Making Tax Digital (MTD) pe înțelesul tuturor: pe cine va afecta și la ce să ne așteptăm?

🔍 Making Tax Digital (MTD) pe înțelesul tuturor: pe cine va afecta și la ce să ne așteptăm?
Regatul Unit schimbă regulile jocului:
Din 2026, toți cei care câștigă din activități independente sau chirii vor fi obligați să folosească sistemul digital de taxe – Making Tax Digital (MTD).

Dar ce înseamnă asta? Pe cine vizează? Și de ce ar trebui să vă interesați chiar acum, chiar dacă nu sunteți „prieteni” cu tehnologia?

🤖 Ce este MTD – pe scurt
MTD (Making Tax Digital) este un program al autorității fiscale din UK (HMRC), care obligă contribuabilii să:

  1. Țină evidența veniturilor și cheltuielilor în format digital;

  2. Folosească programe software aprobate de HMRC (nu Excel sau hârtii);

  3. Trimită online rapoarte trimestriale către HMRC.

📌 Cine intră sub incidența MTD?
Se aplică dacă sunteți:
✅ Persoană fizică autorizată (self-employed)
✅ Proprietar care închiriază locuințe
✅ Combinați ambele surse de venit
Și venitul total este:

  • £50,000+ pe an → obligatoriu din aprilie 2026;

  • Peste £30,000 → obligatoriu din aprilie 2027.

💡 Software digital – ce înseamnă?
Nu este doar o aplicație. Este software aprobat oficial de HMRC care automat:

  • Ține contabilitatea;

  • Generează rapoarte fiscale;

  • Trimite datele direct către HMRC – fără declarații manuale.

Exemple: QuickBooks, Xero, FreeAgent, Sage și chiar aplicații mobile simple.
Dar există o problemă…

😓 De ce poate fi dificil MTD?
Pentru mulți, este un stres nou.
Poate fi greu de folosit dacă:

  • Nu sunteți sigur pe calculator sau telefon;

  • Sunteți în vârstă sau aveți dizabilități;

  • Nu aveți internet stabil;

  • Convingerile religioase vă limitează utilizarea tehnologiei.

🛡 Aveți dreptul la scutire!
Veste bună: HMRC permite depunerea unei cereri oficiale de scutire dacă:

  • Este imposibil fizic sau psihic;

  • Nu puteți îndeplini cerințele tehnice;

  • Sau pur și simplu nu stăpâniți tehnologia și vă temeți de greșeli.
    📨 Cererea se depune online (sau prin poștă) și puteți obține scutire oficială.

🧠 Cine trebuie să fie atent chiar acum?
👨‍🔧 Persoane fizice autorizate (constructori, electricieni, șoferi, profesori particulari)
🏠 Proprietari care închiriază una sau mai multe locuințe
🧓 Persoane în vârstă care trimiteau manual declarațiile fiscale
🧕 Persoane cu convingeri ce limitează folosirea tehnologiei
👨‍👩‍👦 Cei fără internet stabil sau cu probleme de sănătate

✅ Ce puteți face de azi?

  • Verificați dacă intrați sub MTD din 2026 sau 2027;

  • Evaluați dacă faceți față cerințelor digitale;

  • Depuneți cerere de scutire dacă este dificil;

  • Sau alegeți cel mai simplu software dacă vreți să încercați.

📣 Nu așteptați! Pregătiți-vă din timp
Faceți un pas înainte cât încă aveți timp:

📝 Vă ajutăm să:
✔ Stabiliți dacă intrați sub MTD.
✔ Înțelegeți contabilitatea digitală cu software specializat.
✔ Pregătiți cererea de scutire dacă trecerea este imposibilă.

📣 Nu amânați – acționați acum!
📬 Programați o consultație gratuită și vom analiza situația dvs., vom da recomandări și vă vom ajuta să evitați greșeli cu HMRC.

Mai multe ore gratuite la creșă/grădiniță!

