For whatever reason we decided to set up our businesses and become our own bosses, everyone does it for their own personal reasons. And the reasons for starting your own business can be varied. People start their own business for independence, creativity, and the freedom to shape their career. Many are driven by a passion […]
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The feedback I receive from clients is that 2024 has been a very challenging year for business and the prospect for 2025 does not fair much better. Business owners who have been trading for many years have had to overcome great challenges, either being personal or economic. It is therefore understandable with all that is
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I would say that nowadays most business owners understand and regularly review their Profit and Loss accounts. However, how many on a quarterly basis review their Balance Sheet, or even fully understand the data! So, what is a Balance Sheet? This is a snapshot of the financial position of a business. In a specific period,
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By now, all those who have to file an annual self-assessment tax return should be aware that the last filing date and payment date is the 31st of January following the tax year. So, the SA Tax return for tax year 2023/2024 is due by 31st January 2025. HMRC have a list of all the deadlines
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The Marriage Allowance was introduced in the 2015-16 tax year to enable spouses and civil partners to transfer part of their income tax personal allowance if they are not earning up to the threshold. This is different to the Married Couples Allowance (MCA) which only benefits couples if one of them was born before 6th
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Put a group of bookkeepers and accountants in the room and the conversation will always get round to, “What a shambles HMRC are!” What are the HMRC responsible for? For small businesses, the UK HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) manages tax collection and provides guidance on tax obligations. It ensures businesses pay the correct
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One of the key services we offer at Tandem Business Solutions is an Annual Business Health Check. Health is something we all focus on at some point, whether it being for ourselves or businesses. As the saying goes,” we only know what we know!” So again, I am talking about reviewing your business accounts! Why
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One of our goals at Tandem Business Solutions is to provide an updated and accurate P&L report to our clients 2 weeks after the month end, being fully updated to the previous month. This then provides our clients with a clear picture as to how their business is performing and in a timely manner to
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Is the tax system complicated? Does one rule fit all? We all know that of course being tax compliant is very complicated and one rule certainly does not fit all. Even though I’ve been in practice for over 10 years and now I consider myself well versed in most taxes and compliance, however, there is
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Whether dividends or PAYE is the most tax efficent for your small business is a common question we get at Tandem. For many years a company director was advised to pay themselves a minimal director’s salary and then profits permitting to make up their income by dividends, solely because of the tax advantages. IS THIS