Tax factsheets that stay current
Clear, downloadable UK tax guides for directors and business owners — with figures pulled live from our rates engine and interactive calculators built in. Free, no email required.
Extracting Company Profits
How to take money out of your limited company tax-efficiently — the five routes, how they stack, and the salary-and-dividend mix that leaves the most in your pocket.
Corporation Tax Explained
How Corporation Tax works for UK limited companies — the rates, the marginal-relief band, the deadlines that catch directors out, and the legitimate ways to bring the bill down.
VAT: Registration & Schemes
When you must register for VAT, when it pays to register voluntarily, and which VAT scheme keeps your admin light and your cash flow healthy.
Inheritance Tax Explained
How Inheritance Tax works — the nil-rate bands, the 40% rate, the gifts and reliefs that reduce it, and the planning that protects more of your estate for your family.
Landlord Tax: Section 24 & MTD
What every UK landlord needs to know now — how Section 24 changed mortgage interest relief, the expenses you can claim, and how Making Tax Digital changes your reporting from April 2026.
Sole Trader vs Limited Company
The real differences between trading as a sole trader and as a limited company — tax, liability, admin and credibility — with a live calculator that compares your take-home both ways.
UK Tax Rates Card 2025/26
The essential UK tax rates, thresholds and allowances for the 2025/26 tax year, gathered on a single page.
Income Tax Explained
A plain-English guide to how UK income tax works, what you'll pay on different types of income, and how it's collected.
Capital Gains Tax Explained
A clear guide to when Capital Gains Tax applies, the rates and exemptions, and practical ways to keep your bill down.
Self Assessment Explained
A straightforward guide to who needs to file a tax return, the deadlines that matter, and how to avoid costly penalties.
National Insurance Explained
A clear guide to what National Insurance is, the contribution classes, the rates you pay, and how to protect your State Pension.
Allowable Business Expenses Explained
Claiming the right expenses lowers your taxable profit and the tax you pay. This factsheet explains the rules, what you can and cannot claim, and how to keep records HMRC will accept.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
MTD for Income Tax changes how sole traders and landlords keep records and report to HMRC. This factsheet explains who is caught, when, and how to get ready without the last-minute scramble.
Salary vs Dividends for Directors
Most director-shareholders take a low salary topped up with dividends. This factsheet explains why, how each is taxed in 2025/26, and why the right mix always depends on your own numbers.
Company Cars and Electric Vehicles
A company car is a tax decision as much as a motoring one. This factsheet explains how company cars are taxed, why electric vehicles are so efficient, and when claiming mileage on your own car wins instead.
IR35 and Off-Payroll Working: A Contractor's Guide
IR35 decides whether HMRC treats your engagement as genuine self-employment or as disguised employment. Getting it right protects your take-home pay and keeps you compliant.
Tax for Locum Doctors: Self Assessment, Expenses and Pensions
Locum work gives you flexibility but also makes you responsible for your own tax, expenses and pension. This guide covers the essentials for getting it right.
Tax for Dentists: Status, Expenses and Pensions
Whether you are an associate or a practice owner, dental income brings its own tax questions across NHS and private work. This guide covers what matters most.
Tax for Amazon Sellers
Selling on Amazon means your stock often lives in Amazon's warehouses and your money arrives as net settlements after fees. That gap between what Amazon pays you and your true turnover is where most Amazon sellers get their tax wrong.
Tax for eBay Sellers
The first tax question on eBay is whether you're actually trading at all. Clearing out your loft is different from buying stock to resell — and HMRC now sees your eBay income directly through platform reporting.
Tax for TikTok Shop Sellers
TikTok Shop blends two income streams: products you sell and commission you earn promoting others. They're taxed differently, and viral growth can push you past the VAT threshold faster than almost any other platform.
Tax for Shopify Sellers
Shopify is your own shop, not a marketplace. That means there is no "deemed supplier" shield — once you are VAT-registered, you account for all the VAT yourself on every sale.
Tax for Vinted Sellers
Most Vinted sellers are clearing out their own wardrobes, and that's usually not taxable at all. The questions that matter are whether you've crossed into trading and what those HMRC nudge letters actually mean.