# Kent Tax Specialists

> Reliable Tax Services Across Kent


## Posts

- [Tax When You Retire: 10 Things HMRC Won't Tell You About](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/tax-when-you-retire/): For your entire working life, PAYE handles your tax in the background.
- [How UK Income Tax Works in 2026/27: A Beginner's Guide to Tax Bands and the 60% Trap](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/how-uk-income-tax-works/): Most people pay income tax every month through PAYE without ever really understanding how the system works.
- [What Software Do I Need for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/making-tax-digital-software-income-tax/): Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for ITSA) is coming, and one of the first practical questions people ask is: what software do I actually need to use?
- [Do I Need to Tell HMRC About Rental Income?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/do-i-need-to-tell-hmrc-about-rental-income/): If you rent out a property, whether it is a second home, a flat you inherited, or a room in your own house, you need to know when HMRC expects to hear about it.
- [What Is the High Income Child Benefit Charge and Do I Need to Pay It?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/high-income-child-benefit-charge-explained/): Child Benefit is claimed by millions of families across the UK.
- [What Is Payment on Account and How Do I Reduce It?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/what-is-payment-on-account/): If you have just filed your first Self Assessment tax return and received a bill that is nearly double what you expected, you have almost certainly encountered the payment on account system.
- [How Does the Marriage Allowance Work and Can I Claim It?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/how-does-marriage-allowance-work/): Most couples assume that once they're married, their tax affairs stay entirely separate. In many cases that's true.
- [Furnished Holiday Let Tax Rules: What Landlords Need to Know After 2025](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/furnished-holiday-let-tax-rules-2025/): Furnished Holiday Lettings have long been one of the more tax-efficient ways to hold property in the UK, but the rules changed significantly from April 2025.
- [Voluntary Disclosure to HMRC: When to Come Forward and Why It Pays Off](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/voluntary-disclosure-to-hmrc/): Few situations cause more anxiety than realising your tax affairs are not in order.
- [What Is a P800 Tax Calculation and What Should I Do?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/what-is-a-p800-tax-calculation/): Getting a letter from HMRC can feel alarming, even when it turns out to be good news.
- [Tax on Savings Interest: How Much Can You Earn Tax-Free?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/tax-on-savings-interest-how-much-tax-free/): Most people know that interest earned on savings is technically taxable income, but far fewer realise that there are several allowances that can protect a significant amount of that interest from tax entirely.
- [What Is Gross Payment Status and How Do I Apply?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/what-is-gross-payment-status-cis/): If you have been working as a CIS subcontractor for a while, you may have heard other tradespeople talk about gross payment status and how much better it is for cash flow.
- [How to Register for CIS as a Construction Subcontractor](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/how-to-register-for-cis-as-subcontractor/): If you are starting out as a construction subcontractor in the UK, one of the first things you need to sort out is registering for the Construction Industry Scheme.
- [What Is Business Asset Disposal Relief and Who Qualifies?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/what-is-business-asset-disposal-relief/): Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR), formerly known as Entrepreneurs Relief, is a Capital Gains Tax relief that reduces the rate of tax on qualifying gains when you sell or close a business.
- [Capital Gains Tax on Inherited Property: What You Need to Know](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/capital-gains-tax-on-inherited-property/): Inheriting a property can feel like a windfall, but it also comes with tax obligations many people are not prepared for.
- [What Records to Keep for My Tax Return?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/what-records-to-keep-for-tax-return/): One of the most common mistakes taxpayers make is not knowing what records to keep for their tax return throughout the year.
- [How to Register for Self Assessment with HMRC](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/how-to-register-for-self-assessment/): If you have started working for yourself, received rental income for the first time, or found yourself in a situation where not all your tax is collected through PAYE, registering for Self Assessment is the first step.
- [Section 24 and Buy-to-Let Tax: How the Rules Changed and What It Means for You](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/section-24-buy-to-let-tax-explained/): Section 24 is the single biggest tax change to affect private landlords in the last decade.
- [How to Check If You Have Overpaid Tax Through PAYE](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/how-to-check-if-you-have-overpaid-tax-paye/): Millions of employed people in the UK have overpaid tax through PAYE every year without knowing it.
- [Capital Gains Tax on Property Sales: A Plain English Guide for 2025](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/capital-gains-tax-on-property-sales-guide/): Selling a property in the UK triggers Capital Gains Tax if you make a profit.
- [HMRC Enquiry Letter: What Should I Do?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/hmrc-enquiry-letter-what-to-do/): Opening a letter from HMRC announcing an HMRC enquiry into your tax return is one of the most unsettling things that can happen to a taxpayer.
- [Am I Owed a CIS Tax Refund? How to Check and Claim](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/am-i-owed-a-cis-tax-refund/): If you work in the construction industry as a subcontractor and your contractors deduct tax from your payments, there is a very good chance you are owed money back from HMRC.
- [What Expenses Can Landlords Claim on Their Tax Return?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/what-expenses-can-landlords-claim-tax-return/): One of the most common questions buy-to-let landlords ask is what expenses landlords claim against their rental income.
- [How Many Years Can You Claim a CIS Tax Refund Going Back?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/how-many-years-can-you-claim-cis-tax-refund/): If you have been working as a construction subcontractor under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and have never filed a Self Assessment return, you could have several years of tax refunds sitting unclaimed with HMRC.
- [Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: What You Need to Do Before April 2026](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/making-tax-digital-for-income-tax-april-2026/): Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment is coming, and for many sole traders and landlords across Kent the clock is already ticking.
- [What Happens If You Miss the Self Assessment Deadline?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/what-happens-if-you-miss-self-assessment-deadline/): The 31 January deadline for online Self Assessment returns is one of the most important dates in the UK tax calendar.
- [Do I Need to File a Self Assessment Tax Return?](https://kenttaxspecialists.co.uk/do-i-need-to-file-a-self-assessment-tax-return/): Every year, thousands of people in Kent receive a letter from HMRC asking them to file a Self Assessment tax return, and every year, thousands more who should be filing one simply do not.

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