I know it has been some time since you heard from me but the approaching GDPR date of the 25th May 2018 has kicked me up the bottom to resurrect this site and sort out my own approach to how GDPR affects me, my business and my relationship with the readers of this site. I have posted our GDPR compliant …
Back To Normal Service!
After a few weeks of issues with the website things have finally settled down. For many years of using a membership based site I have finally given up trying to resolve the problems that the plugin caused and the whole site is now available to all. The main pages that were “hidden” without a basic registration were the Business and …
Auto-Enrolment – The Tricks Begin
I am confident by now that just about everybody is aware that workplace pensions are coming to every employer before the end of 2017. There is even a shiny new government advert on the TV that shows a huge fluffy monster that is trying not to be overlooked. I have already written to each client with their staging date and …
National Minimum Wage increase from 1st October 2015
It has been pointed out to me that I haven’t published the new 2015-16 National Minimum Wage rates this year. These rates changed with effect from the 1st October 2015 and are now as follows:-
Professional Fee Insurance
This is something that I have paid for all the clients of our practice for many years simply because it gives me peace of mind to know that every client, every tax return, every payroll we run is protected from sudden and unexpected fees when HMRC start asking questions. In the past it was up to individuals to take out, …
Webinars Are Coming
I know I have been discussing the putting together of a series of seminars on various business topics for some time and I really did intend to get these started. However, a helpful client recently said that seminars are really 20th Century things and that I should look to presenting Webinars instead. It is true that Seminars are expensive to …
UK Minimum Wage Increases For 2014
This year the adjustment to the UK Minimum Wage seemed to slip through unannounced. It no longer even appears on the HM Revenue & Customs web site. If you want the full history and the current rates you can find it now on https://www.gov.uk website. For those that missed it this year, the hourly rates have increased again with effect …
Xero Case Study
It is always interesting to see different aspects of Xero being used to help businesses grow. This video is an interesting case study from Xero TV showing how YrStore chose Xero to underpin their financial growth. If you have any questions after watching this
Tax Challenge
Do you really want to give the taxman £521,700? It’s a lot of money, isn’t it? But, even before the current economic crisis, that’s how much someone earning £30,000 a year would have paid in taxes over their lifetime. While if you are lucky enough to earn more than £30,000, your lifetime tax bills will probably have been even higher. …
And About Time Too!
I know, I know…. It has been too long since I last posted here. I can’t explain why – I simply don’t know why. Maybe I lost my mojo… maybe I have been too busy… maybe I simply forgot. Anyway, over the past few months I have been tackling a new tax and accounts production suite, developing my long relationship …