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Invoices (receipt, invoice, vat) help.

Hi everyone,My apologies for not posting for a while, I have been really busy.The issue I have just come across is incoice/receipts.So we issue a quote to a customer and they accept.We then take a deposit payment to cover material cost and give them

Started by Marc Ollerenshaw in Accountancy

20 Replies · Reply by Marc Ollerenshaw Dec 19, 2016

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HMRC advice for making tax digital

Started by Phil Voice in Accountancy and Business

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Self assesment tax returns -soon to be four times a year

If you missed the annoucement last year from Mr Osbourne we, who are self employed, will soon have to "do" a return four times a year. Not being overly keen to do one a year I signed up to the petition at the UK gov web site. Today i recieved the fol

Started by Andy in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Andy Jan 5, 2016

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Tax statement errors affect thousands, says HMRC

From the BBC:

Thousands of people will receive a second tax statement from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after their first estimate was miscalculated.

More than five million taxpayers received an initial estimate because they paid the wrong amount of

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Vehicle tax discs no longer necessary after 01 October 2014

From 1 October 2014, the paper tax disc will no longer need to be displayed on a vehicle windscreen. If you have a tax disc with any months left to run after this date, then it can be removed from the vehicle windscreen and destroyed.

Customers with

Started by Phil Voice in Vehicles

12 Replies · Reply by David Cox Sep 8, 2014

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New to self employment ? Paying tax bills

Useful Tweet from FSB;

‏"@fsb_hq : If you're a start up who has just paid your first tax bill, this from HMRC might help prepare for the next: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/tools/sa-ready-reckoner/index.htm"

Started by Gary RK in Business

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Working tax credits.

Any advice on this for the general good or do you know what hours staff need to be over to make a claim if required ?

just a thought if any people are struggling after working hard/ costs removed.

can staff be self-employed also if they wish?

it could b

Started by Lawncare-4u.co.uk

2 Replies · Reply by David Grimes Feb 15, 2014

Preparing records before the self-assessment deadline on 31 January

The last day for submitting online tax returns is the 31 January.

If this deadline isn't met then HMRC will impose a £100 fine, with further fines should the situation become protracted.

The Guardian Small Business Network gives advice on the final p

Started by Landscape Juice in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Rob Taylor Jan 29, 2014

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We're no different to a self-employed trader when it comes to tax... says Vodafone

"Vodafone is no different to any other UK business, whatever its size: if a self-employed trader buys a new computer or a large UK business borrows money to build a new warehouse, exactly the same rules apply."

The Vodaphone statement in full:

As we

Started by Phil Voice in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Phil Voice Dec 19, 2013

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Simpler Income Tax: cash basis

Cash basis is a way of working out your income and expenses for your Self Assessment tax return.

You can use cash basis if you:

are a small self-employed businesses (sole traders and partnerships)
have an income of £79,000 or less a year (this is th

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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A bit of good news for small businesses?

Not that I'm in anyway a fan of the current regime but at least today's budget could offer some good news for small businesses or sole traders in our industry

Tax threshold to be raised to £10,000 in 2014 - a year earlier than planned

New employment al

Started by Jenny Bloom in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Ofer El-hashahar Mar 20, 2013

Simpler Financial Reporting for Micro-entities consultation

The European Union has recently defined a new category of company, the “micro-entity”.

See here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/86259/13-626-simpler-financial-reporting-for-micro-entities-consultation.pdf

Started by Landscape Juice in Accountancy

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Council green waste bins and council tax

The local council in my area (Selby District Council) are considering implementing a charge of £82 per year for the green waste collections that are currently paid for as part of householders council tax. The theory behind this being that the council

Started by Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance in Waste

10 Replies · Reply by Austin Powell-Allen Mar 21, 2013

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HMRC free online "tax return" webinars for Sole Traders

HM Revenue & Customs is offering free online webinars to sole traders who are filing a tax return online for the first time.

This calculator from the Forum of Private Business allows you to work out your annual company car and fuel benefit liabililty.

Car benefit is a charge to tax on an employee for the benefit of having a car available for private use.

Car fuel benefit i

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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SMEs face more HMRC pressures

It is a concern to note that HMRC are to delve deeper into the affairs of SMEs with the potential cause more financial misery.

In today's Independent:

Crackdown on small firms, a blind eye for big business
The tax office faced accusations of double s

Started by Phil Voice in Business

7 Replies · Reply by Colin Hunt Jan 11, 2013

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