Renewing Tax Credits
If you receive tax credits (either Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit) then the claim needs to be renewed each year. The renewal is to confirm your income for the 2018/19 tax year, finalising your claim for that year.…
Tax Deductions For Construction Industry
If you are self-employed, you will normally pay all your tax through your tax return. However, if you are in the construction industry, there are special rules if you do work on behalf of a contractor. A contractor is anyone…
Southside Wrappers
If you’ve been to the south entrance of Priory Meadow in recent months, you will probably have seen Southside Wrappers already. Their black and white trailer is a regular fixture, backed onto the town hall opposite that entrance. The brainchild…
Penalties For Parents Cancelled
Parents of young children are entitled to support from the government through Child Benefit. However, in January 2013, the government decided that those on higher incomes did not need these additional funds to support their children. Instead of introducing a…
Hastings & Rother Credit Union
Some people have problems with using conventional ; For some this is a simple lack of trust in those institutions but for others, especially those with limited funds, they are simply not an option. For such people a credit union,…
Start Up Loans
St. Leonards-based Let’s Do Business Finance hits £15m start up loan milestone. Let’s Do Business Finance (LDBF), a not-for-profit social enterprise based in St. Leonards, is celebrating a major milestone. It has passed the £15m mark for loans provided to…
Appealing Against Penalties
The world of tax is full of deadlines and failing to meet these will often result in penalties. However, whilst HMRC might sometimes suggest otherwise, such penalties are not necessarily set in stone. If you have a good reason for…
Registering For Self-assessment
We are now a month and a half into a new tax year. If you have completed a tax return in previous years, then you are likely to have already received a notice from HMRC to file a return for…
HIP SOCIAL
As a local newspaper, we like to think of ourselves as part of the community. We cover local events, review local authors and provide reasonably priced advertising space for local businesses. Wishing to engage with our readership, our editorial meetings…
Tax Codes
I have employment income and I was expecting my tax code to go up. Instead it has gone down and I am now paying more in tax. Why is this? Tax codes are part of the PAYE system. Their purpose…