Monthly Archives: June 2011

False self employment

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Are you self employed? Are you false self employed? False self-employment is where a worker is treated as being self-employed for income tax and National Insurance but in reality seems to be in permanent employment with the same company or … Continue reading →

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Googling Yourself

Posted on June 17, 2011 by admin

I was pleasantly surprised recently that on typing “harrogate accountants” into Google, this blog came out top of the organic search results.  Not bad for a man who does his own SEO! Although it seems to rise and fall up … Continue reading →

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To Audit or not to Audit. That is the question.

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

If the turnover of your business is below £6.2 million, there is no legal requirement for you to have a statutory audit. You might have be asked to have one by an investor, or a bank – in which case … Continue reading →

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AIM Obsession

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Stuart

What’s the long term aim for your business? I always ask my clients this – at the first meeting and then about every year after that. Where do you want to be in ten years time? A surprising number tell … Continue reading →

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Requests for payment and VAT

Posted on June 8, 2011 by admin

Now VAT is up to 20% it becomes more has focused attention on cash flow and ways to delay payment of output VAT on fees. One possible way is to issue a ‘request for payment’ rather than a VAT invoice. … Continue reading →

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