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Spring Budget 2023 Roundup. Will it provide stability and growth?

"In November we delivered stability, today it is growth", Mr...

Written by Phil Ainley
March 20, 2023

What taxes do small businesses have to pay?

Getting your head around tax can be tricky if you're a f...

Written by Katherine Ducie
February 16, 2023

What is tax investigation insurance?

Each year in the UK, His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (...

Written by Katherine Ducie
February 10, 2023

How to manage expenses for a small business

Although not one of the most glamorous parts of running ...

Written by Katherine Ducie
January 10, 2023

Self-employed to benefit from Self Assessment deadline changes for 2020/21

The Self Assessment tax return deadline is approaching, and ...

Written by Phil Ainley
January 18, 2022

Self-employed urged to be vigilant in the wake of increasing tax scams leading up to the 2022 self-assessment deadline

With the January 2022 self-assessment date fast approaching,...

Written by Phil Ainley
November 29, 2021

What type of training course counts as an allowable expense?

As a freelancer, there’s a range of allowable expenses tha...

Written by Katherine Ducie
April 13, 2021

Important tax dates for your freelance calendar

As a self-employed professional, one thing that will always ...

Written by Phil Ainley
January 18, 2021

Dividends and dividend tax rates for the self-employed: what do I need to know?

For some self-employed people who work through a limited com...

Written by Katherine Ducie
November 17, 2020

Winter Work Plan, how will it support the self-employed?

After cancelling this year’s Autumn Budget, the chancellor...

Written by Katherine Ducie
October 5, 2020

What are the changes to self-employed tax and how will they affect you?

The government has recently announced that a number of chang...

Written by Katherine Ducie
September 24, 2020

How will contractors benefit from the delay of private sector IR35 reform?

Since Steve Barclay, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury ann...

Written by Katherine Ducie
June 15, 2020

A guide to freelancer expenses

As a self-employed freelancer, there’s a range of expenses...

Written by Katherine Ducie
June 10, 2020

Further guidance issued on furloughing employees and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)

HMRC have now published more detailed guidance on furloughin...

Written by Phil Ainley
May 6, 2020

How does HMRC define a PSC?

What is a Personal Service Company? Found across all indust...

Written by Katherine Ducie
March 31, 2020

Top Business New Year’s Resolutions

New Year Resolutions for freelancers, contractors, the self-...

Written by Katherine Ducie
January 6, 2020

What can we expect in the 2019 Autumn Budget?

It is expected that the 2019 Autumn Budget will follow the s...

Written by Phil Ainley
October 8, 2019

5 tips to improve your fortunes as a freelancer

If you want to improve your fortunes as a freelancer, you wi...

Written by Phil Ainley
February 18, 2019

How to Prepare Your Business for Making Tax Digital

In April 2019, HM Revenue & Customs will introduce Makin...

Written by Phil Ainley
February 1, 2019

How to have a productive day as a freelancer

Freelancing can be a very liberating way to earn a livin...

Written by Phil Ainley
January 4, 2019

5 ways to reduce your tax bill when self-employed

Self-employment can bring a range of benefits, but it also c...

Written by Phil Ainley
December 10, 2018

Autumn Budget 2018 – What can we expect?

With the Autumn Budget looming large on the horizon, we look...

Written by Phil Ainley
October 23, 2018

Protect your loved ones, tax efficiently

Those that make the decision to work for themselves and run ...

Written by Phil Ainley
August 29, 2018

It’s a new tax year… so what’s changed and how will it affect limited company owners and SMEs?

April 6th 2018 marked the start of the new tax year, so what...

Written by Phil Ainley
May 3, 2018