
Beware self employed contributions trap
To qualify for the full, new State Pension you will need to have 35 years of contributions. At present, the self-employed pay Class 2 (a
To qualify for the full, new State Pension you will need to have 35 years of contributions. At present, the self-employed pay Class 2 (a
HMRC has published a list of popular misconceptions that taxpayers have about letting property. We have listed below a summary of situations where you will
If you use standard VAT accounting – pay VAT on sales when invoiced and claim back VAT on purchases when invoiced – you may have
If your employment requires that you obtain and maintain membership of a professional organisation, you can make a claim to set the cost against your
If you are a client, and registered to submit a Self Assessment tax return, we can provide you with a statement that you can use
We are often asked by self-employed clients to explain why their tax bills are high in proportion to the amount they withdraw from their business
The government has proposed a wide-ranging ban to prevent pension scams. The consultation listed the sorts of phone conversations that the government intends to fall
This is a question we are regularly asked by clients. Usually, the conversation is triggered when we discuss the end of year accounts. Before we
On the face of it, the rent-a-room relief is straight forward: if your gross rents from letting are not more than £7,500 in the current
Whilst it is possible to involve your children in your business, this is a strategy that should be approached with caution. Giving shares in your
We are often asked to register a trading name for an existing company. Usually, this is done so an incorporated business can develop a new
If you are employed, or receive a pension from a non-State provider, any tax you should pay is probably deducted before payment under the PAYE
Many people die without making a Will. In legal terms, this means they die “intestate”. When this happens, the estate must be shared out according
No-one is going to complain if you pay more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage rates – which ever applies. However, there
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is the government’s latest attempt to fully digitise the process of collecting data from taxpayers so they can speed up the