(Din septembrie 2025 pentru părinții care lucrează) Pentru mulți părinți din Marea Britanie, îngrijirea copiilor mici este una dintre cele mai mari cheltuieli. Veste bună: începând cu septembrie 2025, programul de ore gratuite la creșă/grădiniță din Marea Britanie se va extinde semnificativ, permițând familiilor să economisească sute de lire sterline pe lună și mii pe an.

 

Ce se schimbă?

 

În prezent, orele gratuite la creșă/grădiniță sunt oferite conform unor reguli diferite, în funcție de vârsta copilului:

Vârsta copilului Ore gratuite pe săptămână (pentru părinții care lucrează)
9 luni – 2 ani 15 ore (din septembrie 2024)
2 – 3 ani 15 ore (din aprilie 2024)
3 – 4 ani 30 de ore

 


Din septembrie 2025:

Vârsta copilului Ore gratuite pe săptămână (pentru părinții care lucrează)
9 luni – 4 ani 30 de ore

Aceasta înseamnă că părinții care lucrează și au copii cu vârste cuprinse între 9 luni și 3 ani vor putea beneficia de 30 de ore gratuite de îngrijire pe săptămână, în loc de cele 15 ore actuale.

 

Cine poate beneficia?

 

Serviciul este disponibil părinților care:

  • Lucrează (angajați, independenți sau directori de companii LTD).
  • Câștigă cel puțin salariul minim (aproximativ 195 lire sterline pe săptămână).
  • Au depus o cerere pentru a beneficia de orele gratuite.

 

Economii Semnificative!

 

Dacă costul unei ore la creșă/grădiniță este de aproximativ 10 lire sterline, atunci prin creșterea orelor gratuite de la 15 la 30 pe săptămână, timp de 38 de săptămâni pe an, economiile dumneavoastră pot ajunge la aproximativ 5.700 de lire sterline anual – un sprijin semnificativ pentru bugetul familial!

 

Cum se aplică?

 

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Amenzi pentru erori în declarațiile fiscale: HMRC înăsprește controlul fiscal în 2025

Începând cu 2025, autoritatea fiscală britanică (HMRC) a intensificat verificările asupra declarațiilor Self-Assessment. Acum se pot aplica amenzi nu doar pentru întârziere, ci și pentru greșeli accidentale în declarație. Chiar și o eroare de tastare sau o inexactitate formală poate costa bani.

Ce consideră HMRC o eroare:
• Venit declarat prea mic (chiar și neintenționat)
• Cheltuieli exagerate fără bonuri sau facturi
• UTR sau adresă greșită
• Statut fiscal greșit (ex: director LTD care se declară self-employed)
• Orice alte date incorecte sau incomplete

Nivelul amenzilor depinde de tipul erorii:

  1. Eroare din neglijență
    Dacă nu ai verificat declarația sau ai apelat la o persoană necalificată
    Amendă: până la 30% din suma neplătită

  2. Denaturare intenționată a datelor
    Dacă ai declarat venit mai mic sau cheltuieli mai mari cu bună știință
    Amendă: 20% – 70%

  3. Ascundere intenționată a veniturilor
    Dacă ai ascuns venituri în mod deliberat
    Amendă: până la 100% sau mai mult; este posibilă răspundere penală

📌 Important: chiar dacă un contabil depune declarația, responsabilitatea legală revine contribuabilului.

Ce poți face?
Verifică atent declarațiile sau apelează la specialiști autorizați.

La Capital Empire:
• Lucrăm oficial și cu autorizație
• Verificăm toate declarațiile înainte de trimitere
• Contestăm amenzile HMRC dacă sunt nejustificate

Vorbim limba ta și îți protejăm interesele în fața autorităților fiscale

Noile reguli de călătorie în Marea Britanie din aprilie 2025 – ce trebuie să știi?

Începând cu 2 aprilie 2025, Regatul Unit introduce noi reguli de intrare pentru cetățenii care anterior puteau călători fără viză. Aceste modificări afectează cetățenii României, Lituaniei, Estoniei, Letoniei și altor țări europene.

