Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Articles, news and advice on Tax & VAT issues for UK small businesses.
News
The prime minister has pledged to remove 3,000 business regulations which are holding back small business growth.
Tax
Bobby Chadha, resident accounting expert at Intuit, gives his top five tips for small businesses preparing to fill in their self-assessment tax return.
News
Small business owners are losing around 12 days a year keeping on top of their tax administration at a cost of half a billion pounds per year, research finds.
Accounting
Business software provider Sage gives instructions on negotiating VAT for companies around the qualifying threshold.
News
The average small business today pays substantially more on compliance costs than in 2011, finds research.
Tax
Neil Sevitt, head of SME at RSM Tenon, gives his advice on making tax affairs easier to handle.
News
Experts respond to the 2013 Budget and explain what it means for small businesses.
Accounting
I am registered for VAT and run a shop in a partnership with my wife. We are thinking of importing goods to sell online from Germany. Can we put the online business in my wife's name so we don't have to worry about VAT until turnover exceeds £77,000?
Accounting
I have been selling on eBay for four months. If I register as self employed now will I have to pay tax on those sales?
Tax
Every small business should make their business tax as efficient as possible, this guide will help ensure you're not paying HMRC too much.
Sole trader
We have compiled a list of the top six questions most frequently put to our panel of business adviser experts.
Accounting
It's generally agreed that SMEs emerged largely unscathed from the Emergency Budget. Here we pick out the main points for owner-managers.
Business Technology
Here's how Security Service Edge from Vodafone can help to protect your SME from ever-increasing cyber threats
Business Technology
Find out how creative agency, Myth Studio, used technology to grow their business and quadruple their staff count in 18 months
Partner content
Employment benefits specialist, Drewberry, explain why you should base your benefits around a Total Reward Strategy
Partner content
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