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- How changing Capital Gains Tax trends could affect your financial planning
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- Directors and the minimum wage – The compliance risks you may be overlooking
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- Could the new IHT rules damage your business’s value on paper?
- Class 2 NICs – The hidden issue affecting self-employed taxpayers
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- Do you need to report that loan? The £10,000 rule and P11D implications
- HMRC or a scam – can you trust the letters you receive?
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- Understanding linked periods of sickness and how they affect payroll
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- Are we underestimating the real impact of workplace pressure?
- When silence costs millions – Ignoring HMRC is a risk you cannot afford
- The Bank’s latest rate cut is here, what now for your business?
- Company car VAT – Avoiding mistakes when applying the fuel scale charge
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- How to claim a Self-Assessment tax refund during the HMRC phone line pause
- What is the Worldwide Disclosure Facility and when should you use it?
- How trivial benefits can improve employee morale without increasing your tax bill
- Right to work checks – Financial risks and compliance steps for business owners
- HMRC is closing its free Company Tax Return filing service – what your business needs to do now
- Top Cumbrian accountants respond to fresh dip in business confidence as tax burden bites
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- An overview of filing and payment penalties for businesses
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- Major changes ahead for directors of close companies – New dividend reporting rules from April 2025
- Important updates to Making Tax Digital and late payment rates you might have missed in the Spring Statement
- Time is running out to make personal pension contributions for the 2024/25 tax year
- Major changes to Inheritance Tax from April – How new residence rules and the end of non-dom status could affect your estate
- Capital Gains Tax clampdown – What HMRC’s surge in investigations means for you
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- How neonatal care leave will affect your payroll and policies
- Welcome news for thousands as Income Tax reporting threshold set to increase
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- What the Autumn Budget 2024 means for SME owners
- Landmark Labour Budget squeezes SMEs despite ‘balance and stability’ message, warns Lamont Pridmore
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- The impact of extending the Income Tax threshold freeze
- What impact will the Budget have on inflation?
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- How to avoid Lifetime ISA withdrawal penalties from HMRC
- What pension tax reforms could we see in the October Budget?
- What are the benefits and challenges of a Management Buyout?
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- How SMEs can capitalise on continued optimism
- Lamont Pridmore recognises outstanding business student at Keswick School
- Lamont Pridmore celebrates success of top business student
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- How to effectively manage business expenses and improve profitability
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- Why outsourcing payroll could be the key to lifting your business burden
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- How to protect your business from HMRC-related scams
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- Is Capital Gains Tax due to increase?
- Using directors’ loans to benefit your business
- Non-doms set to face new Inheritance Tax hurdles
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- Keeping your SME stable during economic uncertainty
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- Lessons from Gareth Southgate – Leadership insights for business owners
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- Strike the right balance between AI and human efforts
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- Five key financial metrics your business should be tracking for financial health
- Protect your business against deepfake fraud scams
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- Six simple ways to cut your business costs
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- Managing staff costs: Statutory payments and compliance
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- Are you optimising profit extraction from your business?
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- Ten top tips for boosting your budget
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- Streamlining your payroll set-up with employment and tax records
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- How SMEs can benefit from £6.4 million AI training fund
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- Is it time to scale up your start-up?
- How your business can benefit from using Management Accounts
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- Ahead of the 6 July deadline, remember that P11D rules are changing
- Why are business plans so important?
- Making MTD for ITSA easier for landlords
- Reviewing your payroll? Check what’s changed
- What are the benefits of using the HMRC app?
- Due a tax rebate? Keep an eye on your account
- Plan a little, achieve a lot – Destress with effective tax planning
- April Fool’s Day is passed but you could still get scammed
- Is your partnership tax-efficient?
- Redundancy changes for new parents
- The seven steps to a successful business plan
- Funding for growing businesses – Obtaining and managing private investment
- Have you used your capital allowances this financial year?
- Making the most of pension contributions for tax purposes
- Why do SMEs need an accountant?
- Government Gateway to be replaced with single login system
- My business prioritises sustainability – Can I claim tax reliefs?
- Understanding VAT for limited companies and unincorporated businesses
- Companies House is changing – are you prepared?
