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But my friend claims that as a tax expense……..

November 24, 2017 By Karen Upcraft

claiming a tax expense

Being able to chat to a friend about the ups-and-downs of running your small businesses can sometimes make all the difference to getting through the week with your sanity intact. You’re out there on our own so sharing the success, moaning about the difficulties and working out the parts you don’t have first-hand knowledge in, can […]

Filed Under: Personal taxation, Self assessment, Self employment, Tax planning, VAT Tagged With: personal taxation, self assessment tax, sole trader self assessment, sole traders tax return, tax planning, Tax returns, Using an accountant

Are you guilty of sabotaging self-employment?

May 21, 2017 By Karen Upcraft

Are you guilty of sabotaging self-employment?

It’s taken commitment, guts and talent to create something out of nothing. And that’s something to celebrate! But the self-employment path is littered with challenges. Things like market conditions, competition, and supply and demand remain outside our control. But often it’s the things we can actually control that we’re guilty of unintentionally sabotaging. Maybe it’s […]

Filed Under: Accounting software, Bookkeeping and accounting, Pricing your product and services, Record keeping, Self assessment, Self employment, Starting Up, Working from home Tagged With: record keeping, self assessment, self assessment tax, Self-employment, sole trader bookkeeping, sole trader self assessment, solopreneurs, starting up a business, Tax returns, Using an accountant

What happens if I don’t file my self-assessment tax return on time?

January 14, 2017 By Karen Upcraft

Self-assessment deadline

    If you’re new to self-assessment or haven’t quite got your act together on the paperwork front, you may worrying about whether you’re going to “make it” before the deadline and anxious about the repercussions of a late tax return submission to HMRC. Here are the facts: Your tax return for 2015-16 is due […]

Filed Under: Personal taxation, Self assessment, Self employment, Starting Up Tagged With: personal taxation, self assessment, self assessment tax, self employed, sole trader, tax planning

What is a tax enquiry and how can you avoid one?

June 28, 2016 By Karen Upcraft

Tax Enquiry and how to avoid one

Tax enquiry, Tax investigation, eek … all sounds a bit scary doesn’t it?  And, when it comes to your small business accounts and taxes, haven’t you spent enough sleepless nights worrying about whether you are doing everything legally and above board? Facing up to a Tax Enquiry can seem like a daunting prospect. And I’ll […]

Filed Under: Accounting software, Bookkeeping and accounting, Personal taxation, Record keeping, Self assessment, Self employment Tagged With: accounting software, bookkeeping, self assessment tax, Self-employment, sole trader account, Tax Enquiry, Tax returns, Using an accountant

A Tax Return Checklist (part 1)

November 14, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

Regular bookkeeeping

It’s that time of year again. Goodness only knows where you’ve put that receipt, what you could or should be claiming for, how you’ll get through your tax return with your sanity intact. Sound familiar? To ease you into that zone of inner calm, I have put together a 2 part guide (part 2 will be […]

Filed Under: Personal taxation, Record keeping, Self assessment, Self employment, Working from home Tagged With: 2014-15 tax year, self assessment tax, sole trader self assessment, sole traders tax return, tax return

What the 2015 Summer Budget means for Sole Traders

July 12, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

2015 summer budget

Have you been left wondering why we’ve just had yet another Budget this year and what it all means for sole trader businesses and you personally? We did have a Budget back in March this year but after a new government has been elected the Chancellor traditionally has to announce a new one.  The difference was […]

Filed Under: Personal taxation, Self assessment, Self employment Tagged With: personal taxation, self assessment tax, Self employed income tax, Summer budget 2015

Starting a business: the sole trader’s introduction to getting it right first time

April 21, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

You’ve had the idea to start a business and are full of excitement. It’s taken courage to decide to reinvent yourself, to become your own boss. But right now your to-do list is getting you down. There’s your “big idea” but then there’s all these other annoying parts of the jigsaw puzzle that need to […]

Filed Under: Accounting software, Bookkeeping and accounting, Record keeping, Self assessment, Self employment, Starting Up, Working from home Tagged With: creating a business, record keeping, self assessment tax, sole trader bookkeeping, starting a business

A sole traders guide to the Budget 2015

March 24, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

Budget 2015 for sole traders

You heard it on the radio (until you dozed off), you caught some of the headlines in the press, you read the papers the next day but, you haven’t really had the time to get to grips with the main content or sift through the bits that impact you as a sole trader. I understand how […]

Filed Under: Record keeping, Self assessment, Self employment Tagged With: budget 2015, self assessment tax, self employed

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