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Published on 18 July 2024

Students with summer jobs: check your tax

Working students are taxed in the same way as other employees. This means that if you get an employed job – for example during the summer – you will need to check your Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax code to check you are paying the right tax. Use our guidance to help you! ...

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Published on 16 July 2024

Electric or petrol/diesel vehicles for business travel – tax relief

Employers do not have to pay employees for their business travel. However, some employers may reimburse you partly or fully for business mileage in either a company car or your own car. We explain how these different employer payments are treated for tax. If your employer does not reimburse your bus...

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Published on 8 July 2024

Update: HMRC voluntary Class 2 NICs error: check your 2022/23 record

Please note: this news article was originally published on 8 July 2024 and was updated on 26 July 2024 following confirmation from HMRC that they will write to affected taxpayers. HMRC have admitted that a processing error occurred with voluntary class 2 National Insurance contributions (NICs) ...

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Published on 1 July 2024

Child Trust Funds: How to find a lost account - it’s easy and free!

Are you approaching the age of 18, or have you recently turned 18? You might have had a Child Trust Fund set up for you shortly after you were born. You are able to access this when you turn 18. Here we look at what Child Trust Funds are, and the various ways you can search for yours if you or your ...

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Published on 20 June 2024

Tax credits renewals and next steps as tax credits come to an end

HMRC are currently sending tax credit claimants their annual renewal packs. The renewal process allows HMRC to finalise tax credit awards for the 2023/2024 year and set up new renewal claims for 2024/2025 (if appropriate). Universal credit is gradually replacing tax credits and so, like last year, t...

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Published on 20 June 2024

Hiring a carer or personal assistant?

If you are hiring a carer or personal assistant, whether funded through government money, or privately, you can use our new flowchart to help you work out what, if anything, you need to do about tax. For example, if you are hiring someone and the nature of the arrangement is an ‘employment’ you...

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