Capital gains tax break for job-related accommodation

1st August 2025 by Joanne Stoneman

You’re in the process of selling a property that you bought as your home but because of your job have never lived in. You’ve been told that you’ll have to pay tax on any gain you make, but might a special relief get you off the hook?

Should you revoke your 20-year-old option?

29th July 2025 by Joanne Stoneman

Your business has let out a building to a tenant and it is now just over 20 years since you opted to tax the property with HMRC. Should you revoke it so that your tenant no longer needs to pay VAT?

Chip shop owner fined £40k for hiring illegal worker

28th July 2025 by Joanne Stoneman

A Surrey fish and chip shop owner has been left in shock after being fined £40,000 for allegedly employing someone who didn’t have the right to work in the UK, even though he conducted a right to work check. Where did this employer go wrong and what can you learn from it?