Are employer pension contributions still worth it?

28th January 2025 by Joanne Stoneman

Does the potential inheritance tax (IHT) charge on pensions that will apply from April 2027 mean that employer pension contributions are a tax break of the past, or are they still a winner?

Can you ban second jobs?

28th January 2025 by Joanne Stoneman

South Cambridgeshire District Council launched a four-day working week trial in 2023, but it has now transpired that 16% of employees have taken on other paid work during their extra day off (although some of these already had second jobs before the trial). Can you ban employees from taking on second jobs?

Income shifting - a tax trap

24th January 2025 by Joanne Stoneman

The tax affairs of Harry Potter star Rupert Grint were again the focus of a dispute with HMRC. The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) had to decide if the transfer of his personal right to income to a company he owned was tax avoidance. How did the FTT rule?