April saw the highest level of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) recorded for a single month, according to statistics released by HMRC. Nearly £1.2bn was raised from 173,430 property transactions in March.
If you are an employer you are now legally required to enroll your eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme. This reform is staged over a six-year period, and is phased depending on the size of the employer. Minimum contributions are based on what’s known as ‘qualifying earnings’. For 2016/17, this is everything over £5,824