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Tax Returns

News and guides on tax returns for UK small businesses.

Accounting

Reduce your tax bill before the end of the tax year using 10 key actions

There are myriad ways, often overlooked, to reduce your tax bill, from using allowances, claiming reliefs and by just doing it by the book. Jonathan Amponsah of The Tax Guys lists ten tax saving actions.

Accounting

Accounts and tax: A small business guide to managing your finances

In this piece, we share some essential tips on managing your accounts and tax, from tackling tax returns to beating late payment.

Accounting

The income tax return guide for small businesses and self-employed

Don’t panic! Act now if you are one of the many still yet to do their income tax return before the 31 January deadline.

Accounting

How small businesses can avoid unwarranted tax investigations

Lee Murphy looks at how businesses can file correctly in a way that eliminates the stress of a tax investigation.

Tax

What is a reasonable excuse for missing your tax return payment?

January blues, tube strike or Brexit are not 'reasonable excuses' to have missed your tax return payment.

Accounting

How to save yourself a £100 fine for late filing

LITRG encourages small businesses to have a reasonable excuse to offer HMRC if they delay handing in their tax returns.

News

A quarter of SME owners admit to previously missing tax deadline

24 per cent of small and micro-business owners have previously missed the 31 January deadline to submit their online tax returns.

News

Don’t rush to file your tax return before 31st January this year

Tax Advice Network advises businesses to take their time to make sure that they get their tax returns right.

Tax

Everything you need to know about doing your tax return online

In this piece, Mike Parkes simplifies the process of completing your tax return online.

Accounting

Sole traders spend 9.5 million hours doing their tax returns

Sole traders are spending vast amounts of company time on slow and outdated tax return processes, a new study reveals.

News

Why small businesses need to be diligent with digital tax returns

This is the second to last time paper tax returns can be filed as HMRC rolls out plans for businesses to submit online tax returns quarterly from April 2018.

News

HMRC punishes late tax returns

Some 850,000 penalties for late tax returns will be issued over the next fortnight, HM Revenue & Customs has announced.

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Partner content

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Business Technology

Why you should upgrade your tech now rather than later

To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis

Investing in a franchise

Should I buy a franchise or go solo?

Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.