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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

10 Reasons why it pays to submit your tax return early

May 15, 2016 By Karen Upcraft

It pays to do your tax return early

Who has sat down at the last minute to do their tax return only to discover that there is something they don’t understand, paperwork that can’t be located or that their tax position is more complicated than first envisaged? And, then the problem you discover is that there’s not enough time to figure it out […]

Filed Under: Bookkeeping and accounting, Budgeting for small business, Business planning, Personal taxation, Record keeping, Self assessment, Self employment, Tax planning Tagged With: bookkeeping, Self employed income tax, Self-employment, sole trader self assessment, tax planning, Tax returns

Can I claim for my food and drink expenses?

September 23, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

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Running your own small business is tough at the best of times but trying to fathom what you can and cannot claim for your business costs and expenses can seem like an impossible task. Food and drink costs are no exception and the rules around claiming these costs as a sole trader can seem complicated […]

Filed Under: Personal taxation, Self assessment, Self employment, Working from home Tagged With: Allowable expenses, Claiming food and drink, self assessment, Self-employment, sole trader, Tax returns

Making your charitable donations go further

September 16, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

There has been a spate of charitable giving in my household recently. My girls have just come back from a 10km run, supporting a charity close to our hearts. There have been trips to Naomi House with clothes that no longer fit and toys they’ve outgrown. On the global scale, we’ve seen disaster appeals for the earthquake […]

Filed Under: Personal taxation, Self assessment, Self employment Tagged With: Personal tax, self assessment, Self-employment, tax relief charitable donations

You’re a sole trader – do you really need an Accountant?

September 4, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

Use an accountant

You’re a sole trader with a small business – do you really need an Accountant? You may be surprised to learn that there is no mandatory requirement for sole traders to use an Accountant and, there will be many occasions when you can confidently forge ahead on your own steam. But, can you dispense entirely of […]

Filed Under: Accounting software, Bookkeeping and accounting, Personal taxation, Pricing your product and services, Record keeping, Self assessment, Self employment, Starting Up, VAT Tagged With: Self-employment, sole trader bookkeeping, sole trader self assessment, Using an accountant

Pricing your product or service – 3 common pitfalls to avoid

June 30, 2015 By Karen Upcraft

Pricing your product and service

Pricing your product or service can be so tricky.  There’s your goal – to build a profitable, sustainable business. At the same time you’re working at making yourself both affordable and accessible to customers who value your product or service. But, at times, do you wonder whether you’ve got it right? If your price is too […]

Filed Under: Business planning, Pricing your product and services, Self employment, Starting Up Tagged With: Pricing your product and service, Self-employment, starting up a business

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