If you’re about to submit a Self Assessment or you’re still fairly new to it, then you might stumble across ‘payments on account’. These are basically advance payments that you make towards your self-employed tax bill, but not everyone needs to make them. To help you plan ahead and manage your cash flow, we explain…
Dividends can be a great way for company shareholders to earn money in a tax-efficient way, but they are still subject to tax – just at a different rate to other types of income. What are dividends? Dividends are payments that limited companies can make to qualifying shareholders from the profits that the company earns….
Pay As You Earn (or PAYE for short) is the process used by employers to collect Income Tax and National Insurance on behalf of HMRC. Employers make tax deductions from the wages they pay to employees, and then pay the deductions to HMRC, but not all employers need to register. Who needs to register for…
Taxes can be tricky to navigate, can’t they? As a self-employed business, keeping track of all your tax reporting deadlines is just one of the many crucial things you need to remember. No matter how busy you are though, missing the deadline to submit your tax return and pay the bill is best avoided (along…
Many of us are swapping central heating for a hot water bottle at the moment as the cost of living and price of energy continues to climb. The crisis doesn’t just apply to life at home though, it’s also affecting businesses across the country who are having to cut back and compromise in order to…