Will Drysdale

London, United Kingdom

Reporter at Accountancy Daily

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Reform would raise tax free threshold to £20k

1 week ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

Nigel Farage spoke today in Central London where he announced if Reform were elected, government savings would come in the billions from scrapping Net Zero and the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agendaThe Reform UK party has already opened its own Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) inspired by his acquaintance, Elon Musk, and will be evaluating local government spending at Reform controlled councils’.
Millionaire couple wins £3.3m tax case after selling £27m mansion

1 month ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

A couple who bought a house on Burnsall Street in Chelsea for £10m have won their appeal against paying capital gains tax on the profit as the tribunal believed it was their principal private residence (PPR)Raymond Charles Eyre and Diana Eyre bought 37 Burnsall Street in Chelsea in 2010, demolishing the whole property and building a new house on the same site.
Fake Greggs manager jailed for £710k baker fraud

1 month ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

A fraudster who claimed to be the area manager for 32 Greggs bakeries to claim Covid support funds designated for small business support has been jailed for four yearsAftab Baig, 47, defrauded Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000 during the pandemic, although he was never employed by Greggs. Baig, from Glasgow, was found guilty at Leeds Crown Court on 12 February after a six-day trial for abusing the support schemes and was sentenced on 15 April to four years imprisonment.
Downing Street publishes PM’s 2024 tax return

1 month ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

The Prime Minister paid over 35% in income tax in the 2024 tax year, while his deputy paid an effective rate of 25%Downing Street has published a summary of Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner which details the salaries of each of the Labour Party members, and any additional income.
‘Cocktail of risks’ despite drop to 2.8% inflation

2 months ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

Inflation has fallen from 3% to 2.8% for February but big price rises are baked in for April meaning any relief will be short lived and half the data was not analysed yetThe unexpected fall could give Rachel Reeves a modicum of comfort as she faces her first Spring Statement speech and was just below economists’ predictions. New predictions from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) show inflation will hit a peak of 3.8% in July, then not returning to the 2% target until at least Q2 of 2026.
Spring Statement: high income child benefit via PAYE from August

2 months ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

Taxpayers facing the high income child benefit charge will no longer have to do a tax return from this summer as HICBC will be deductible through PAYE earningsFrom August 2025, employed individuals earning over £60,000 and falling under high income child benefit charge (HICBC) will be able to report their family’s child benefit payments through a new HMRC online service.
Law firm fined £465k for Russian sanction breach

2 months ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

The Russian subsidiary of top six law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has been given a £465,000 penalty for breaching Russian sanctions due to ‘human error’ after self-reporting to the OFSIThe penalty was imposed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) against the Moscow subsidiary of the firm, which operates as Herbert Smith Freehills (CIS) LLP.
Civil servant credit cards slashed after £600m spend

2 months ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

The government plans to halve the total of 20,000 credit cards given to civil servants to clamp down on ‘wasteful spending’ and told senior staff to take disciplinary actionCabinet Office minister Pat McFadden has accused users of 20,000 procurement cards issued to civil service staff of ‘wasteful spending’, cancelling the majority of the cards after the annual spend has quadrupled in just four years.
Chancellor brought ‘back down to earth’ by 0.1% drop in growth

2 months ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

GDP dropped by 0.1% in January after nearly half a percent growth in December as the Spring Statement edges closer The accounting sector was one of the only positive growth areas in January, growing by 12.4% on the month to £4.1bn, which saw the services sector grow by 0.1% overall. This may come as no surprise as January is notoriously a busy month for accountants, but compared to January 2024, this January was up by 4.7% (£3.8bn in January 2024).
‘We need to be more efficient’, says HMRC IT chief

2 months ago | accountancydaily.co | Will Drysdale

The head of HMRC’s digital operation told delegates how HMRC plans to ratchet up investment in IT services at a co-hosted event from the ICAEW and CIOT at Chartered Accountants HallDaljit Rehal, chief digital and information officer at HMRC was the key speaker at a session on Optimising Digitisation in the Tax Administration with added input from Jonathan Athow, director general of customer strategy and tax design at the 20 Years of HMRC event.