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When do you have to register for VAT?

Published in Business finance on April 10, 2024 by Johnathan Korchak

Your business must register for VAT with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if, over the past 12 months, your ‘taxable supplies’ (defined later in this article) have exceeded the VAT registration threshold. This applies to…

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Dividend taxation: higher rate and additional rate taxpayers

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 25, 2023 by Philip Newman

Having already looked at the main rules on how dividends are taxed and how those affect basic rate taxpayers. The tax on dividends can be more complex where the dividends become subject to higher rate or additional rate tax. In…

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How are dividends taxed?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 25, 2023 by Philip Newman

Dividends are the return paid to shareholders from the profits made by a company. Partly because of potential tax advantages, the owners of small companies will often choose to pay themselves a combination of dividends and salary…

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Taxation of dividends received before 6 April 2016

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 5, 2016 by Philip Newman

For dividends received before 6 April 2016 the dividend allowance (covered in our article How are dividends taxed?) does not apply. Instead such dividends were treated as paid net of a tax credit. This article provides an…

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