What do management Accountants do?
Quite some years ago when I was at the beginning of my accounting career I attended a local event organised by my institute [ CIMA ]. An...
Are directors subject to the national minimum wage ?
AT least one area of government thinks they may be The national minimum wage [ NMW ] and recently introduced National living wage apply...
Voluntary VAT registration...is it ever a good choice ?
The current threshold for VAT registration is £85,000 If you believe your turnover will exceed this you need to register for one of the...
Get back VAT paid before you registered
If you have recently started in business or have been trading a couple of years you may well already be VAT registered or considering VAT...
Reasons to be limited
At the date of this article corporation tax for SME’s is 20% but the chancellor has recently indicated that this could go lower ...to...
What we learnt from the alien attack
I take a light hearted look at the new Independance Day film and can see some lessons for business. I’m a fan of sci fi films. As I sat...
Perfect Storm
" A rare confluence of events that aggravates a situation drastically " A referendum result to quit the EU, Party leaderships in meltdown...
How you get paid can help you sell more
The cashless society is becoming closer all the time. Not many people accept cheques anymore and most small businesses use some form of...
The clever way to discount and get more business
Discounting is used by lots of small businesses and often simply reduces profits...why ? The simple answer is because the discount isn’t...
