Tax might be inevitable, but it’s also pretty confusing at times. Find out how and when you need to pay tax in your business, what tax relief and allowances are available, and discover tips and advice to help you keep good financial records quickly and easily.
Nobody enjoys seeing deductions come out of their hard-earned cash, but paying National Insurance is one of the necessary evils of self-employment. The amount that you pay towards NI depends on how much you earn, and even how you earn it, such as through an employer or as someone who works for themselves. Why do…
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….
Many self-employed individuals and businesses opt to use an agent to deal with HMRC on their behalf. This could be for several reasons from wanting to focus solely on their business, to needing an extra pair of eyes to ensure their taxes are accurate. Before an agent can act on your behalf, you’ll need to…
If you’re a subcontractor in the construction industry, then the contractor you work for will normally take CIS deductions from your pay each month, and pay these towards your income tax and National Insurance. In some cases you can opt to handle your taxes independently without the contractor making CIS deductions, but only if you…
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…
