Severing a joint tenancy converts automatic survivorship into a specific, separately owned share that can pass via your will — a common Inheritance Tax planning step. How it works in 2026/27.
Selling a rental property while tenants are still living there doesn't change the Capital Gains Tax calculation, but it does affect the sale process and the 60-day reporting deadline. What matters in 2026/27.
Whether you teach English as a foreign language, French GCSE revision or conversational Spanish over video call, tutoring income is taxable from the first pound above the trading allowance. Here is how self-employed language tutors are taxed in 2026/27.
Short-term learner driver insurance for a few weeks of practice can cost less than adding a learner to a parent's policy for a full year — but which is cheaper depends on how much you drive. Full 2026 comparison.
Life models working for art schools, colleges and private classes are usually self-employed sole traders paid per session. How the £1,000 trading allowance and travel expenses apply in 2026/27.
Live-in carers can be employed directly by a family, placed through an agency, or genuinely self-employed. How employment status changes tax, National Insurance and payslip deductions in 2026/27.
How locum opticians are typically paid and taxed in 2026/27 — day rates, PAYE vs self-employed status, expenses, and what actually lands in the bank after tax and National Insurance.
Since the Furnished Holiday Lettings regime was abolished, long-term lets and holiday lets are taxed almost identically. What actually still differs between the two in 2026/27.
The practical pension, tax code and benefits checklist after losing a spouse or civil partner in 2026/27 — bereavement support payment, survivor pension benefits, tax code changes and Marriage Allowance.
Magistrates are unpaid volunteers who can claim a Loss of Earnings Allowance and travel/subsistence expenses. How HMRC treats these payments, and how self-employed magistrates should record them, in 2026/27.
A self-employed man-and-van or small removals operation has vehicle costs, fuel and van insurance as its biggest expense category, alongside the usual self-employed registration and National Insurance rules. Here is how it works in 2026/27.
Letting out a marina berth, mooring or renting out a boat brings its own property vs trading income questions. How 2026/27 Self Assessment treats mooring and boat-letting income.