Acum, pentru a intra în UK, vei avea nevoie de ETA – autorizație electronică de călătorie (Electronic Travel Authorisation)! ✈️

 

🔹 Ce trebuie să știi despre ETA:

✅ ETA este obligatorie pentru turism, călătorii de afaceri, vizite la familie/prieteni și tranzit.

✅ Costă doar £10 (dar taxa nu se rambursează în caz de refuz).

✅ Valabilă timp de 2 ani sau până la expirarea pașaportului.

✅ Permite intrări multiple în UK.

✅ Se aplică exclusiv online, iar procesarea durează aproximativ 3 zile lucrătoare.

✅ Poți sta în UK până la 6 luni per vizită.

✅ ETA nu garantează intrarea – decizia finală aparține Poliției de Frontieră.

 

📅 Date importante!

🔹 5 martie 2025 – începerea aplicațiilor pentru ETA.

🔹 2 aprilie 2025 – fără ETA nu vei putea urca în avion!!! 🚫

❌ Nu ai nevoie de ETA dacă ai:

✅ Settled status

✅ Pre-settled status

✅ Viză de muncă

✅ Viză de studii

✅ Alt tip de viză britanică valabilă

 

ℹ️ Sfaturi practice pentru călătoria în UK:

✔ Aplică pentru ETA din timp, în caz de întârzieri.

✔ Numele din ETA trebuie să fie exact ca în pașaport.

✔ Verifică valabilitatea pașaportului.

✔ Fă-ți asigurare medicală.

 

🚫 Cu ETA NU ai voie să:

❌ Stai în UK mai mult de 6 luni.

❌ Muncești.

❌ Primești beneficii sociale.

❌ Te căsătorești sau să aplici pentru înregistrarea căsătoriei.

❌ Folosești ETA ca metodă de a locui permanent în UK, ieșind și intrând continuu.

 

Fii la curent cu ultimele știri și pregătește-te!

Dacă ai întrebări, scrie-ne un mesaj – te ajutăm cu drag! ✅

Check if a letter you’ve received from HMRC is genuine

Letter OCA300 — repayment of student loan deductions

HMRC will contact you by letter to tell you there is a repayment of student loan deductions due.

We will include details of why the repayment is due and the employer you worked with at the time.

This letter will tell you about changes to the way we issue repayments as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.

We will ask for personal information to allow us to make a faster repayment.

You can call the Taxes general enquiry helpline to confirm this request is genuine.

Letter VPCF1 — decision to cancel your VAT registration

As part of HMRC’s VAT registration security procedures, we check registrations to test their intention to trade is valid.

If we believe you are not eligible to be registered for VAT, you may receive a letter from us advising of our intention to deregister you.

If you send us information to show you’re eligible for registration within 30 days, you will stay registered. This means you will be able to manage your VAT records with HMRC.

We will let you know what information and documents to provide. If this is not sent within 30 days HMRC will deregister the business from VAT.

OECD Pillar 2 user research with mid-sized businesses

From 13 February 2023 up to 30 April 2023 HMRC may contact you by letter.

If you’re an organisation likely to fall within the scope of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Pillar 2, you may get a letter from HMRC inviting you to take part in research. Taking part is voluntary and interviews will take place in March and April 2023.

We’ll ask how your organisation files tax returns and incorporates new tax regimes. We will not ask you to disclose any sensitive information.

If you agree to take part, information you provide will be used in the development of OECD Pillar 2 digital services.

Overdue deferred VAT

From 14 February 2023 up to and including 31 March 2023 HMRC may contact you by letter.

You may get a letter from HMRC asking you to pay your deferred VAT bill from the VAT payment period 20 March 2020 to 30 June 2020.

If you do not pay or contact us within 30 days of the date of the letter, we may charge you a penalty.

More information about how to pay your VAT bill is available.

Self Assessment — claiming a repayment

You may get a letter from HMRC asking you to contact us about your repayment claim.

We may ask you to send more information to verify your claim.

You must respond to the letter so we can make any repayments owed to you as soon as possible.

You can call the Self Assessment: general enquiries helpline if you need further support or you’re not sure if the letter is genuine.

Other letters you should check

You can also to check letters listed in HMRC contact that uses more than one communication method.

 

Увеличение выплат по пособиям с Апреля 2023

Канцлер Джереми Хант объявил в ноябре, что любой, кто получает пособия DWP, увидит увеличение на 10,1% по сравнению с апрелем в соответствии с уровнем инфляции в сентябре. Те, кто получает базовую и новую государственную пенсию, также увидят повышение на 10,1% в соответствии с Triple Lock.

Максимальный размер пособий также будет расти в соответствии с инфляцией, поскольку он увеличится с 20 000 до 22 020 фунтов стерлингов для семей по всей стране. Нижние пределы для одиноких домохозяйств без детей вырастут с 13 400 фунтов стерлингов до 14 753 фунтов стерлингов.

Новые ставки означают, что в среднем в этом году семья, получающая Universal Credit, получит около 600 фунтов стерлингов больше. DWP опубликовал полное онлайн-руководство по увеличению государственных пенсий, пособий и увеличению максимального размера пособий на веб-сайте GOV.UK.

Новые еженедельные ставки перечислены ниже, если не указано иное, и округлены в соответствии с политикой правительства Великобритании.

Attendance Allowance

  • Higher rate: £101.75 (from £92.40)
  • Lower rate: £68.10 (from £61.85)

Carer’s Allowance

  • April 2023 rate: £76.75 (from £69.70)

Disability Living Allowance / Child Disability Payment

  • Highest: £101.75 (from £92.40)
  • Middle: £68.10 (from £61.85)
  • Lowest: £26.90 (from £24.45)

Mobility component

  • Higher: £71.00 (from £64.50)
  • Lower: £26.90 (from £24.45)

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

  • Under 25: £67.20 (from £61.05)
  • 25 or over: £84.80 (from £77.00)

Incapacity Benefit (long-term)

  • April 2023 rate: £130.20 (from £118.25)

Income Support

  • Under 25: £67.20 (from £61.05)
  • 25 or over: £84.80 from (£77.00)

Jobseeker’s Allowance (contributions based)

  • Under 25: £67.20 (from £61.05)
  • 25 or over: £84.80 (from £77.00)

Jobseeker’s Allowance (income-based)

  • Under 25: £67.25 (from £61.05)
  • 25 or over: £84.80 (from £77.00)

Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental Allowance

  • Standard rate: £172.48 (from £156.66)

Pension Credit

  • Single: £201.05 (from £182.60)
  • Couple: £306.85 (from £278.70)

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) / Adult Disability payment

Daily Living Component

  • Enhanced: £101.75 (from £92.40)
  • Standard: £68.10 (from £61.85)

Mobility Component

  • Enhanced: £71.00 (from £64.50)
  • Standard: £26.90 (from £24.45)

State Pension

  • Full New State Pension: £203.85 (from £185.15)
  • Basic Old State Pension (Category A or B): £156.20 (from £141.85)

Widow’s Pension

  • Standard rate: £139.10 (from £126.35)

Universal Credit (Monthly rates shown)

Standard allowance

  • Single under 25: £292.11 (from £265.31)
  • Single 25 or over: £368.74 (from £334.91)

Couple

  • Joint claimants both under 25: £458.51 (from £416.45)
  • Joint claimants, one or both 25 or over: £578.82 (from £525.72)

Child Benefit payment rates for 2023/24

There are two Child Benefit rates in place.

Current rates per week

  • Eldest or only child – £21.80
  • Additional children – £14.45

New rates per week – from April 2023

  • Eldest or only child – £24.00

Guardian’s Allowance rates from April 2023

The new weekly rate for Guardian’s Allowance will be £20.40 – an increase of £1.85 on the current 2022/23 rate of £18.55.