- Short-term let owners to face new planning permission requirements
- Can I claim Employment Allowance for my business?
- Higher rate taxpayer? How to prepare for the end of the tax year
- HMRC U-turns on its double cab pickups tax decision
- Five Self-Assessment deductions you didn’t know you could claim
- Starting a business: the complete checklist
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- Government to change tax law twice before election – How to prepare
- Attention UK Taxpayers – do you understand the 500T tax code?
- New payrolling of Benefits-in-Kind (BIK) system: A guide for SMEs
- Warning to all taxpayers – Pay your taxes on time amidst rising interest rates
- Debt management strategies for SME business owners
- So, you want an electric company car? The tax perspective
- Here’s how you can boost your SME’s efficiency and beat rising costs in 2024
- Payroll tax obligations – Have you got it covered?
- Working remotely – What are the tax implications?
- Allowable business expenses – simple ways to save money
- VAT deadlines and what businesses should be doing to prepare for them
- What SMEs can do in the event of a recession
- Tightening the reins on ‘side hustles’ – Navigating HMRC’s new powers
- Make tax planning your New Year’s resolution
- Our predictions for the SME business economy in 2024
- How to keep your clients happy and grow your business
- What tax benefits do hybrid vehicles offer businesses?
- Financial techniques to maximise your business’ growth
- Implications for businesses amid soaring pension tax relief
- HMRC reminds restaurants and takeaways of VAT obligations on hot food
- Understanding Inheritance Tax and the implications for your finances
- Understanding Capital Gains Tax on property investments
- Understanding IAS 32 – A guide for business owners
- How does your locus of control influence entrepreneurial success?
- How SMEs should prepare for and handle tax investigations
- How to use the new HMRC app for your tax returns
- Chancellor’s Autumn Statement is a double-edged sword for SMEs, says Lamont Pridmore
- Becoming a freelancer – setting up a limited company
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- How the King’s speech could affect your business finances
- Everything you should know before becoming a sole trader
- What businesses need to know about recent updates to payroll
- How will the new Procurement Act benefit SMEs?
- Is unconscious bias impacting your business decisions?
- BOO-st your tax planning this Halloween
- The impact of Capital Gains Tax in estate planning
- Paper VAT registration to be abolished in latest digital move
- What business owners need to know about meeting PAYE deadlines
- Could you afford a financial data GDPR breach?
- How management accounts can help your business
- Secure your financial future – Plan ahead and send Self-Assessment returns early
- Secure your financial future – Plan ahead and send Self-Assessment returns early
- The crucial role of sales forecasting
- How the National Living Wage increase could affect businesses
- How HMRC’s new online tools can help you simplify taxation
- How could new “open banking enhancements” benefit your business?
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- Business expenses you didn’t know you could write off
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- Best practices for business and personal finances
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- Three things to consider when forecasting your finances as a small business owner
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- Self-Assessment benefits for small businesses
- The role of cloud accounting in modern businesses
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- Staying up to date with MTD for ITSA
- Understanding tax obligations for charities
- Capital Gains Tax for SMEs – Recent trends and compliance
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- Everything you need to know about Government Start Up Loans
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- Research and Development Tax Relief Changes
- HM Revenue & Customs pledge £5.5 million to support customers
- Understanding ESG investments – What should you know?
- Adapting your business plan for the summer
- How businesses can tackle late payments while preserving business relationships
- Ensuring your small business is prepared for the future
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- The importance for businesses of avoiding tax fraud
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- Self-Assessment taxpayers warned of next payment deadline
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- How to grow your business
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- The Christmas gift allowance: how it works
- How small businesses can navigate the festive period
- Why debt isn’t always bad
- The importance of cash flow for tourism businesses
- Landlords targeted over undeclared income from residential property
- Why you should revise your business strategy
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- Simplifying filing obligations
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- Supporting staff through the cost-of-living crisis
- Have you filed your online Self-Assessment form?
- Top tips for launching a successful start-up
- How SMEs can avoid becoming victims of fraud
- Management Accounts: Why do you need them?
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- Tax-free shopping for overseas visitors scrapped
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- Corporation Tax rise axed as Chancellor aims for growth
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