The BKL tax blog

A series of insights into tax issues from the team at BKL tax.

Latest posts

May

Time was when an employer could (in theory at least) make no monthly payments of PAYE throughout the year, pay over the lot by 19th April and suffer no unwelcome consequences. Interest-free loan from HMRC, anyone? Ah - nostalgia is not what it used to be!

Apr

The real issue for married taxpayers

The promise of large-scale tax reductions has not, understandably, been a major feature of the election campaign, but the Conservatives do seem to have created some controversy with a proposal which would confer a very modest benefit of about £3 per week on some married couples and civil partners

Mar

Half a story

If you stop reading Orwell’s 1984 half way through, you can easily conclude that it’s quite an optimistic little tale about small successes in the face of totalitarianism.