Tax Guides

20% comes off your labour before you have deducted a single expense. Here is how a CIS refund is calculated, a full worked example for 2026/27, and how to claim it.

HMRC refunds automatically only when its own records disagree with themselves. Six situations where the money never comes back on its own, and what to do about each.

Emergency codes tax each payday in isolation, which is why a mid-year job start hurts most. How to get the code fixed, and how to reclaim earlier years that never got corrected.

Five working days or six weeks, and the difference is one choice you make when you claim. Published HMRC timings for every refund route, plus what actually causes a delay.

There is no single "claim my refund" button at HMRC. There are six routes, and picking the wrong one is why claims stall. Find yours, and claim back up to four tax years free.

PAYE spreads your Personal Allowance over twelve months. Leave in month five and you have paid tax on seven months of income that never happened. How to claim it back.

Your P60 has five numbers on it. Three of them tell you whether you overpaid tax last year. A worked example of a P60 showing a refund, and what to do next.

A P800 is HMRC checking its own arithmetic, not a verdict. Here is what every line on the letter means, how to claim in 5 working days, and the four ways a P800 gets it wrong.

Overpaid income tax? Read your P800 line by line, fix your tax code in your Personal Tax Account, and claim back up to four tax years without handing 36% to a refund company.

Every tax rebate calculator gives a different answer. Here is the arithmetic underneath, the four inputs that change everything, and how to tell a useful estimate from a lead magnet.

RIFT publishes 36% including VAT with a £60 minimum. Here is what refund companies do, what the 2023 rule change gave you back, and the free route to the same money.

Flat rate relief for replacing your own tools runs from £60 to £140 by trade. Professional subscriptions are relieved on what you actually paid. Both backdate four years.

HMRC pays an agreed flat rate for washing and replacing a work uniform, from £60 to £1,022 depending on your job. What yours is, what you cannot claim, and how to claim free.

HMRC has stopped working from home tax relief for 2026/27, but the four previous years are still claimable. Who qualifies, what it is worth, and how to backdate before each year expires.

Corporation tax rates, marginal relief, CT600 deadlines, director salary vs dividends, R&D relief.

The optimal salary and dividend mix for UK limited company directors in 2026/27, with worked examples at £80,000 profit and current NI thresholds.

Understand IR35 inside vs outside status, the three HMRC tests, a fully modelled take-home comparison on £100,000 gross, day rate negotiation and the SDS process.

Missed the Self Assessment deadline? See exactly what HMRC charges at 1 day, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months late.

Everything UK property buyers need to know about Stamp Duty Land Tax.