Umbrella Companies
Umbrella Companies: Guide by DNS Accountants How do you square a circle? It’s easy: You combine self employment, independence and flexibility with security and longer term employment [...]
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Changing Accountants - The 4 Most Important Reasons Why You Should
This is the first article in our series helping you find an accountant. Are you happy with your accountancy services? In other words, is your accountant indispensible for your business? [...]
The Number of IR35 Investigations Increases Threefold!
Contractors Watch Out! The Number of IR35 Investigations Increases Threefold! The number of new IR35 investigations rose threefold in the first seven months of tax year beginning April 2012 [...]
Pay for life insurance through your limited company
Pay for life insurance through your limited company and SAVE TAX Clients of DNS Associates can fund life insurance through their businesses and, for the first time, not have to consider income [...]
The Chancellor’s Spring Budget 2013
The Chancellor’s Spring Budget – Has he done enough to get the UK back on track? "Today I’ll present a budget … helping those who want to work hard & get on." (George Osborne’s [...]
Are mobile phone purchases and running costs tax deductable?
Are mobile phone purchases and running costs tax deductable? Q: I have a query relating to mobile phone contract expenses. The contract I currently have offers me a better deal than most although [...]
Directors’ Loan Accounts
Director's Loan Accounts: understanding the implications As an accountant, I am intrigued by the government’s bizarre treatment of directors’ loan accounts. HMRC’s rules are very complex [...]
Overseas Expenses Claims: Are they Tax Deductable?
Short trips abroad for business purposes You can only claim tax relief for foreign travel paid for through your business if the trip has been wholly, exclusively and necessarily for the purpose of [...]
HMRC Tax Avoidance or Tax Evasion?
Worried about being prosecuted for tax avoidance or tax evasion? The number of investigations and possible prosecutions for tax avoidance and tax evasion is on the increase and is set to escalate [...]
Penalties and sanctions Part 4
What are the penalties and sanctions for sending inaccurate information to HMRC and Companies House? This is the fourth and final article in a series that has been concerned with the various [...]