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Tax credits calculator	Get an estimate of how much you could get in tax credits during the 2018 to 2019 tax year. The tax year is from 6 April to 5 April the following year.
How tax credits and other benefits affect each other	Child Benefit payments are not affected by any tax credits you get, but other benefits like Housing Benefit are. If you get tax credits, you may get less: Housing Benefit Income Support income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance income-related Employment and Support Allowance Pension Credit You cannot get tax credits at the same time as claiming Universal Credit or Tax-Free Childcare.
Working Tax Credit	You could get Working Tax Credit if either of the following apply: - you’re aged from 16 to 24 and have a child or a qualifying disability - you’re 25 or over, with or without children
Child Tax Credit	You may be able to claim Child Tax Credit if you’re responsible for children either: - aged 16 or under - you can claim up until 31 August after their 16th birthday - under 20 and in eligible education or training
How to claim tax credits	You’ll need to answer a few questions before you can order a tax credits claim form.
Get a tax credits claim form	Answer a few questions to find out if you qualify for tax credits. It will take about 5 minutes. If it looks like you qualify, you’ll be able to order a tax credits claim form.
How to renew tax credits	/resource_feedback/10737
Manage your tax credits	Use this service to: - renew your tax credits, if you’ve received your renewal pack in the post - tell the Tax Credit Office about changes to your circumstances, for example you get married or your working hours change - find out how much and when you’ll be paid
Tax credits: working out your childcare costs	You can claim extra tax credits to help with your childcare costs if you’re eligible. Use this tool to work out what childcare costs you should claim. You can make your claim 7 days before you start paying for childcare.
Claiming and dealing with tax credits for someone else	You can get permission to deal with someone else’s tax credits. The type of permission you need depends on what you want to do.
Tax credits checks	Tax credits checks The Tax Credit Office will write to you if they want to check your tax credits - you must send them the information they ask for by their deadline. The Tax Credit Office can decide to check your tax credits, for example to make sure you’re getting the right amount of money.
Tax credits: your payment dates	You choose if you want to get paid weekly or every 4 weeks on your claim form. Find out when your tax credits payment is and how much you’ll get paid.
Changes that affect your tax credits	Your tax credits could go up, down or stop if there are changes in your family or work life. You must report any changes to your circumstances to the Tax Credit Office.
Tax credits if you have a baby	Tax credits if you have a baby You can claim tax credits if you have a baby or get more money if you’re already getting tax credits - you must apply to see exactly what you can get.
Child Tax Credit when your child reaches 16	Child Tax Credit usually stops on 31 August after your child turns 16 but can continue for children under 20 in approved education, training or registered with a careers service.
Tax credits if you leave or move to the UK	/resource_feedback/10746
End your tax credits	Universal Credit will replace tax credits, Housing Benefit and some other benefits. You can’t claim Universal Credit and these other benefits at the same time. Your tax credits award will end if: - you or your partner claim Universal Credit - you move in with a partner who has made a claim for Universal Credit
Tax credits overpayments	You might be overpaid tax credits if: - there’s a change in your circumstances - even if you report the change on time - you or the Tax Credit Office make a mistake - you do not renew your tax credits on time
Correct a mistake on your tax credits claim form	Call the Tax Credit Helpline straight away to correct a mistake on your claim form.
Tax credits: appeals and complaints	You can: - dispute an overpayment decision if you’ve been asked to pay back tax credits - disagree with a tax credits decision if you think your tax credits are wrong - complain if you think you’ve been treated unfairly
Accounting periods for Corporation Tax	our ‘accounting period’ for Corporation Tax is the time covered by your Company Tax Return. It can’t be longer than 12 months and is normally the same as the financial year covered by your company or association’s annual accounts. It may be different in the year you set up your company.
Accounts and tax returns for private limited companies	After the end of its financial year, your private limited company must prepare: - full (‘statutory’) annual accounts - a Company Tax Return
Appeal to the tax tribunal	You can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Tax) if you want to challenge some decisions by: - HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) - Border Force - the National Crime Agency (NCA) - the Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA)
Capital Gains Tax for business	Contents - What you pay it on - Work out your gain - Tax relief
Capital allowances when you sell an asset	When you sell or ‘dispose of’ something you claimed capital allowances on, include the value in your calculations for the accounting period you sell it in.
