Employment Taxes

Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2022

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Autumn Statement whilst being faced with a challenging economic backdrop to his first major set piece, grappling with a combination of over 11% inflation, an official recession and the need to calm markets and re-establish...

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National Insurance changes from July 2022

There have been many changes to National Insurance Contributions so it’s important to be aware of the changes and how this will affect you.  Although the National Insurance rates and thresholds for 2022/23 had already been set, at the time of the Spring Statement in...

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How to claim tax relief for employment expenses

If you are an employee and you personally incur expenses in carrying out your job, you may be able to claim tax relief for expenses. Relief is only available for expenses that you must incur, rather than those that you choose to incur, and the expenses must be...

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Claim tax relief for additional costs of working from home

In recognition of the homeworking requirements imposed by the pandemic, employees who do not receive homeworking payments from their employer are able to claim tax relief for the extra household costs that they have incurred while working from home.
A claim of £6 per week (£312 for the year) will save a basic rate taxpayer £62.40 in tax and a higher rate taxpayer £124.80 in tax.

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