As a Sole Traders it is important to know what you can claim to avoid paying more tax than you need to, and to make sure you don’t buy things that aren’t allowable business expenses. The tricky thing for the self employed is knowing what you can and can’t claim! As with all expenses the […]
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Despite what some people may believe there is a wide range of reasons other than being self employed that may cause HMRC to ask you to complete a self assessment tax return. The most common are self employment, owning a rental property or being a director of a limited company. Below are some of the
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When it comes to claiming the expense of workwear and corporate gifts it is all about using your logo! You can buy workwear with your logo on it and it will be a taxable expense. Most other clothing is not going to be allowed unless its very clearly specifically for business. Maybe you need some
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Despite government pressure for everyone to return to the office now, there is resistance to this. Employees are enjoying the option to work from home particularly saving time and money on the commute, and employers are seeing the cost saving potential of shutting offices down or reducing the number of people in the office at
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When starting your own business you have to make a choice about how you would like your business set up. The main choice is between a sole trader or setting up a limited company. There are advantages and disadvantages of both and what is right for one person may not be right for you. What
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One of the first hurdles to cross when starting your own business is getting everything set up and ready to go. You’ve finally settled on a limited company over being a sole trader and want to get started, but aren’t sure of what you need to do or if you’ve covered everything. Here is our handy checklist to
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Once the accounts and tax return have been filed the next step is to pay HMRC. We often get asked how to do this! You can pay the corporation tax bill online here.To do this you will need the company’s payment reference number. This will be on the payment notice sent from HMRC. Corporation Tax –
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R&D is a tax relief you can claim from HMRC for technical development and research projects and it well worth looking into if you think you could be eligible. We hooked up with Simon Bulteel from Cooden Tax Consulting to get his top tips for R&D as its an area that is definitely worth exploring,
We’ve had the big budget announcement I was waiting for, and sadly it’s pretty pants news for small limited companies! If you’re a sole trader or landlord, good news for you is that not an awful lot is changing. Rates are staying the same apart from your Capital Gains allowance dropping from £12,300 to £6,000.
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The tax year end is also rapidly approaching, what do you need to do to make sure you’re prepared? The new tax year is looking to be a bit of a beast with the new tax rates incoming. Very helpfully we still don’t know for certain what is coming in April. Which is really ace
Accounting hints, tips, and updates
Want our fortnightly/monthly rambling on some handy accounting things? We attempt to make it slightly less boring than reading the back of shampoo bottles but can’t make any promises.
2 Sisters Accounting is a Limited company registered in England and Wales Registration No. 11167998
Reg office: International House, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ
