Christmas & New Year Opening Hours 2024
Our standard office hours of 9am – 5pm Monday – Thursday remain until 5pm on Thursday 19th of December. We will re-open in the New Year on Monday 6th January 2025 at 9am.
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How landlords can save tax with the Marriage Allowance
In the UK, landlords are able to save tax by sharing the Personal Allowance of their lower-earning spouse. This way, they can maximise the total household’s take-home pay without falling foul of the taxman. What is the Marriage Allowance? The Marriage Allowance is a tax perk for married couples and those in civil partnerships. It […]
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Declaring SEISS grants on your Self Assessment tax return
The Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) has been a lifeline to many sole traders during the coronavirus pandemic. Provided they’ve met the necessary criteria, these individuals have been supplemented with up to 80% of their average trading profits. However, these grants are taxable – meaning that they’re subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions […]
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Financial support for businesses affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Financial support for businesses Advice for businesses and employees affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19). Latest government guidance – Financial support for businesses during Coronavirus https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/News/News-Features/COVID-19/Employers-and-businesses/Financial-support-for-businesses/Financial-support-for-businesses.aspx
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Financial Support for Business during this pandemic
The government have introduced unprecedented help for businesses and further measures are in the pipeline. This link gives more information: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/covid-19-support-for-businesses Please call and speak to your normal contact if you would like to talk these through.
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What are you paying your accountant for?
The popular image of an accountant is of someone with an encyclopaedic knowledge of tax rules who spends their days tapping figures into a calculator. But these days, the truth is somewhat different Much of the number crunching traditionally performed by accountants can now be handled by decent accounting software. You can use this to automate […]
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Becoming an employer – online e-tutorial
The “Becoming an employer” online e-tutorial from HMRC will take you through the whole process at your own pace and give you all the information you’ll need when you become an employer for the first time. It even includes helpful tips and case studies from others who have been there before. Becoming an employer – […]
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Office Opening Hours 2018
This year our Christmas Opening hours will be Monday 24th: 9 – 5 Tuesday 25th : Closed Wednesday 26th : Closed Thursday 27th : 9 – 5 Monday 31st : 9 – 5 Tuesday 1st : Closed normal hours to resume from the 2nd January
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Key Tax Dates for Autumn 2018
Key Tax Dates for businesses in Autumn 2018 including September, October, November and December September 2018 30: Reclaim VAT on supplies from other EU countries if not already claimed in your regular tax return. October 5: Deadline for registering income not fully taxed or any capital gains tax liabilities for the 2017/2018 tax year. 19: […]
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Key 2018 tax dates for small businesses
JULY 2018 5 Agree Terms of HMRC PAYE Settlement Agreement for 2017-2018 6 Submit P11D (non payrolled only), P11D(b). Give copies to employees. Submit employee share sheme annual return for 2017-2018 19 Pay Class 1A NICs on 2016-2017 taxable benefits and award schemes 31 Second self-assessed tax instalment due. Additional surcharge on unpaid 2016/2017 income […]
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