Over 40,000 challenge their council tax bills
If you believe your property is in the wrong band, you can challenge it through the Valuation Office Agency to get your property revalued and moved into a different, cheaper band.
The £90,000 dividend tax trap
The value of shares you can hold outside an Isa before paying dividend tax has shrunk from £135,000 to £46,500, according to new research. In April last year, the dividend allowance fell from £5,000 to £2,000 (HMRC).
HMRC goes hunting for ‘hidden’ offshore assets
The number of tax evasion cases identified by HMRC for the 2017/18 year was 3,809 – an 18% rise on 3,216 in 2016/17. It is likely this development has something to do with the Revenue’s extensive new data collection powers under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).