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Making Tax Digital (MTD) Update – Key Changes Ahead
What Is Making Tax Digital (MTD) – Update September 2024 There is no doubt that we are moving into an age where everything is becoming more digital. HMRC’s initiative on…
Do you have an associated company and why does it matter?
Prior to April 2023, you would be deemed to have an associated company if your company held more than 50% of the shares in another company. This meant determining whether…
Workplace pensions – your responsibility as an employer
Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain employees into a workplace pension scheme and contribute towards it. This is called ‘automatic enrolment’, or ‘auto…
Which Accounting Records Should I Keep?
Have you ever wondered how long you need to keep paper records such as bank statements and invoices? With everything becoming more digitised, is it necessary to keep anything on…
12 Tax Saving Tips for Small Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]
As a small business owner, there are many ways to save tax and become even more profitable in your business. However, with so much to do in your business and…
UK Tax Codes Explained: What are tax codes and what do they mean?
You may recently have received a tax coding notice, because it is around now that HMRC start issuing codes for the new tax year. These codes determine the amount of…
Guide to the 2024 Reforms at Companies House
According to the Home Office, the cost of organised fraud to businesses and the public sector is around £5.9 billion a year. Consequently, the Government has been working on a…
Can I claim the cost of my mobile phone as a business expense?
The answer to this question is yes – with certain conditions. Mobile phone costs can be significant so it is worth claiming them if you can. How you claim them…
Childcare Support – Your Guide to the Changes
The March 2023 Spring Budget announced some much-needed additional support for working parents of young children, which is to be phased in from April 2024. Currently, families with children aged…
How to reduce corporation tax
From 1 April 2023, corporation tax rates changed. They now depend on the level of profits arising in the year. Companies whose profits do not exceed £50k will continue to…
VAT: Rules & Reminders
With new penalty rules coming into force for VAT, we have put together a blog outlining these and some further reminders for VAT. New penalty rules New penalties have been…
Spring budget report 2023
Report provided by ACCA The headline message from the Chancellor The Chancellor highlighted that “In the autumn we took difficult decisions to deliver stability and sound money… Today, we deliver…
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