Newsletter April 2019

CHECK YOUR STATE PENSION FORECAST

Do you know how much state pension you will receive when you retire?

You can find this figure though your online personal tax account (PTA) or sign up for one at https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account and click on ‘view state pension forecast’.

People who reach state retirement age after 5 April 2016 need 35 full years of national insurance contributions (NIC) to qualify for the full state pension. Your personal tax account also shows any gaps in your NIC record.

An incomplete NIC year will be recorded for periods in which you were contracted out of the state pension. If you are still under state pension age (which is gradually increasing to 68) you can continue to pay NIC or collect NIC credits to boost the amount of your state pension.

Self-employed individuals need to pay class 2 NIC of £153.40 for 2018-19 to achieve a full NIC year. If you are employed you can accrue a full year of NIC for free by earning between £6,032 and £8,424 for 2018-19. If you are neither employed nor self-employed you can pay class 3 NIC on a voluntary basis at £14.65 per week. Class 3 NIC can also be used to fill gaps in your NIC record for the last six years. Please note that these rates were increased for the current 2019-2020 tax year.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

1 April 2019 - Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT registered businesses mandated from today.

1 April 2019 - Due date for Corporation tax for companies with an accounting period ended 30 June 2018.

7 April 2019 - Due date for filing and payment of VAT for the period ended 28 February 2019, unless you submit a paper return then the date is 31 March 2019.


Monthly Dates:

19th of the Month:

Due date for postal payments of PAYE, NIC and CIS deductions and on-line filing deadline for CIS300 monthly return to HMRC.

22nd of the Month:

Due date for electronic payments of PAYE, NIC and CIS deductions to HMRC.
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