How CGT holdover relief (gift relief) works in 2026/27: qualifying assets, the joint election, form HS295, and how it interacts with Inheritance Tax on gifts within the 7-year rule.
Airport bureaux de change remain the most expensive way to get holiday money, yet millions of UK travellers still use them out of habit. Here's how travel cards, debit cards and cash actually compare on cost in 2026.
A practical walkthrough of registering for VAT online via HMRC's Government Gateway in 2026/27 -- documents needed, choosing your effective date and accounting scheme.
An Innovative Finance ISA shelters peer-to-peer lending returns from tax, but unlike cash savings, your capital is not protected by the FSCS if the platform or borrowers fail. Here's what you need to know.
How Incorporation Relief automatically defers CGT when a sole trader transfers their business into a limited company for shares -- conditions, BADR interaction, and a worked example for 2026/27.
Gifts can reduce your eventual Inheritance Tax bill, but only if you survive seven years, and the rules on annual exemptions and taper relief are widely misunderstood. Here's exactly how gifting works for 2026/27.
Whether it's £5,000 or £500,000, an inheritance windfall creates immediate, practical tax and financial decisions. Here's a step-by-step order of operations before you spend or invest a penny.
What an IR35 blanket determination is, why it usually breaches the reasonable care requirement, and what contractors can do to challenge it through the client-led status disagreement process in 2026/27.
HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool is the most commonly used way to test IR35 status. Here's exactly what questions it asks, how it weighs them, and where its outcome is not the final word.
Since April 2024, you can pay into multiple ISAs of the same type in one tax year, as long as you don't exceed the £20,000 total allowance. Here's how splitting works in practice, and when it actually makes sense to spread your allowance around.
A job share splits one full-time role's salary, pension and holiday pro-rata between two people — but how the split is structured, and what happens if one partner leaves, catches many job-sharers off guard.
Child Trust Funds are closed to new savers but many teenagers still hold one — often with worse rates and less choice than a Junior ISA. Here's how the two compare and whether transferring makes sense before your child turns 18.
