Month: July 2022
Interest Rate Increase on Late Paid Tax
Current HMRC interest rates
The current late payment and repayment interest rates applied to the main taxes and duties that HMRC currently charges and pays interest on are:
- late payment interest rate — 3.75% from 5 July 2022
- repayment interest rate — 0.5% from 29 September 2009
HMRC interest rates are set in legislation being linked to the Bank of England base rate. There are 2 rates:
- late payment interest, set at base rate plus 2.5% (the current base rate is 1.25%)
- repayment interest, set at base rate minus 1%, with a lower limit of 0.5% (known as the ‘minimum floor’) – until the base rate exceeds 1.5% this rate will remain unchanged and has been since September 2009
Dividend Trust and s.455 Rates following the introduction of the Health and Social Welfare Levy
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Following the introduction of the Health and Social Welfare Levy (An increase in the rate of National Insurance to you and me), it is now confirmed that the dividend trust rate will also increase from 38.1% to 39.35%. The change also applies for charging tax under Corporation Tax Act 2010, s 455 on loans to participators in close companies.
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