Christina brings over a decade of senior accountancy experience, having served as the Director at MG Accountancy from 2014 to 2023, following which she completed her LLM in International Tax Law (2023–2025).
Tax compliance Christina Brown
If you have a small business in the UK, like a local retail or fashion label or offer a professional service like digital marketing, your focus should be on scaling the business and building revenue. However, as your business expands, you need to be more mindful of the books as sales volume increases, invoices pile up, and tax requirements get...
Tax compliance Christina Brown
From April 2026, digital tax reporting (as part of the Making Tax Digital initiative) is no longer optional for UK landlords with annual rental income over £50,000. HMRC has also confirmed that this threshold will fall to £30,000 from April 2027, and £20,000 from April 2028, bringing more landlords into the digital ecosystem. While most portfolio landlords may have already...
Tax compliance Christina Brown
If you are a landlord or sole trader with an income likely to exceed £50,000 in the current tax year (2026/27), you should ideally have submitted your first quarterly update by 7 August. However, if you’ve missed that deadline, you need not worry for now as HMRC has confirmed a soft landing, whereby no immediate penalty points will be issued...
Tax compliance Christina Brown
Innovation is important for growth, and therefore, businesses carrying out qualifying Research and Development (R&D) activities may be eligible for valuable Corporation Tax relief under the UK's R&D tax rules. The relief available and value will be subject to the accounting period and company specific, with different rules applying for accounting periods beginning before and after 1 April 2024. In...
Tax compliance Christina Brown
With the evolution of technology, manual spreadsheets, receipts and ledger books have been gradually phased out. While many traditional or family-owned enterprises may still be comfortable with old-fashioned financial management and bookkeeping processes, these need to be updated with new technology. As new compliance requirements, such as Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self Assessment, take shape in 2026,...
Tax compliance Christina Brown
In the UK, income tax is charged on an individual’s total or net income from all sources of earnings. The Personal Allowance, which is currently £12,570, is normally allocated to the salary earned through your main job. While you can request HMRC to allocate it to another job, if the income from your primary job is less, normally, income from...
Many UK landlords and overseas property owners fail to report rental income to HMRC, often through misunderstanding rather than deliberate tax evasion. Whether the omission was accidental or intentional, the consequences can be significant. HMRC's data-matching capabilities have become increasingly sophisticated, and rental income is now subject to greater scrutiny than ever before. The good news is that HMRC offers...
Tax compliance Christina Brown
As the 2025/26 tax year progresses, it is important that taxpayers understand their obligations for reporting income and filing their Self Assessment tax returns with HMRC on time. Missing important HMRC deadlines can result in automatic penalties, interest charges and further fines if delays continue. Planning ahead and keeping accurate records can help you avoid unnecessary costs and ensure you...
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Tax compliance Christina Brown
The UK government is trying to modernise the tax system with Making Tax Digital (MTD). This means that many individuals must register, record, and file their tax returns online using software that works with it. If you are a landlord, freelancer or sole trader and are wondering, does MTD apply to you, and what do you need to do? This...
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