft of relevant self-assessment deadlines are almost upon us.  This...

Tax changes affecting landlords

It’s no secret that Devon and Cornwall are hotbeds for landlords with residential portfolios. Dig a little deeper and you will find many of those buy-to-let landlords are having to adapt to a raft of recently introduced tax measures. Mortgage interest relief Changes...

Tax changes for 2019/20

With the UK experiencing its warmest February day on record last month, spring is in the air and with it comes a raft of tax changes for 2019/20. Chancellor Philip Hammond revealed these back in December when announcing his Budget 2018, but there was an elephant in...

New Year’s resolution: submit your tax return

It’s the New Year and time to make a difference: by not leaving your self-assessment tax return to the last minute. Last year, almost 1.3 million tax returns were submitted to HMRC on either 30 or 31 January 2018, while 4,852,744 returns were completed online...

Tax returns for first-timers

The number of tax returns submitted in 2016/17 hit a record high of 10.7 million. That figure’s set to rise for 2017/18 with more people going through self-assessment for the very first time. If you earned more than £1,000 outside of PAYE in 2017/18, received more...