VAT and selling services or goods overseas

The rules and principles for selling overseas are quite involved as they depending on where the sales are being made, whether they are goods or services and whether you are selling to a business or consumer.  Services are the most topical at the moment with the...

Capital gains tax for non-residents introduced

There are many properties in London owned by non-residents who have been able to benefit from capital gains without paying tax and a change in this area has been expected for some time.  Following the consultation in summer 2014 the government has decided to introduce...

Autumn Statement Highlights

The government has little room to manoeuvre with lower than expected tax receipts and continued austerity, but there were a few changes of interest: Reform of stamp duty on domestic dwellings has for a long time seemed unfair and this was an unexpected change.  It has...

New VAT rules if selling digital services

Our thanks to Mark Lee for this guest post: The small business community is beginning to wake-up to the changes for VAT on international digital services that apply from 1 January 2015, and those affected are complaining about the lack of guidance about the new rules....

Capital gains tax for non-resident landlords

It is one of those strange quirks of the tax system that no capital gains tax has historically been levied on non-resident landlords owning property in the UK, but that is all set to change. This is an area that has been on the radar for a while and a consultation...