Following on from my completing the Bronze iDEA award earlier this year, I was pleased to receive another envelope from Buckingham Palace today – this one containing my Silver iDEA award. The Duke of York’s Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award(iDEA) Silver level expands upon the knowledge from the Bronze award. Learning can be done on many […]
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31st October 2018 Tax Deadline
The first tax return deadline for 2018 returns is approaching… 31st October 2018. Although this deadline is for people submitting a paper tax return, it is a good deadline for everyone to use. HMRC print the statements of account after the end of October, before sending these out in December, so to ensure they are […]
Class 2 National Insurance to remain
At present, there are two different types of National Insurance for the self-employed, Class 2 and Class 4. Class 2 is a fixed weekly amount, whereas Class 4 is charged based on profits. We had been expecting Class 2 National Insurance to be abolished for some time. It was supposed to be replaced by a […]
Deadline to register for a 2018 tax return
If you have income to report to HMRC for the tax year ending 5th April 2018, the deadline to register to complete a 2018 tax return is fast approaching. You must notify HMRC by 5th October 2018 that you will be submitting a 2017/18 tax return. Once registered, you will then have until 31st January […]
HMRC 2018 Tax Return Form
Now that the 2017/18 tax year has finished, it is time to complete the 2018 tax return. Finding the form online can sometimes be a challenge – the official name for a UK tax return form is a SA100. To obtain the form and the notes, you can obtain these direct from HMRC’s website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/self-assessment-tax-return-sa100 […]
Daily fines for a late 2017 tax return are approaching
Although we have now started on completing 2018 tax returns(covering the year to 5th April 2018), there may be some people who have yet to complete the 2017 tax return. This should have been submitted to HMRC by 31st January 2018, so has already incurred a £100 fine for being late. On top of that […]
Planning for 2018 and your tax
With a little over one month to go now in the 2017/18 tax year, it is time to start planning for 2018: 1) Are you going to make any purchases in the business? If so, and you make them before 5th April then you will get tax relief straightaway in the 2018 tax return. Completing […]
Last chance to complete your 2017 HMRC tax return
The very final deadline to submit the 2017 tax return to HMRC is rapidly approaching – 31st January 2018. The deadline to have any tax deducted through your tax code in a later year (if possible) has already passed, so you will also now have to pay the tax liability by 31st January 2018 as […]
Budget 2017 Update
Today saw the 2017 Budget, thankfully some of the possible changes people had worried about were not introduced. VAT Rumours had been circulating that a possible reduction in the VAT registration limit would be announced. Currently the limit is £85000 meaning that many small businesses do not have to worry about quarterly reporting (or charging […]