Cash basis	‘Cash basis’ is a way to work out your income and expenses for your Self Assessment tax return, if you’re a sole trader or partner.
Charities and tax	As a charity you can get certain tax reliefs. To benefit you must be recognised by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Charities don’t pay tax on most types of income as long as they use the money for charitable purposes. You can claim back tax that’s been deducted, eg on bank interest and donations (this is known as Gift Aid).
Claim capital allowances	You can claim capital allowances when you buy assets that you keep to use in your business, eg: equipment machinery business vehicles, eg cars, vans or lorries
Company Tax Returns	Your company or association must file a Company Tax Return if you get a ‘notice to deliver a Company Tax Return’ from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). You must still send a return if you make a loss or have no Corporation Tax to pay.
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)	Under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), contractors deduct money from a subcontractor’s payments and pass it to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The deductions count as advance payments towards the subcontractor’s tax and National Insurance.
Corporation Tax	You must pay Corporation Tax on profits from doing business as: - a limited company - any foreign company with a UK branch or office - a club, co-operative or other unincorporated association, eg a community group or sports club
Corporation Tax rates and reliefs	Contents - Rates - Allowances and reliefs
Corporation Tax when you sell business assets	Your limited company usually pays Corporation Tax on the profit (‘chargeable gain’) from selling or disposing of an asset.
Dormant companies and associations	Your company or association may be ‘dormant’ if it’s not doing business (‘trading’) and doesn’t have any other income, for example investments.
Expenses if you're self-employed	If you’re self-employed, your business will have various running costs. You can deduct some of these costs to work out your taxable profit as long as they’re allowable expenses.
Get a refund or interest on your Corporation Tax	If your company or organisation pays too much Corporation Tax, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will repay what you’ve overpaid and may also pay you interest on it.
Machine Games Duty	Contents - What you pay it on - Register - How much you pay - File your return - Change your details
Marginal Relief calculator	Use the Marginal Relief calculator to calculate how much Marginal Relief you can claim on your Corporation Tax.
Pay a Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) late filing penalty	HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will send you a late filing penalty notice telling you how much to pay if you’ve filed your monthly return late. You must pay within 30 days of receiving the notice
Simplified expenses if you're self-employed	Simplified expenses are a way of calculating some of your business expenses using flat rates instead of working out your actual business costs. You don’t have to use simplified expenses. You can decide if it suits your business.
Tax compliance checks	Your tax affairs may be checked to make sure you’re paying the right amount. This can happen if you’re an individual taxpayer or if you run a business.
Tax when your limited company gives to charity	Your limited company pays less Corporation Tax when it gives the following to charity: - money - equipment or trading stock (items it makes or sells) - land, property or shares in another company (shares in your own company don’t qualify) - employees (on secondment) - sponsorship payments You can claim tax relief by deducting the value of your donations from your total business profits before you pay tax.
Work out your capital allowances	Contents - Writing down allowances - Rates and pools - Work out what you can claim
Your limited company's first accounts and Company Tax Return	When you set up your limited company, you automatically get different reporting dates for the first: - annual accounts you send to Companies House - Company Tax Return you send to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Accounts and tax returns for private limited companies	After the end of its financial year, your private limited company must prepare: - full (‘statutory’) annual accounts - a Company Tax Return
Audit exemption for private limited companies	You may not need to get an audit of your private limited company’s annual accounts. Most small private limited companies only need an audit if their articles of association say they must or the shareholders ask for one.
File accounts in the UK as an overseas company	You must file tax returns with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if your company is incorporated outside the UK but you have a base in the UK.
File your company's annual accounts with Companies House	Use this service to file your company’s annual accounts with Companies House. If you have a private limited company that doesn’t need an auditor, you could file your company accounts through the same service as your company tax return.
