Top 10 tax tips Take the strain out of the end of the financial year! It’s that time of the year again where the tax man comes knocking and expects you to have all your financials in tip-top condition. Small business owners can often feel the strain as the end of the tax year... Read more

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Year end tax planning strategies for small businesses Year end tax planning for small business owners is essentially the use of legitimate strategies to accelerate deductions and to defer the recognition of income. Where the business owner has chosen to adopt the “Simplified Tax System” (STS), there are a different set of rules applying to some of these... Read more

Accounting automatons Remember how the rise of the PC was going to free us from mundane tasks, opening up great swathes of time for more interesting activities? Accounting software is one area where that promise came true. Helen Bradley considers the options. It’s not a glamour application but accounting software is, nevertheless,... Read more