by ClearwaysAccountants | May 31, 2013 | Business tax, Contractor, Freelancer, Self Employment, Small business advice, Tax planning, Tax Tips
The cost of buying a garden office and fitting it out is expensive and can be a major outlay for a smaller business. A garden office is treated for accounts and tax as a capital asset (and not as a business expense). Capital assets purchased for your business,...
by ClearwaysAccountants | May 28, 2013 | Business tax, Client case studies, Self Employment, Small business advice, Tax planning, Tax Tips
A number of people have asked how we help with a business start-up so I thought it would be best to illustrate with a client case study. Neill was interested in setting up his own business, he wanted to work for himself and he had seen a furniture range that he liked...
by ClearwaysAccountants | May 23, 2013 | Business tax, Contractor, Freelancer, Self Employment, Small business advice, Tax Tips
If your business has outgrown the spare room and you are looking to expand then one of your options is setting up an office in your garden. There will be another blog to follow this one, that will cover the business tax position. What about VAT? If your company or...
by ClearwaysAccountants | May 5, 2013 | Business tax, Pay, Expenses & Benefits, Small business advice
If you pay benefits to your yourself as a director/employee of your own limited company or to employees you may need to complete a P11D at the end of the tax year. What is a ‘benefit’? Common benefits given to employees are medical cover, company cars and...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Apr 15, 2013 | Business tax, Contractor, Freelancer, Small business advice
RTI easement – what a relief! HMRC have seen sense and given small businesses an easy introduction to Real Time Reporting (RTI). If you have fewer than 50 employees you can file your information with HMRC when you complete your normal payroll run but no later...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Apr 3, 2013 | Business tax, Self Employment, Small business advice, Tax Tips
From April 2013 a new system of reporting payroll data to HMRC will come into force. What is Real Time Reporting? If you run a payroll, either as an employee of your own small limited company or as a self-employed trader with staff then Real Time Reporting (RTI) will...
