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Autumn Budget 2026: What Was Announced on 28 October
Chancellor John Healey delivered the Autumn Budget 2026 on Wednesday 28 October 2026. He stood up at around 12:30pm, straight after Prime Minister’s Questions, for his first Budget. The Budget documents followed once the speech ended. This article follows our preview of 8 October 2026. It covers what was actually announced and what did not…
Traded Crypto This Year? HMRC Will Be Able to See It
If you traded crypto in 2026, HMRC will soon be able to check your return against your exchange’s records. That is the plain effect of the UK’s Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, known as CARF. UK crypto exchanges have collected user and transaction data since 1 January 2026. Their first reports to HMRC fall due between 1…
275,000 Still Outside MTD: HMRC Is Signing People Up Before 7 November
More than 275,000 landlords and sole traders who should be using Making Tax Digital for Income Tax had still not signed up, six months after the scheme launched. That is the reported picture, and HMRC is now closing the gap itself. Automatic sign-up began in September 2026, and auto-enrolment letters are landing now. If you…
Selling on Vinted or Etsy? The £1,000 Rule Is Real, the £3,000 Rule Is Not (Yet)
You have sold clothes on Vinted. You have freelanced at weekends, walked dogs, or delivered food through an app. Then a headline tells you HMRC is cracking down on side hustles, and the numbers in the next article contradict it. Three figures keep getting mixed up: £1,000, about £1,700, and £3,000. Each one does a…
Director of your own company? Four new boxes on your 2025/26 tax return
If you are a director of your own limited company, your 2025/26 Self Assessment return has extra work for you. The employment pages (SA102) now include four new boxes, numbered 7.1 to 7.4, for directors of close companies. Get them wrong and a £60 penalty can follow. Here is what each box needs and how…
Spotted an error in your tax return? HMRC wants a legal duty to make you fix it
You filed your tax return. Months later you spot a mistake. A figure is wrong, income is missing, or a relief was claimed twice. Most people would fix it. But right now the law does not spell out a clear duty to do so. Draft legislation published by HMRC on 13 July 2026 would change…
Signing up for MTD Income Tax? You’ll need a phone photo-ID check now
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax starts on 6 April 2026 for sole traders and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000. If that is you, HMRC says you should sign up now. If your income is lower, check whether the £30,000 threshold catches you from April 2027. One step of the sign-up process has changed.…
November 2026 Tax Deadlines: The Seven Deadlines You Cannot Afford to Miss
November is one of the busiest months in the UK tax calendar. Seven deadlines land within four weeks, and three of them fall on weekends, which changes how you should plan your payments. This is a date-by-date run-through of what is due, who it affects, and what to do about each one. If you miss…
HMRC Now Pre-Fills Child Benefit and Winter Fuel Payment on Your Tax Return: What to Check
HMRC has started pre-filling parts of your Self Assessment tax return for you. Around 300,000 people who pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge will now find their Child Benefit payment details already entered on their online return. Winter Fuel Payments are being pre-filled too. The change arrived in HMRC’s October announcement urging people to…
HMRC’s Second Wave of Tax Letters: What a Simple Assessment Means and How to Avoid Paying Twice
HMRC is sending a second wave of Simple Assessment letters between October and December 2026. If one lands on your doormat, do not ignore it, and do not pay it straight away without checking. The new letter shows your whole year’s tax bill, and it can include amounts you have already paid. This is the…
