You may recently have received your self assessment tax notices from HM Revenue and Customs. It has come to light that they have sent out tens of thousands with the wrong date. Don’t panic, this is another error by HMRC where they have sent them out asking for returns for 2009/2010 instead of 2010/2011. It is…
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So here we go again! You should now be receiving your notices to complete a self assessment return for the tax year to 5 April 2011. You must ensure that this is completed by 31st January 2012 (31st Otober 2011 if completed on paper). This gives plenty of time to get it done; however, that…
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The best way to the performance of your business is to use some key accounting ratios. These help you to analyse financial information about your business. Having this knowledge will aid making informed decisions about how to manage your business and help it to grow. This article highlights some of the common ratios that a…
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The Revenue has announced the launch of its latest campaign to identify tax fraud. They are looking to crack down on people, particularly the self employed, of fraudulently claiming tax credits. It is part on a government programme, in
On 14 October 2010 the Government published its latest proposed amendments to our pension legislation and as is invariably the case what The Government gives in one hand they invariably take away in another. What’s important is does this affect you now and in the future? Here is a summary of the changes; The lifetime…
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PAH Accounting have added a great new feature to its website. As part of the resource section (see the tabs across the top, there is some great stuff ) there is now a tab for events. Phil Hendy, the principal of PAH Accounting often attends local networking groups, business training/ seminars as well as the…
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Class 2 National insurance is payable by sole traders and usually a small weekly/ monthly amount. From April 2011, the way in which Class 2 NIC is payable will be changing. It will now match the self assessment dates of 31 January and 31 July. Only two bills per year will therefore
It has been announced by Companies House that virtually all of their services are to be online by March 2013. Indeed their vision is to become a fully electronic registry. Much of the Companies House forms have been available to file using the WebFiling service for quite a while now. You should have been given an