Step-by-step guide to registering for Self Assessment, getting your UTR (Unique Taxpayer Reference) number, setting up your HMRC Government Gateway account and what to do if things go wrong.
Most UK workers never need to do a Self Assessment. But about 12 million do. Here's the precise list of trigger conditions for 2024/25 and 2025/26 — and how to register if it turns out you do.
How apprentice pay typically progresses for trades like electrician and plumber — from the £8.00 statutory apprentice minimum through to qualified tradesperson pay, and why rates vary by employer.
British Army officer pay and soldier (other ranks) pay follow different structures and starting points. How rank, service length and allowances fit together, and where to check current official rates.
A first-time landlord's practical 2026/27 tax checklist — registering for Self Assessment, declaring rental income, allowable expenses, the Section 24 mortgage interest restriction, and what happens when you eventually sell.
Buying a holiday home or second property in 2026/27 means paying a 5% SDLT surcharge on top of standard rates. Here's the worked maths on a £350,000 second home, and how the 3-year refund window works if you sell your main home.
Running a Christmas market stall for just six or eight weeks still creates UK tax obligations. Self Assessment registration, the £1,000 trading allowance, and record-keeping for cash sales, explained for 2026/27.
Welsh councils can charge up to a 300% council tax premium on second homes and long-term empty properties in 2026/27. Here's how the premium works, which councils use it, and the exemptions that can reduce or remove it.
HMRC taxes crypto mining in two separate stages: the coins you receive are miscellaneous income (or trading income) at the moment you receive them, and any later sale is a separate Capital Gains Tax event. Here's how both stages work in 2026/27.
Selling your main home to downsize in retirement is usually Capital Gains Tax-free — but what you do with the released cash, especially gifting it, can create Inheritance Tax exposure. 2026/27 explained.
The government's proposed EPC C minimum for rental properties from 2028 isn't law yet — but landlords who wait to act risk a costly scramble. Here's the sell, upgrade or exempt decision, worked out in numbers.
Franchise turnover figures rarely translate directly into take-home pay. How royalty fees, marketing levies and normal business costs stack up before a franchisee sees a personal income figure, 2026/27.
