Month: October 2021

Tax Diary November/December 2021

1 November 2021 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 January 2021.

19 November 2021 – PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 November 2021. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 November 2021.)

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Autumn Budget 2021 – Recovery Loan Scheme

The Recovery Loan Scheme was launched on 6 April 2021. The scheme currently allows businesses of any size to access loans and other kinds of finance between £1,000 and £10 million. The scheme was originally meant to close on 31 December 2021 but the

Autumn Budget 2021 – Minimum Wage increases

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak confirmed that the government has accepted in full the proposals of the Low Pay Commission for increasing minimum wage rates from 1 April 2022. This puts the government back on track to reach their minimum

Autumn Budget 2021 – £1 million Annual Investment Allowance

In the Spring Budget earlier this year, the government announced that the temporary Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) cap of £1 million would be extended until 31 December 2021. The Chancellor, delivering the Autumn Budget revealed that the temporary

Autumn Budget 2021 – Dividend tax rates

As announced on 7 September 2021, the 1.25% increase in NIC contributions from April 2022 will be mirrored by a similar increase in the tax charge on dividends. From April 2022, the dividend tax increases will apply as follows:

Basic rate

Autumn Budget 2021 – Creative industry tax reliefs

The sunset clause for the Museum and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MGETR) was supposed to come into force on 31 March 2022. As part of the Autumn Budget measures, the Chancellor announced that the relief will be extended for another two years to

Autumn Budget 2021 – Alcohol and Tobacco Duty

As part of the Budget measures the Chancellor announced, to a big cheer, that the planned duty rates on beers, spirits, wines and ciders expected to come into effect from midnight on Budget Day will be cancelled.

The Chancellor also announced major