8 Apr 2019 | Publication, Business Tax for Companies Guide, Business Tax for Sole Traders/Partnerships Guide
Expenses Expenditure incurred before the company year-end might reduce the current year’s tax liability instead of next year’s. Bringing forward expenditure by even a few weeks on, for example, building repairs, advertising, sales and marketing campaigns,...
8 Apr 2019 | Publication, Bookkeeping Guide, Business Start Up Guide
In a sales control account, the total of outstanding invoices at the beginning of the period and invoices raised during the period, less payments received for invoiced income, will give a balancing figure of invoices still outstanding at the end of the period –...
8 Apr 2019 | Publication, Bookkeeping Guide, Business Start Up Guide
In a purchase ledger control account, the total outstanding invoices at the beginning of a period and invoices received during that period, less payments made for invoiced supplies, will give a balancing figure of invoices still outstanding at the end of the period...
8 Apr 2019 | Publication, Bookkeeping Guide, Business Start Up Guide
When you enter records of money paid into and out of your bank account into the cash book, there is a delay of at least a couple of days until these transactions are cleared through the banking system and appear on your bank statement. Therefore, the bank balance...
4 Apr 2019 | Publication, Audit Guide
The turnover threshold which currently exempts most companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) from a statutory audit is £10.2 million. In the past, audits were seen as the ‘cost’ companies had to pay for the privilege of limited liability. Audits...
27 Mar 2019 | Publication, Business Tax for Companies Guide, Business Tax for Sole Traders/Partnerships Guide, Farming & Agriculture Guide
General overview Entrepreneurs’ relief (ER) provides relief for disposals by smaller business owners. It results in a tax rate of 10% on the disposal. The relief is available on material disposals of business assets which covers businesses operated as a sole...
