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State Pension Age Starts Rising to 67 — How to Check If You're Affected
The State Pension age is beginning its long-legislated move from 66 to 67, with the increase phasing in gradually across 2026, 2027, and 2028 rather than happening on a single fixed date for...
Government Consults on Monthly Tax Bills for the Self-Employed — What It Could Mean for You
The government has been consulting on a proposal that would shift millions of self-employed workers, freelancers, and landlords away from the current twice-a-year Self Assessment payment structure...
HMRC Update: Fix a Rejected Information Return by 1 September to Keep Your Original Submission Date
If your company has had an information return rejected by HMRC recently due to a validation error, there's a practical deadline worth knowing about: fix and resubmit it by 1 September 2026, and HMRC...
Reporting Sexual Harassment at Work Is Now a Protected Whistleblowing Disclosure — What Employers and Workers Need to Know
Since 6 April 2026, a worker who reports sexual harassment at work now has explicit legal protection under whistleblowing law — a significant, and until recently under-discussed, change buried inside...
VAT Flat Rate Scheme in 2026/27: Is It Still Worth It for Your Small Business?
If you run a small VAT-registered business, you have a choice most people never think to review after their first year: standard VAT accounting, or the Flat Rate Scheme. For 2026/27 the thresholds...
First-Time R&D Tax Relief Claim? HMRC's New Advance Assurance Pilot Could Save You From a Costly Mistake
If your small company does anything that could plausibly count as research and development — new software, product engineering, process innovation — HMRC now offers a way to check your claim before...
August Bank Holiday: When Universal Credit, Pension and Child Benefit Payments Will Actually Land
If you or your household rely on Universal Credit, State Pension, Child Benefit, PIP, Pension Credit or Disability Living Allowance, there are two different bank holidays this August that will move...
Is Your Tax Code Wrong? Here's How to Check It in Ten Minutes — and Claim Back Overpaid Tax
Millions of PAYE employees never check their tax code — and an incorrect one can mean paying hundreds of pounds too much tax without ever noticing, because it's quietly deducted from every payslip...
Student Loan Repayments in 2026: What You're Actually Paying and Whether to Overpay
If you've got a student loan, a quiet change taking effect this year could cost you more over time — even though the headline interest rate looks unremarkable. Here's what's actually happening to...