Factsheets

We have factsheets available on the following subjects.  You can request a copy of them by emailing us and listing the subjects you require.

Business Administration

Computer comfort & safety in the workplace
Dealing with employee absence
Getting the stationery right
How long should you keep your books and records?
Insuring your business

Business General

Capital allowances
Childcare provided by employers
Could your business survive without you?
Employing your spouse
Financial planning in an economic downturn
Husband and wife businesses (s660A)
Industrial Buildings Allowance
Preventing late payments
Salary sacrifice
Subcontractors and the CIS
Take care to avoid a penalty
Tax calendar
Tax free gifts to staff
The Construction Industry Scheme - the contractor's view point
The National Minimum Wage

Business Management

Buy, HP or lease
How to balance your bank account
How to balance your purchase ledger
How to balance your sales control account
How to gain the most out of your accounting records
How to increase your profit
Keeping an eye on your cashflow
Six steps to an effective business plan
The value of outsourcing

Business start-up

Allowable expenses
An introduction to the tax system for the self employed
Buying a company off the shelf
Choosing your accounting date
Employed or self employed
Forming a limited company
Limited liability partnerships
More about limited liability partnerships
Partnership agreements
Preparing your business plan
Running your own business
Should you form a limited company?
Using us as your business adviser

Limited Companies

An introduction to corporation tax
Associated companies and the marginal rate
Audit exemption
Buying a company off the shelf
Companies - getting the timing right
Company bonus or dividend?
Corporation tax self assessment
Employee share schemes
Forming a limited company
How much dividend can I take?
Managed service companies
Personal service companies
Statutory records
Striking off
The Companies Act 2006 - the missing links
The company secretary
The law and directors' responsibilities

PAYE and NI Benefits in kind

An introduction to PAYE
Benefits in kind & expenses payments
Company car tax
Don't pay too much national insurance
Minimising the risk of employer compliance visits
National Insurance planning
Payslips
Pooled cars and vans
Tax free gifts to staff

Personal taxation

An introduction to self assessment
Are you still on track for retirement
Child tax credit and working tax credit
Does your estate plan pass the test?
Giving to charity
Inheritance tax planning
Interest and tax payments
Making a will and other related matters
Pension credit
Planning for a years prosperity
Separation & divorce
Stamp duties
Supporting your children
Take care to avoid a penalty
Tax aspects of your home
The Child Trust Fund
The rise and fall of furnished holiday lettings

Savings and Investments

Accumulation and maintenance trusts
Buy to let properties
Capital Gains Tax EIS Deferral Relief
Capital Gains Tax
Enterprise Investment Scheme
Individual Savings Accounts
Pension contributions and tax relief
Stakeholder pensions
Tax aspects of property investment
Tax efficient investments
Tax on savings income
The new pensions regime
VCT & EIS compared
Venture capital trusts

Self Employment

An introduction to the tax system for the self employed
Employed or self employed?
Use of vehicle mileage rates for the self employed

VAT

An introduction to VAT
Changes to VAT January 2010
Group VAT registration
How to survive the enforcement powers
Recovering VAT on staff expenses
VAT annual accounting scheme
VAT bad debt relief
VAT cash accounting scheme
VAT do's and don'ts
VAT flat rate scheme
VAT Fuel Scale Charges