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Get Online – Get a free business website today!

May 28th, 2010 • By: Ray Business, Marketing, Online Business

Getting British Business Online is a joint initiative between Google, BT, Enterprise UK, e-skills UK and supported by a plethora of big businesses like American Express.  Every British business can get a FREE website by going to Get British Business Online.   The scheme is totally free for 2 years and then you just need to renew your domain and you are set for another 2 years.

Setting up your FREE website will only take a few minutes.  First you choose your domain name and check to make sure it is available.  Then,

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Capital Gains Tax Changes…

May 20th, 2010 • By: Ray Business, Tax Matters

I have had several clients ring me in a panic this week about capital gains tax (CGT) and the “changes” they have read about in the newspapers.

They have heard the annual CGT allowance is being slashed from £10,100 to £2,500.  They have heard the rate of CGT will rise from 18% to 50%, and they have heard all this will be backdated to the 6th April 2010, messing up deals that have already been done.

The simple fact is

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New VAT Fuel Scale Charges – Use From 1st May 2010

April 29th, 2010 • By: Ray General, Tax Matters, VAT

Here is some more “good” news in the run up to the general election next week…

Are you a business that provides private fuel for your employees?  If so, you must apply the new VAT Fuel Scale Charges detailed below from the 1st May 2010.

This means any VAT period that starts on or after 1st May 2010.

These scale charges are a reduction of the input tax claimed on the fuel used for private motoring and work hand in hand with the P11D taxable benefit for private fuel provided to employees. 

Yes – they have gone up again – substantially.

The new quarterly charges are (figures are inclusive of VAT):

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Hot Tax Tips Are Coming…

April 27th, 2010 • By: Ray General, Tax Matters

This site has been running now since September 2007 and there is a lot of information and advice that I have put on here since then, all for free, and available to anyone who dropped by.  Times are changing!  I will still provide the content for free but access to it will require a commitment from you to register as a basic level member.

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When Voting In May – Remember Labour’s Highest Rate Of Tax Is 60%!

April 21st, 2010 • By: Ray General, Tax Matters

Having discussed tax with a high earning client earlier today, I was suprised they hadn’t realized there is a current highest rate for some earners of 60%.  So I thought if one person didn’t know then there are probably a few more out there that ought to be informed before

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