Tax payment surcharges

The deadline for paying self assessment tax for the 21/22 tax year was 31 January 2023. Interest is payable on any late payment but there’s also a whopping 5% surcharge due on any unpaid self assessment tax which is still unpaid at midnight on 2 March 2023. If you can’t Read more

Spreading your cash

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is a government-backed scheme that protects consumers in the event that a financial institution fails.  The limit of compensation per financial institution is £85,000 so, if you have more than this in one account, you need to look at spreading your investments across multiple Read more

Cyber Essentials Award

We’re delighted that Writers Tax has been awarded the Cyber Essentials Certification. Cyber Essentials is a Government backed scheme aimed at protecting against the vast majority of cyber attacks. The certification process has reviewed how we protect our data using firewalls, multi factor authentication, anti virus software, system updates and Read more

Year end tax planning tips

In association with our friends at Continuum (Financial Services) LLP we’ve put together a few tips for you to think about before the tax year end on 5 April 2022.  If you’ve any queries or are interested in an introduction to Stuart then don’t hesitate to get in touch. You Read more

The Author Magazine

We’re delighted to have been asked to write an article for the 11,000 members of the Society of Authors in the Winter edition of The Author magazine. We’ve covered: The new Health & Social Care Levy The increase in corporation tax Companies and copyright The ‘super deduction’ Creative averaging Making Read more