Potentially a tax-free way to make the most out of your unused land For those of you with a sizable garden, you may have thought at some point that you may not be using this space to its full potential. Maybe you were planning to grow some vegetables and then realised, you don’t have the…Read More
The government have introduced changes to the way that Capital Gains Tax for residential properties is reported and paid with effect from 6th April 2020. These changes mean that when you sell a residential property in the UK that results in a Capital Gains Tax liability you will have 30 days from completion of the…Read More
A PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) allows you, as an employer, to make an annual payment to cover all the tax and National Insurance due on minor, irregular or impracticable expenses or benefits for your employees. Class 1B national insurance is due on PSA’s which means that the expense or benefit does not need to be…Read More
Small-business owner-managers Do you want to know how to draw £50,000 from your company and pay just £2,663 in tax and NI whilst saving £1,726 in corporate tax? Or even better, do you want to know how to draw £50,000 from your company and pay just £3,023 in tax and NI whilst saving £2,375 in…Read More
Who can get the Self-Employed grant? Sole traders or partners in a trading partnership, but not director/owners of limited company businesses. What will you get? A taxable grant representing up to 80% of your average profits if you meet the following criteria: you submitted your tax return for 2018/19 ( year ended 5th April 2019…Read More
On Thursday evening, Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the eagerly awaited government aid plans for the self-employed in the UK. The scheme looks to mirror the current support offered to the employed by offering an 80% guarantee on income up to £2,500 per month (dependant on conditions). How much will I get? Much like the scheme…Read More
With the vast majority of the country practising ‘social isolation’ during the outbreak of the Coronavirus, we are seeing that more money is remaining in pockets and out of the cash flow of small businesses. We look at some of the solutions available to help businesses protect themselves through this potentially difficult time financially. Government…Read More
It was announced that there would be an increase to the tapered annual allowance for pensions. There will be a £90,000 increase to ‘threshold income’ – increasing it from £110,000 to £200,000. Broadly speaking threshold income is your net income less your gross personal pension contributions. This means that individuals with a threshold income of…Read More
Keeping track of stock can be a tedious process that business owners dread on a daily, weekly or monthly occurrence depending on how often you may like to do a stock count. However, QuickBooks Online can do this for you, with no extra work other than the standard bookkeeping that you have to currently do…Read More
If your company is in the construction industry, you may like to track all income produced by individual jobs. However, this can be quite hard to do – especially if there is more than one job corresponding to a client. Perhaps you would like to keep on top of purchases made to complete jobs? If…Read More
The day of the red briefcase, budget day is just around the corner. Set to be unveiled on 11th March, provided the reshuffle doesn’t delay proceedings, here is a look ahead at what we might be able to expect: Entrepreneur’s relief (Bad news for successful business owners) With the Tories promising to review Entrepreneur’s relief,…Read More
Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) are investment companies, listed on the London Stock Exchange, that aim to provide higher income earners with the opportunity to invest their money into smaller businesses in exchange for favourable tax breaks. VCT’s look to collect money from individual investors/groups and re-invest the funds into smaller UK businesses in order to…Read More
There has been a large increase in the number of landlords purchasing a property in limited companies rather than personally in the past few years. This is mainly due to the changes in finance relief available for buy-to-let properties as set out in the 2017 budget. In this blog, we detail the key differences in…Read More
As an Employer, it’s been a long and uncertain 3 years for the UK and Brexit and especially for members of your team who are EU nationals living and working in the UK. From a business perspective, this uncertainty could have a very negative impact on your business if retaining EU national staff, and recruiting…Read More
Ever wondered why the tax year starts on the 6th of April and ends on the 5th of April the following year? Most logical thinkers would question as to why the tax year doesn’t coincide with the calendar year than runs to the 31st of December. In order to get to the bottom of this,…Read More
In the corporate world, sometimes things aren’t exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures.
George W. Bush
