145 articles tagged with Tax Year 2025/26.
What happens after you submit your Self Assessment return — refunds, balancing payments, amendments, HMRC enquiries, the SA302 for mortgages, and the 5-year record-keeping rule
How HMRC's payments-on-account system works, why your first January bill is bigger than expected, when to reduce them, and the trap of treating January and July as separate
How to declare capital gains on your Self Assessment. Shares, crypto, second properties, the £3,000 annual exemption, 60-day property reporting, pooling rules and worked examples for 2025/26.
What you can and can't deduct as a sole trader on your Self Assessment. Home office, mileage, phone, subsistence, professional fees, capital allowances and the £1,000 trading allowance — with worked examples.
Part 3 of our Self Assessment series — how to declare employment, self-employed, dividend, rental, foreign, savings, crypto and CGT income on your UK tax return. With the boxes to fill, evidence to keep, and common errors.
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.
No Autumn Budget 2026 has been delivered yet. This is a framework — not a forecast — for analysing how any future Budget measure would affect take-home pay at £25,000, £50,000 and £100,000, plus a checklist to run on Budget day.
Sale items are not automatically non-refundable in the UK, and online Boxing Day purchases have extra protections shop purchases don't. What your rights actually are, and how to budget for the sales without falling for a fake discount.
Chinese New Year 2026 falls on 17 February. Hongbao (red envelope) cash gifts, a reunion dinner and new clothes are the main costs for UK families — a realistic budget and simple ways to plan ahead.
British Summer Time starts on 29 March 2026. Lighter evenings genuinely cut lighting and heating demand, but by less than most people assume — the real numbers, and where the savings actually show up.
Christmas spending plus a longer-than-usual gap to January payday is the most predictable cashflow squeeze of the UK financial year. A practical recovery plan, and why it's different from ordinary debt payoff advice.
