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Had an HMRC letter clawing back job expenses, taxing a company car or benefit, or taxing part of your redundancy payment? A plain-English guide for employees: why the deduction rules are so strict, what you can really claim, and how to challenge an assessment or penalty.
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Had an HMRC letter about rental income—a Let Property Campaign nudge, a discovery assessment, or an enquiry into your expenses? A plain-English guide for accidental landlords: how rental tax really works, the mortgage-interest shock, and how to challenge an assessment or penalty.
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HMRC has questioned your company's corporation tax? Companies sit in their own code—Schedule 18 FA 1998—so deadlines, discovery gateways and penalties differ from the income-tax rules. A director's guide to enquiries, discovery, penalties, director's loans and how to appeal.
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You left the UK, you're non-resident, your s.690 workday split cut UK income tax to your UK days—so why is there a National Insurance bill on 100% of your salary, both sides? Because NIC is a separate system with its own rules.
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Swapping, spending or gifting crypto can trigger a tax bill even if you never withdrew cash. A plain-English guide to what HMRC taxes, how to disclose, and how to challenge its figures.
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Had a letter about your overseas accounts, or have undisclosed offshore income? The 200% penalty is a worst-case maximum, not your bill. How disclosure works, what the certificate of tax position really means, and how offshore penalties can be challenged.
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Run a UK company from abroad and HMRC is querying where your business belongs? Why it's a company-level test, why being overseas can mean a nil VAT threshold, and what you can appeal.
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HMRC sent you a letter about your online sales, and the headlines are alarming. Here's what the new platform-reporting rules actually mean—and why most people who get one of these letters owe nothing at all.
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Used a contractor or employee loan scheme and now facing HMRC, the loan charge, an APN or a follower notice? Here is what each bill means, what you can and cannot appeal, and how the new 2025/26 settlement opportunity may change your options.
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An HMRC Notice of Determination gives you 30 days to appeal, interest is already running, and as executor you may be personally liable. Here is how to respond.
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HMRC has assessed a Schedule 24 inaccuracy penalty. Three levers can reduce it: disclosure quality, behaviour category, and suspension. Here is how each works after Cox v HMRC [2026] UKUT 7 (TCC).
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Missed the 60-day deadline to report CGT on a UK residential property sale? Here is the penalty stack you are facing, the four ways to appeal it, and a candid read on your prospects.