Blogs

Budgeting for a sales rep

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What does a sales rep do? Sell things. And sell lots of things. In every business, there are two types of members of staff – revenue-generating and non-revenue-generating. Revenue generators bring in sales and non-revenue generators do the work which allows the revenue-generators to sell and fulfils the orders. What difference can a sales rep […]

Blogs

Which expenses can landlords deduct?

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Landlords have had a lot to cope with in the last few years. Once the darling of both the national press and HMRC as budding entrepreneurs sought to make their own financial way in life and through retirement without being a burden on the state, they have become, to many, pariahs. They have been accused […]

Client Newsletter

Make your New Year’s resolution saving tax

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What better way to start 2019 than to make significant tax savings through careful financial planning. Many of us will have made promises personally to get ourselves into better shape, but with the right advice you can get your tax affairs fighting fit as well. To help we have put together a useful article that […]

Blogs

Letting agent fees – what’s the latest?

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This week, we’ve written two articles for private residential landlords and what they can expect in 2019. This first article looks at the controversial Tenants’ Fees Bill currently working its way through the Houses of Parliament. Later this week, we look at the five main ways to save money on your tax bill by making […]

Wealth Management News

Financial illiteracy blamed for growing pensions tax take

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revealed that the lack of knowledge surrounding the current pension freedom arrangements has allowed the UK Government to collect more taxes than anticipated. The OECD Pensions Outlook 2018 found that financial literacy, which affected pensions withdrawal behaviour, was at the heart of this increased tax take. […]

Business News

Self assessment deadline approaching

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The deadline for submitting your 2017/18 self assessment return is 31 January 2019. The deadline applies to taxpayers who need to complete a tax return and make direct payments to HMRC in respect of their income tax, Classes 2 and 4 National Insurance Contributions (NIC), capital gains tax and High Income Child Benefit Charge liabilities. […]

Business News

HMRC publish details of deliberate tax defaulters

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HMRC have updated the list of deliberate tax defaulters. The list contains details of taxpayers who have received penalties either for: deliberate errors in their tax returns deliberately failing to comply with their tax obligations HMRC may publish information about a deliberate tax defaulter where an investigation has been carried out and the taxpayer has […]