State Pension top ups deadline
State Pension – top-ups, is it worth it? From 12 October 2015, pensioners can boost their annual income by increasing their state pension with a state pension top-up. If you are [...]
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A Modern Accountant
Accounting: The Age-Old Profession, Employing New-Age Technology "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen [pounds] nineteen [shillings] and six [pence], result happiness. Annual [...]
Fundamentals of business Accounting
Accounting: The Age-Old Profession, Employing New-Age Technology "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen [pounds] nineteen [shillings] and six [pence], result happiness. Annual [...]
Is it worth hiring an accountant
Accountants are another business expense, but are they worth it? If you’re a contractor, freelance or small business without an accountant, you might wonder, what are the advantages of having an [...]
Your pension fund to save IHT
Using your pension fund to save paying IHT A new pension regime came into force from 6 April 2015 that allows over-55s access to their pension cash and offers the opportunity of passing on pension [...]
Capital Gains Tax Non Residents
Change in Non-resident Capital Gains Tax Rules for Sale of UK Residential Property After April 2015, all non-UK residents must inform HMRC and pay Non-resident Capital Gains Tax (NRCGT) on any [...]
Seminars and Conferences
Holding a business seminar and why you might want to consider it Why should you think about holding a business seminar? Two reasons, really: the most important is that you can promote your business [...]
Why Owner-Directors should Start a Small Self Administered Scheme (SSAS)
Why Owner-Directors should Start a Small Self Administered Scheme (SSAS) In July, the chancellor introduced changes to UK pension and tax rules that will affect many business owners and directors. [...]
AUTO-ENROLMENT AND SSAS
AUTO ENROLMENT Auto enrolment is a government initiative to help people save through a pension scheme, making it compulsory for employers to automatically enrol [...]
Get ready for Tax bill under IR35
Contractors, are you ready to allow your client to become responsible for your tax bill under IR35? As the Chancellor announced in his budget statement recently, in its battle against "disguised [...]