30 Mumpreneurs needed I am looking to speak with 30 Winchester self-employed mums who find tax taxing but still want to do the right thing. Are you my next research participant? If you’re a self-employed Mum and operate your small business from home, I’d love to speak to you about how you manage the madness of […]
3 New Year’s Resolutions for your Micro Business
Often the Christmas and New Year period is when many small business owners have more time on their hands to reflect on the year gone by and to start thinking about the year ahead. For those of you who are mulling over financial goals for the forthcoming year, I have come up with three key areas […]
Record keeping for the self-employed
Record keeping is an essential part of running a small business. In part one of my blog I will be looking at why you need to maintain records and what records you are required to retain. Part two, next week will look at the different ways to record you income and expenditure. A legal requirement […]
Who needs to complete a tax return?
The deadline for online self-assessment is round the corner and with all the talk about tax returns I have found it interesting, listening to people’s views regarding the completion of them. Just to clarify some of the misunderstanding surrounding who needs to complete one I have summarised below the most common reasons for needing to complete […]
The benefits of using online accounting software
Some of the more forward thinking Accountants are now jumping on the cloud bandwagon and embracing the benefits that online accounting software can bring to both client and Accountant. I, myself am a recent convert to Xero. Below I summarise some of the key benefits. 1. Cost savings No purchase of hardware or software […]
What is a bank reconciliation and why you should be doing one?
Either through a lack of time or dislike of bookkeeping chores many small business owners take cursory glances at their bank statements each week or month to confirm that the “mental tally” looks about right and fail to spend the time performing detailed bank reconciliations. This blog briefly explains why you should all be doing one. […]
The Winchester Bookkeeping Company on Facebook
One of my goals is to empower the small business owner by supporting them to better manage their business and to help make sense of all the legal requirements and financial jargon. Many such individuals needs some support from an accountant but aren’t yet at a stage where they can justify expensive accountancy fees. I […]
A boost for kitchen table start-ups
Great news for all those “kitchen table start-ups” as the government announced initiatives this week aimed at making it easier for home based entrepreneurs to do business. For too long home based businesses have been regarded as being of no economic significance. This perception is now changing. According to the Department of Business there are […]
Five reasons for the self employed to start thinking about self-assessment tax returns
The brown envelope from HMRC has arrived but is currently buried somewhere at the bottom of your filing tray waiting to be dealt with at a later date. Sound familiar? Here are five reasons why this approach may be a little short sighted and why you should start thinking about your self-assessment tax return now. […]
HMRC – Do you have a second income?
In April 2014 HMRC published details of their Second Income Campaign. This gives taxpayers the opportunity to bring their tax affairs up to date by declaring and paying unpaid tax on second incomes. A second income could include: consultancy fees, for example, providing training organising parties and events providing services such as taxi driving, hairdressing […]
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