by ClearwaysAccountants | Aug 8, 2012 | Self Employment, Small business advice, Tax Calculators, Tax Tips
[This information has been updated for the 2013-14 tax year] When you start self-employment, you do not get your first tax bill for a while, so you need to think about how much tax money you will need to set aside. The table below can help you to do this so you...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Jul 23, 2012 | Business tax, Contractor, IR35, Tax Tips
HMRC have published guidance for contractors and freelancers to use to assess whether they are at a high, medium or low risk of HMRC checking their IR35 status – the guidance is NOT intended to indicate whether a contract falls within the IR35 rules. HMRC now...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Jul 11, 2012 | Pay, Expenses & Benefits, Personal tax, Tax Tips
Few measures in the Budget 2012 caused such controversy as the high income child benefit charge (“HICBC”). Unusually there was no consultation on the legislation and as a result the draft legislation will be difficult to administer. The rules: A person...
by ClearwaysAccountants | May 3, 2012 | Business tax, Contractor, Small business advice, Tax Tips
New simple record keeping apps have been developed with help from HM Revenue and Customs. Per HMRC’s website…. To help small businesses with record keeping on the go commercial software companies have worked with HMRC to produce some simple record keeping...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Apr 23, 2012 | Business tax, Contractor, Pay, Expenses & Benefits, Small business advice, Tax Tips
93% of companies would fail an employee mileage claim audit by HMRC based on figures by TMC, a consultancy firm, could you be the next? Conventional excel spreadsheets and lack of time mean that employee mileage claims are not checked and therefore these expenses are...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Apr 11, 2012 | Business tax, Contractor, Setting up a Business, Small business advice, Tax Tips
What is your tax status? Employee or self-employed? This matters if you are a sole trader or if you operate through your own company. Freelancers or contractors working as self-employed sole traders can deduct business expenses from income; this reduces their tax...
