Buying or selling a private number plate through a VAT-registered dealer usually means VAT only on the dealer's margin, not the full sale price. Here is how the margin scheme works in 2026.
Private tutoring — maths, English, music, languages, exam prep — is one of the most common self-employed side hustles for teachers and graduates. Full worked example on £20,000 tutoring income, deductible expenses, and when VAT applies.
A £30,000 full-time-equivalent salary pro-rated to 3 days a week becomes £18,000. Here is exactly how pro rata pay is calculated for part-time, term-time and job-share roles in 2026/27.
UK probation officer pay from trainee to senior practitioner, HMPPS pension contributions, and a full 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance worked example.
The UK doesn't tax gambling winnings — but the line between a lucky punter and a professional trader is more nuanced than most people assume. How HMRC actually views full-time gambling for 2026/27.
Property guardians live in empty commercial or residential buildings at low cost, but their legal status is often a licence, not a tenancy. How Council Tax liability and rights actually work in 2026/27.
How self-employed puppeteers and puppet-makers in the UK handle Self Assessment, touring expenses, equipment costs and mixed PAYE/self-employed income in 2026.
A round-up of how UK savings rates moved across Q2 2026 (April to June), what drove the changes, and what it means for savers deciding between easy-access, notice and fixed accounts.
At 55 (rising to 57 from 2028) you can access a private pension alongside a redundancy payment. The tax interaction between redundancy pay, pension withdrawals and the MPAA in 2026/27.
PILON is taxed differently from the statutory redundancy payment itself. How Payment in Lieu of Notice is treated for tax and National Insurance in 2026/27, with worked examples.
Being made redundant at 50+ opens up early pension access options most younger workers don't have. How redundancy pay, pension freedoms and tax interact in 2026/27.
Some employers offer to split a large redundancy payment across two tax years or two instalments. Whether this genuinely reduces the tax owed, and the rules that determine when it works, in 2026/27.
