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COVID-19 Updates Protecting your business and staff

COVID-19: Summary of Announcements (Update)

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COVID-19: Summary of Announcements and What You Need to be Aware Of As always we are here to support you in these unprecedented times. We are keeping an eye on all the government updates. Therefore, to help offer some clarity we have provided information below on what we know and what you need to be…

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Deferring vat payment

Covid-19 : Deferring Your VAT Payment

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COVID-19: What you Need To Do If You Want to Defer Your VAT Payment If you are a business who is due to make a VAT payment between 20th March 2020 and 30 June 2020 you can choose to defer this payment. Be aware if you currently make your payments by Direct Debit then you…

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COVID-19 Updates Protecting your business and staff

Covid-19 Summary Of Announcements

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Covid-19 Summary of Announcements and What You Need to be Aware Of As always we are here to support you in these unprecedented times. We are keeping an eye on all the government updates. Therefore, to help offer some clarity we have provided information below on what we know and what you need to be…

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Covid-19 CJRS Scheme. job retention scheme guidance

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme : Get The Details Right

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Coronavirus job retention scheme Guidance (CJRS) More guidance has been published on the coronavirus job retention scheme ( CJRS) but there are still areas that we are awaiting further information on.  The following is an update of the current position. Who can Claim? All employers can benefit from the scheme, even owner-managed businesses. Owner-managed businesses…

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3 Bookkeeping Tips to keep your business on track

3 Bookkeeping Tips to Keep your Business on Track

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Whether it’s a promise to eat clean or visit the gym more than once a month, we all take on January with the intent of creating a positive change. We may start the year with all the greatest intentions, but as life gets in the way and work builds up those resolutions begin to blur.…

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12 tips of accounting

12 Tips of Accounting

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Now that half our advent calendars have been eaten and the Christmas songs are on a loop, it’s safe to say the countdown to Christmas has begun. With most business getting ready to turn that out of office on and begin their festive celebrations, it’s important to take the time to look back on your…

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Tax Exempt Christmas Party

Christmas Party Tax Exemption

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With December here and the Christmas spirit in full swing, many businesses are getting ready to dust off their dancing shoes and dance the night away at their annual Christmas do. But before you go planning the big affair, it’s important to know what Christmas business expenses are claimable or exempt. Now nobody wants to…

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looking to grow your business? Questions to ask your accountant

Can an accountant help your business grow? The Types of Questions you should be asking

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Are you using your accountant to their full potential? Accurate financial statements and tax returns are both important. But they only tell a story of where your business was and not where it could go. This is where a good accountant can step in, armed with big-picture thinking and financial expertise. Yet, no matter how…

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Xero Cloud-based Accounting

Get to know Xero cloud-based accounting

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Xero cloud-based accounting is an accounting software tool ideal for small businesses. The Xero tool manages invoicing, purchasing, expenses, bookkeeping and so much more. At the heart, Xero is a modern accounts assistant, who lives in the cloud. Not a rain cloud, a mystical techy one you can’t see, but can access from any computer…

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Capital Gains Tax

Another acceleration of tax payment dates for CGT 

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From April 2020, payment conditions of capital gains tax are taking another acceleration. Individuals, trustees and personal representatives disposing of residential property will need to make a payment on account of any capital gains tax (CGT) within 30 days.   In 2015, non-resident landlords were the first to be hit with this acceleration of tax payment…

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