How to Check Whether Your Conveyancer Overpaid Your Stamp Duty
Learn how to check the stamp duty figure your conveyancer filed, spot missed reliefs and work out whether you can still claim it back.
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Claiming Land Remediation Relief: Contaminated or Derelict Sites
Learn how land remediation relief gives companies a 150% deduction and a 16% tax credit for cleaning up contaminated or derelict sites, and who can claim.
How to Reclaim Overpaid Stamp Duty Land Tax From HMRC: Amendment, Overpayment Relief and the Evidence Required
Learn how to reclaim overpaid stamp duty land tax from HMRC, the evidence a claim needs, and the 12-month and 4-year time limits.
SDLT on Multiple Property Purchases: What to Check Before You Complete
Learn how SDLT is worked out when multiple properties are bought together, the rates that now apply, and what to check on the return before paying.
SDLT Mixed Use Rate: How the Classification Cuts Stamp Duty and When You Can Claim the Difference Back
Learn how mixed-use SDLT rates work, when a property counts as mixed use and how to claim back stamp duty overpaid at residential rates.
Tax on Earn-Out Payments: How Each Payment Is Taxed, and When
Learn how earn-out payments from a UK business sale are taxed, when each tranche falls due, and how to keep the gain at capital rather than income rates.
Tax When Selling a Business UK: How Cash, Deferral and Loan Notes Land Differently
Learn how cash up front, deferred consideration and loan notes change the capital gains tax you pay when selling a business UK, with a worked example.
Share Sale or Asset Sale: Which Structure Leaves You Better Off?
Learn how a share sale or asset sale changes the tax a UK seller keeps, why buyers push the other way, and the rates applying from April 2026.
Capital Gains Tax When Selling a Business: How the Bill Is Worked Out and What the Seller Keeps
Learn how capital gains tax is worked out when selling a business: 2026/27 rates, allowances and reliefs, and what the seller is left holding.
The Most Common Mistakes That Get R&D Tax Relief Claims Rejected
Find out why HMRC rejects R&D tax relief claims, from missed notification deadlines to thin evidence, and how a first-time claimant avoids each mistake.
Business Asset Disposal Relief: Who Qualifies When Selling Your Company
Learn how Business Asset Disposal Relief works for company sellers: the 18% rate, the £1 million limit and the conditions for claiming.
What Is Match Funding? The Share a Business Grant Expects You to Find
Learn what match funding is, how much UK business grants expect you to put in, where to raise the share and how to plan the gap.
How to Find Regional Business Grants in Your Part of the UK
Learn how to find regional business grants in your area: Growth Hubs, the Find a Grant service, council pots and the devolved-nation schemes.
The Innovate UK Funding Grants That Exist and Who Can Win Them
Learn which Innovate UK grants exist, from Smart grants to innovation loans, who qualifies and how to apply through the Innovation Funding Service.
Business Grants vs Business Loans: Choosing the Right Funding Route
Compare business grants vs business loans: what each costs, how long each takes, and a five-question guide to deciding which to apply for.
What Is the Business Growth Guarantee Scheme?
Learn how the Growth Guarantee Scheme works, who qualifies, what changed in July 2026, and what the 70% guarantee means for the loan a lender will offer.
Signs Your R&D Adviser Is Overclaiming, and What It Costs Your Company
Spot the signs your R&D adviser is overclaiming, what repayment, interest and penalties cost the company, and how to put an inflated claim right.
Which R&D Claim Qualifying Costs Do Companies Routinely Leave Out?
Discover which R&D claim qualifying costs companies routinely leave out, from apportioned staff time to consumables, and how to capture them before you claim.