HMRC tax deadlines… and new fines
We are rapidly approaching the 31st January personal tax return deadline. Many people may just be starting on the tax returns after the holidays, however there is still time to get help for them provided they don’t leave things too
Looking for help with tax and accounts
In addition to helping those looking to change accountant we can also help people struggling on their own. Bob is an example of a typical client of this type that we help: Bob is in his forties and
James McBrearty’s 2012 predictions
Happy New Year! Following from my review of 2011, below are my top three predictions for 2012: 1) The further growth of the self employed. Many of the newspaper headlines concentrate on the ‘loss’ of jobs, however fail to recognise
Employee claiming tax relief on expenses
Susan is an employee who had not completed tax returns before. Many people assume that because they are employees they do not need to complete a tax return and whilst this may be correct in many cases it could
Review of 2011 & thanks
This time of year is a good one for planning for the future, as I blogged about recently. However, it’s also important to recognise your successes from the past year as well. For myself there were three big successes in
Twixtmas – planning for 2012?
This time of year is perfect for thinking about planning for your 2012 goals, indeed Dr Misner blogged about this today. This year I am a few weeks ahead, having taken time earlier in the month to focus on my
The ghosts of websites past?
At this time of year it is good to look back on your journey so far… When it comes to websites this is made easier by the Wayback Machine – a site that archives web sites and lets you
Worried about a HMRC enquiry?
I learned recently about an ex-client who is unfortunately now being investigated by HMRC for the return they prepared themselves. Perhaps they had decided to prepare their own accounts and tax return this year with the belief that it would
Dedicated to the self employed
Last week I took a day out of the office to attend a workshop in order to focus on my plans for 2012. Whilst many people may be thinking about winding down for the holidays in a couple of weeks
Status updates, location services, and personal security?
Location-based services are again in the news. Location based services? You may not have heard of these before, basically they are easy ways of sharing where you are and what you are doing. Usually accessed by an app on your
Business Christmas cards?
This week sees the issue of our own taxhelp.uk.com branded Christmas cards. We are in a challenging economy and it may be an area where people are thinking about cutting back, however there are good business reasons for sending these:
Fantasy share prices and performance numbers?
I have been noticing increasing frustration from people with sites like Empire Avenue and Klout recently, where they are spending large amounts of time trying to get their score up and being frustrated when the result doesn’t match the effort. This