Additional children – £15.90

 

Self-Assessment Tax Return (SATR) Deadline Reminder

Dear Clients,

Under current rules, the annual allowance for tax relief on pensions this tax year is £40,000.

There is also a three year carry forward option for any unused reliefs in those past years, while the lifetime limit for tax relief on total pension contributions is currently £1,073,100 which is due to remain in force until at least April 2026.

You can potentially obtain tax relief on private pension contributions worth up to 100% of your annual earnings subject to the overriding limits quoted above.

Remember, tax relief is paid on pension contributions at the highest rate of Income Tax paid which means that: –

A basic rate taxpayer can save 20% tax

A higher rate taxpayer can save 40% tax

An additional rate taxpayer can save 45% tax

If you are an employee making pension contributions, the first 20% of tax relief is usually automatically applied by your employer with no further action required by you unless you are a higher rate or additional rate taxpayer in which case you can claim back the additional tax relief owed via your Self-Assessment Tax Return.

Self-Assessment Tax Return (SATR) Deadline Reminder

Anyone who is required to submit a SATR for tax year 2021-22 and has not yet done so, please note the deadline of the 31st January is getting closer. Please remember that payment of any tax due should also be made by this date which will include the balance of any payment due for tax year 2021-22 plus the first payment on account due for the current tax year 2022-23.

If you are filing online for the first time you should ensure that you register to use HMRC’s Self-Assessment online service as quickly as possible as it may take up to 10 working days for your activation code to arrive by post and with further potential strike action a possibility, there is no time to lose.

If you miss the filing deadline, you will usually be charged a £100 fixed penalty which applies even if there is no tax to pay or if the tax due is paid on time. Subsequent failure to have submitted a return and paid the tax due by the 1st May 2023 will result in additional penalties of £10 per day up to a maximum of £900, although additional penalties may also be charged if the return and payment due remain outstanding after this.

Last year, of the 12.5 million taxpayers required to complete a Self-Assessment return, more than 2.3 million missed the deadline!

Whether your business structure is a sole trader, partnership or limited company, today’s tax rules have never been more complex and you may find that delegating this potentially stressful and time-consuming task to a professional accountant will prove invaluable and actually save you both time and money, while allowing you to focus all your creative energy on what you do best, generating profits.

Happy New Year!

The majority of employees should receive the NI cut directly via their November payroll!

What is the National Insurance increase reversal?

On 6 April 2022, National Insurance Contributions (NICs) increased by 1.25%. The NICs increase was due to be replaced by the Health and Social Care Levy in April 2023.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed in September 2022 that the increase will be reversed from 6 November 2022. Additionally, the new Health and Social Care Levy will no longer be introduced in April 2023.
From 6 November 2022 the main and additional rates of Class 1 employee NICs will be reduced by 1.25 percentage points to 12% and 2%. Class 1 employer NICs will also be reduced by 1.25 percentage points to 13.8%.

How will your employees receive the cut?

Depending on your payroll processes, the majority of employees should receive the NI cut directly via their November payroll. Some employees may not benefit immediately from the in-year reduction in NICs rates if you’re unable to update payroll software before 6 November 2022. These employees should receive the benefit retrospectively once updates to the payroll have been applied.
The Government’s policy paper makes clear that the reversal to the National Insurance increase will only apply prospectively from 6 November 2022. However, in case the new reduced rates are not applied to employees’ pay from 6 November 2022 for any reason, UK Government guidance states that, “although individuals should contact their employer for refunds as a first port of call in all circumstances, there may be circumstances where individuals may need to apply to HMRC for a refund. For example, if their employer is no longer trading, or if an individual has moved roles and their previous employer has confirmed they are unable to issue a refund retrospectively themselves”.

Does this change the Employment Allowance?

No. The Employment Allowance, an FSB-designed measure to remove the first £5,000 off every small employer’s NICs bill, will be retained at the same level. This means that small businesses can employ four staff on the living wage without paying any employer NICs.