Prepare annual accounts for a private limited company	Your company’s annual accounts - called ‘statutory accounts’ - are prepared from the company’s financial records at the end of your company’s financial year.
Calculate tax on employees' company cars	As an employer, if you provide company cars or fuel for your employees’ private use, you’ll need to work out the taxable value so you can report this to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Check if you need to pay tax for charging an employee’s electric car	Find out whether you or your employee need to pay tax or National Insurance for charging an electric car. You can also check if your employee is eligible for tax relief.
Check or update your company car tax	If you need to pay tax on your company car, you can use this service to: - check your company car’s details - tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about any changes to your car since 6 April - update your fuel benefit, if your employer pays for fuel
Expenses and benefits for employers	If you’re an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and pay tax and National Insurance on them.
Tax on trivial benefits	You don’t have to pay tax on a benefit for your employee if all of the following apply: - it cost you £50 or less to provide - it isn’t cash or a cash voucher - it isn’t a reward for their work or performance - it isn’t in the terms of their contract
Business rates relief	Some properties are eligible for discounts from the local council on their business rates. This is called ‘business rates relief’.
Get a refund or a rebate on your business rates	You can apply for a full refund or partial repayment (sometimes called a ‘rebate’) of your business rates.
Capital Gains Tax for business	You may have to pay Capital Gains Tax if you make a profit (‘gain’) when you sell (or ‘dispose of’) all or part of a business asset.
Tax tribunal decisions	Search for tribunal decisions on cases heard by the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber).
Tax your vehicle	Tax your car, motorcycle or other vehicle using a reference number from: - a recent reminder (V11) or ‘last chance’ warning letter from DVLA - your vehicle log book (V5C) - it must be in your name - the green ‘new keeper’s details’ slip (V5C/2) from a log book if you’ve just bought it
Cancel your vehicle tax and get a refund	Cancel your vehicle tax by telling DVLA you no longer have the vehicle or it’s off the road. You get a refund for any full months of remaining tax.
Check if a vehicle is taxed	Find out if a vehicle has up-to-date vehicle tax or has been registered as off the road (SORN). It can take up to 5 working days for the records to update.
Check the MOT status of a vehicle	Enter a vehicle’s details to see whether it has an MOT certificate and when it runs out.
Check the MOT history of a vehicle	Check the past results of a vehicle’s MOT tests
Tax your vehicle without a V11 reminder	You can tax your vehicle without a V11 reminder letter using a: - V5C registration certificate (logbook) in your name if you’re the current keeper - V62 application for a registration certificate if you’re the current keeper - V5C/2 green new keeper supplement if you’re the new keeper (and don’t have a V5C in your name)
Apply for vehicle tax in advance	You can tax your vehicle up to 2 months before it expires if you’re going to be away from home (eg on holiday) when your current tax runs out.
Apply to tax a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV)	Fill in form V85 and apply in person at a Post Office that deals with vehicle tax to get an HGV vehicle licence (tax disc).
Calculate vehicle tax rates	Find out the tax rate for all vehicle types. Car vehicle tax rates are based on either engine size or fuel type and CO2 emissions, depending on when the vehicle was registered. Other types of vehicle have their own rates.
Vehicle tax rates	Contents - Cars and some motorhomes registered on or after 1 April 2017 - Cars registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March 2017 - Cars and light goods vehicles registered before 1 March 2001 - Other vehicle tax rates
Historic (classic) vehicles: MOT and vehicle tax	Contents - Eligibility - Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax - Apply for a vehicle tax exemption - Renewing your historic vehicle's vehicle tax
Vehicles exempt from vehicle tax	You do not have to pay vehicle tax on some types of vehicle.
Get free vehicle tax if you're a driver with a disability	ou may not have to pay vehicle tax if you’re a driver with a disability.
Change your vehicle's tax class	Contents - Vehicle changes that affect tax - Work out the new tax rate - Tax is not due to run out - Tax is due to run out or changing if the vehicle is exempt
Apply for a Council Tax discount	Check with your council if you’re eligible for a discount which will reduce the Council Tax you pay.
