Why Adequate Business Insurance is Essential for Small Businesses
For small business owners, especially those operating as sole traders or in partnerships without limited liability, having adequate ...
Business Advice: An Investment, Not a Cost
Flexible planning is essential for adapting to uncertainty, responding to challenges, and seizing new opportunities. The world is ...
Group relief for trading losses
Group relief helps reduce the overall Corporation Tax of a group of companies by allowing them to share ...
Self-Employed National Insurance Contributions
Self-employed individuals earning £12,570 or more annually must pay Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs). For 2024-25, rates ...
Tax and Maintenance Payments
Maintenance Payments Relief reduces Income Tax for those making court-ordered payments to an ex-spouse or civil partner. To ...
How VAT Payments on Account Work
Businesses owing over £2.3 million in VAT annually must make advance payments on account. These are based on ...
Child Benefits for over 16s
From April 2025, Child Benefit increases to £26.05 for the eldest child and £17.25 for others. Payments stop ...
Government backed Start-Up Loans
The Government-backed Start-Up Loans scheme offers unsecured loans of £500 to £25,000 per person (up to £100,000 per ...
Beware of rushing to judgement before terminating employment.
A Tribunal has ruled that a deputy security manager was unfairly dismissed, despite performing “no prescribed tasks” while ...
Changes to online filing of accounts at Companies House
The Online Accounts and Company Tax Return (CATO) service is scheduled to close on 31 March 2026. ...
Why flexible planning is advisable
Flexible planning is essential for adapting to uncertainty, responding to challenges, and seizing new opportunities. The world is ...
Tax Diary April/May 2025
1 April 2025 – Due date for corporation tax due for the year ended 30 June 2024. 19 ...