Will there be a bank holiday for the King’s coronation?

It has been confirmed by Buckingham Palace that the coronation of King Charles III will be on Saturday 6 May 2023. The coronation ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey in London, where the King will be crowned alongside the Queen Consort.
So the date has been set, but will there be a bank holiday to mark the occasion? As the coronation is taking place on a Saturday, a bank holiday won’t be called for that day (when a moveable bank holiday falls on a weekend, a substitute day is observed). There have been calls from some MPs for the early May bank holiday (currently to take place on Monday 1 May 2023) to be moved to Monday 8 May 2023 to create a long weekend or for an extra bank holiday to be announced, but there is no confirmation of an extra or moved bank holiday right now.
There are usually eight bank holidays in England and Wales each year (nine in Scotland). There is no statutory right for employees to take time off on bank holidays, this will depend on the terms of their contracts. Bank holidays can be included in the statutory minimum 5.6 weeks’ annual leave entitlement under the Working Time Regulations (pro rata for part-time workers). The Supreme Court confirmed in Harpur Trust v Brazel that the 5.6 weeks’ statutory minimum annual leave entitlement also applies to part-year workers including term-time only, zero-hours and casual workers, and should not be pro-rated for these workers.
If an additional bank holiday is granted, usually there will be no statutory right to time off so employers will need to review their contracts of employment to determine whether their staff are entitled to time off. For example, contracts that say employees have a right to 20 days’ annual leave plus time off on eight public/bank holidays where the bank holidays are listed and there is no extra flexibility in the wording, will not have an automatic right to time off. If there is no contractual right to time off, employers can choose to give their employees an additional day of paid leave or staff can make an annual leave request in the usual way.
The coronation will be a once in a lifetime event for many, being the first coronation to take place in 70 years, so employers should be prepared for an increase in requests for annual leave in the lead-up to the day itself. Although it takes place on a Saturday, employees who work weekdays only may still want to take annual leave to travel to London in advance of the ceremony.
While the traditional Monday to Friday jobs will not be affected by the coronation being on a Saturday, businesses that run on a Saturday should consider if they need staff to work and make preparations. Some may decide to close to give staff the opportunity to watch the ceremony/travel to London or because they don’t think they will be busy. Choosing to close means that staff who would have worked on that day will be entitled to full pay for the day off, unless the employer can agree that staff take annual leave (employees might stand their ground and not agree to put a request in). Alternatively, employers can enforce annual leave provided they give the right notice (twice the amount of notice as the annual leave they want the employee to take, ie two days’ notice would be required to enforce one day of annual leave).
Other employers may be extra busy and designate the coronation day as a day when no one can take annual leave. Employers could consider arranging for staff who are required to work to watch the ceremony or part of it while at work by giving longer breaks and the additional time being made up later or allowing breaks to be moved. Some businesses may be happy to work on a skeleton staff and increase annual leave caps for the day to give more staff the opportunity to take annual leave.
While the bank holiday position for the coronation has yet to be confirmed, employers should start to consider how the coronation may affect their businesses now that the date has been set and communicate their plans with their staff. It may seem a long time until the coronation but some employees will already have started thinking about when they want to take annual leave next year, so employers need to be prepared to respond to any annual leave requests, taking into account any expected peaks in demand and staffing levels.

UNIVERSAL CREDIT AND PENSIONS KEY CHANGES

UNIVERSAL CREDIT AND PENSIONS KEY CHANGES after 17th of November 2022.
People claiming Universal Credit could see their payments rise by as much as £52 a month if expected plans are put in place next week.
Benefits, including Universal Credit, and pensions are expected to rise 10 per cent in line with inflation if Rishi Sunak bows to increasing pressure ahead of next week’s Autumn Statement. The previous prime minister, Liz Truss, said pensions would increase in line with inflation, but Rishi Sunak has not confirmed this. The Prime Minister has made it clear that the Government faces “difficult decisions” to fix the economic turmoil triggered by Liz Truss’s doomed spell in No10.