Publications

We have put together a series of useful Business Guides, available to download.

The Capital Goods Scheme for VAT

The VAT capital goods scheme affects input VAT recovery relating to high-value capital assets. Input VAT is a tax incurred on most purchases made by VAT-registered firms, and they can usually reclaim it from HMRC in full. The scheme usually applies to partially-exempt...

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Personal Tax Planning 2020/2021

The Government left it to the very last minute to announce its tax plans for 2020/21. Fortunately, Chancellor Rishi Sunak had few surprises up his sleeve in the Spring Budget. 

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Tax Card 2020/2021

Download your FREE Tax Card for 2020/2021 to find out the latest changes to tax rates, allowances & legislation from April 2020.

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Can you Improve your Profitability?

Identifying unrealised potential Take your profit and loss (P&L) statement, for example. In itself, it simply provides a historical record of how your business has already performed - it does not explain how to improve your performance in the future. But our...

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Managing a Contractor

A number of businesses use contractors and subcontractors to carry out short-term work or to supply specialist skills on specific projects. Outsourcing work like this can be cost-effective and can make use of particular knowledge, experience and skills that may not...

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Employed or Self-Employed?

The question as to whether someone is employed or self-employed is not as straightforward as it might at first appear. Many people assume they are free to choose, but HMRC state this is not the case. How do you decide? Although there is no clear-cut answer to this...

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Managing Business Budgets and Finances

Introducing the discipline that finance management brings means a business is much better placed to organise and plan its development. Most financial management is relatively simple to implement, and the advantages of doing so far outweigh the time and resources...

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