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Realistic New Year’s resolutions for your business

Caroline Hicks Academies, Accounting, Business, Business Advisory, Business strategy, Business Support, Business Taxation, Caroline Hicks, Cash flow, Charities, Employers, George Hay, Hospitality, Industry Sectors, Landlords, Large businesses, Legal, Online Accounting, Outsourced Services, Personal Taxation, Professional, Property, Property Taxation, Research & Development, Retail, Scientific, Self-employed, Small businesses, SMEs, Sole Trader, Start-ups, Tax, Team Member, Technical, Travel January 7, 2022November 16, 20232022 goals, business advisory, business growth, business owner, business plan, business resilience, cash flow, cloud accounting, new year's resolutions, tax planning 0 Comment

‘New Year’s resolutions may be a little cliché, but we challenge you to think of them differently, as we head into 2022… Reframing New Year’s resolutions Is the real problem that the New Year’s resolutions we set ourselves are unrealistic;

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Do I need an ATOL accountant?

Emma Wilsher Accounting, ATOL, Audit, Business, Business Advisory, Business Support, Economic / Business News, Emma Wilsher, George Hay, Large businesses, Legislation, Richard Dilley, Small businesses, SMEs, Team Member, Travel August 6, 2021November 16, 2023ATOL, ATOL licence, audit, Civil Aviation Authority, reporting, travel 0 Comment

ATOL registered companies are required by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to submit financial information that has been certified by an ATOL accountant. ATOL registered companies hold a current ATOL licence; this, in theory, encompasses all UK travel companies selling

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Let Property Campaign: An opportunity for Airbnb hosts

Emma Wilsher Accounting, Business, Business Advisory, Business Support, Economic / Business News, Emma Wilsher, George Hay, HMRC, Industry Sectors, Landlords, Property, Property Taxation, Tax, Team Member June 23, 2021November 16, 2023airbnb, HMRC, landlords, let property campaign, property tax, rent-a-room, rental income, self-assessment, tax investigation, tax return 0 Comment

Airbnb hosts who have neglected to declare taxable rental income have an opportunity to do so via HMRC’s Let Property Campaign (LPC). If rental income from a second property is not covered by rent-a-room relief, this should be declared on

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Charity Governance: Mitigating the risk of fraud

Emma Wilsher Accounting, Audit, Business, Business Advisory, Business Support, Charities, Charity accounting, Economic / Business News, Emma Wilsher, George Hay, Industry Sectors, Large businesses, Team Member May 14, 2021November 16, 2023advisory, charity accounts, charity code, charity governance, not-for-profit, risk mitigation, third sector, trustees 0 Comment

Charity governance is still a hot topic in the third sector, with failings of trustees, founders and key employees regularly making the news. The consequences of fraud and theft are often financial devastation for the charity itself, as well as

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Brexit Support Fund available to SMEs

Colin Airey Accounting, Brexit, Business, Business Advisory, Business Support, Business Taxation, Cash flow, Colin Airey, Economic / Business News, George Hay, Hospitality, Industry Sectors, Property, Research & Development, Retail, Small businesses, Start-ups, Tax, Team Member, VAT April 8, 2021November 16, 2023Brexit, business advice, declarations, EU, exporting, fund, importing, small business, SME, strategy, Tax, UK, VAT 0 Comment

Having left the EU, a Brexit Support Fund has been set up to help SMEs overcome the new challenges associated with importing and exporting. Qualifying for the SME Brexit Support Fund In order to qualify for up to £2,000 of

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Employer pensions contributions and the 90-day rule

Elaine Shaw Academies, Accounting, Business, Business Advisory, Business Support, Charities, Economic / Business News, Elaine Shaw, Employees, Employers, George Hay, GH Payscheme, Hospitality, Industry Sectors, Large businesses, Legal, Outsourced Services, Payroll, Property, Research & Development, Retail, Small businesses, Start-ups, Team Member March 25, 2021November 16, 2023defined benefit, employee, employer, GH Payscheme, late payment, payroll, pension scheme, pensions contributions, pensions regulator, salary sacrifice 0 Comment

There are many important responsibilities that come with being an employer; one being to ensure that pensions contributions are paid on time. You must deduct the appropriate contributions from your employee’s salaries and pay those – alongside any employer contributions

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Tax Day 2021; What can we expect?

Sarah Dixon Academies, Accounting, Business, Business Support, Business Taxation, Charities, Economic / Business News, Employers, George Hay, HMRC, Hospitality, Industry Sectors, Inheritance Tax, Large businesses, Legal, Legislation, Making Tax Digital, Personal Taxation, Property, Property Taxation, Research & Development, Retail, Sarah Dixon, Self-employed, Small businesses, Start-ups, Tax, Team Member, VAT March 16, 2021November 17, 2023budget summary, COVID-19, landlords, MTD, self-employed, Spring Budget, tax day, VAT 0 Comment

Just weeks after the Chancellor’s Spring Budget, the Treasury will hold what is being dubbed ‘Tax Day’ on 23 March. A raft of consultations which relate to tax policy, but that do not impact upon Government finances, will be released

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