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Thought I’d give this topic the heads up! Tax refund agents, Chris and Jaxon are ready to bare their heads in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support – a worthy cause and one that has probably touched so many of us. So far over 21000 folk have set themselves up for the shave, raising over £3 […]

So much Halloween talk so early in October… but it’s never really too early to warn you of the impending paper tax return deadline day – scary stuff, huh! Paper tax returns are becoming less and less these days but even so, some people do still need to complete one and you have until 31st […]

Woohoo! Lucky me… recently did my tax return – everything confirmed as expected, when what to my wondering eyes should appear in my email box but this:   Tax Refund Notification! A tax refund of 418.33 GBP – Still Pending. 634c0942a5593a81 Due to invalid account record, we were unable to credit your account. Please submit […]

With the Premier League season almost upon us again (just how did you survive without it these last couple of months?!), we have set up our Bettertax Construction League for a 5th time! All the rules are set out in the forum itself and also on our Fantasy Football webpage. Please read them as you […]

After 6 years, well in July it’ll be that long, we have decided to make the move to a new location. We’ve outgrown the space we currently have – a lovely old character building in the middle of Buckingham town centre. It’s quite a decision to make as we really like where we are but […]

Our director Steve Warren made a trip up north through the breathtaking countryside of the Lake District to meet up with Cape employees based at the Fellside CHP Plant in Whitehaven. A beautifully warm and sunny 4.5 hour drive turned into a 9.5 hour expedition via the outskirts of such notable places as Stoke On […]

The simple answer to that is YES! The tax year runs from 6th April until the 5th April the following year. HMRC allow individuals to go back up to 4 years on claiming tax back. If you’ve never completed a tax return, at the time of writing this article, you would be able to claim […]

So down to business. As we move through April, into May and June, many of you will want to get back the tax you are owed, after either paying too much (for whatever reason) in previous years or because you have claimable expenses that your employer did not reimburse you for. We can look at […]

Up to date HMRC tax codes for each year. At this time of year HMRC starts to issue the new tax code to taxpayers for the coming year. This year, standard rate the standard rate tax code is 1060L. This means you can earn £10600 tax free. Whether you have ever completed a tax return […]