Check your Council Tax band	Find out the Council Tax band for a home in England or Wales by looking up its postcode.
Council Tax	Contents - Working out your Council Tax - Who has to pay - Discounts for full-time students - Discounts for disabled people - Second homes and empty properties - Paying your bill
Pay your Council Tax	Pay Council Tax online or by other methods such as direct debit.
Stamp Duty Land Tax	You must pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) if you buy a property or land over a certain price in England and Northern Ireland.
Tax when you sell property	Contents - What you pay it on - Work out your gain - Businesses - Selling overseas property
Pay your Self Assessment tax bill	Contents - Overview - By debit or corporate credit card online - Bank details for online or telephone banking, CHAPS, Bacs - At your bank or building society - Direct Debit - Budget payment plan - By cheque through the post - Through your tax code - Check your payment has been received
Work out tax relief when you sell your home	Use this tool to find out: - if you need to pay tax when you sell (or ‘dispose of’) your home - how to work out how much Private Residence Relief you get
Get help with tax	You can get help if you don’t understand something about your tax, for example tax returns, allowances and tax codes.
Help friends or family with their tax	Register online as a ‘trusted helper’ to help a friend or relative
If you haven't told HMRC about income	Tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as soon as possible if you’ve made money you need to pay tax on and haven’t told them about it.
Manage permissions for tax software	You may be using software to interact with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), for example to send your Self Assessment tax return.
Tell HMRC when you change your address	Update your address with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you pay Income Tax through PAYE and live in the UK.
Apply for Marriage Allowance	Marriage Allowance lets you transfer £1,190 of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner. This can reduce their tax by up to £238 every tax year (6 April to 5 April the next year).
Calculate your Married Couple's Allowance	You can use this calculator to work out if you qualify for Married Couple’s Allowance, and how much you might get. You need to be married or in a civil partnership to claim.
Check how much Income Tax you paid last year	Once your Income Tax has been calculated, you can use this service to check how much you paid from 6 April 2017 to 5 April 2018.
Check your Income Tax for the current year	This service covers the current tax year (6 April 2018 to 5 April 2019). Use the service to: - check your tax code and Personal Allowance - tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about changes that affect your tax code - update your employer or pension provider details - see an estimate of how much tax you’ll pay over the whole tax year - check and change the estimates of how much income you’ll get from your jobs, pensions or bank and building society savings interest
Estimate your Income Tax for a previous tax year	Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax you should have paid for a previous tax year.
Estimate your Income Tax for the current year	Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year (6 April 2018 to 5 April 2019).
Pay your Simple Assessment tax bill	You can use this service if you’ve been sent a Simple Assessment letter by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Inheritance Tax reduced rate calculator	Use this calculator to work out the amount needed to qualify if you’re: - preparing your own will - the executor of the deceased’s will or administrator of their estate - if the death was after 6 April 2012
Check your National Insurance record	You can check your National Insurance record online
Claim a National Insurance refund	This tool helps you apply for a refund on your National Insurance contributions from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Budget for your Self Assessment tax bill if you're self-employed	Use the self-employed ready reckoner to budget for your Self Assessment tax bill for the 2017 to 2018 tax year.
Check if you need to fill in a Self Assessment tax return	Use this tool to find out if you need to send a tax return for the 2017 to 2018 tax year (6 April 2017 to 5 April 2018).
Estimate your penalty for late Self Assessment tax returns and payments	Get an estimate of how much you’ll need to pay in penalties and interest if you’ve missed the deadline for: - sending your Self Assessment tax return - paying your Self Assessment tax bill
Get your SA302 tax calculation	You can get evidence of your earnings (‘SA302’) for the last 4 years once you’ve sent your Self Assessment tax return.
Self Assessment forms and helpsheets	You can download forms and guidance to help you send your tax return either online or by post.
Understand your Self Assessment tax bill	You’ll get a bill when you’ve filed your tax return. If you filed online you can view this: - when you’ve finished filling in your return (but before you submit it) - in the section ‘View your calculation’ - in your final tax calculation - it can take up to 72 hours after you’ve submitted your return for this to be available in your account

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