Our blog offers practical advice on Tax, VAT, Bookkeeping, Accounts, Sage and Payroll as well as money saving tips for individuals and small to medium sized businesses across South Wales.
We also have a range of guest bloggers such as company formation agents, solicitors, grant advisors and sales and marketing professionals to help us offer a broader range of advice.
We hope you enjoy our posts, and look forward to reading your comments and hope you will consider sharing our posts.
Calling all Business Bloggers...
Our blog is aimed at local businesses and individuals and provides free business and financial advice.
We are hoping to develop our guest blogger slots and would welcome budding business bloggers to get in touch and write guest articles for us.
If you want your voice heard by Welsh business, please email us at marketing@hsj.uk.com or call our marketing team on 0845 365 1000.
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Monday 3rd Jun 2013
HMRC has recently announced new fuel rates for company cars. The new rates apply to all journeys on or after 1st June 2013, until further notice.
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Wednesday 29th May 2013
It is the ambition of many people to run their own business. Many make the decision to start up in business to be more independent and obtain the full financial reward for their efforts. Setting up in business can be very rewarding, but there are a certain amount of dangers and risks involved. Probably the greatest concern is the possibility of business failure. This is a brief guide to starting up in business where we will cover the basics and initial considerations.
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Thursday 2nd May 2013
The new tax year brings an increase to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP),
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Monday 29th Apr 2013
In order to simplify the accounting process for smaller businesses the government has recently announced that for the 2013/14 tax year sole traders and partnerships with sale income less than £79,000 will be entitled to use a cash basis when calculating the figures to be included on their tax returns. This would be instead of the more complicated accruals basis that all businesses currently use
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Friday 19th Apr 2013
I have a company that has built up cash reserves over the years but if I try to remove it HMRC want to take tax from me. What can I do?
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Friday 12th Apr 2013
The ‘Patent Box’ scheme allows companies to apply for a lower rate Corporation Tax to profits generated from patented inventions
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Thursday 28th Mar 2013
In February 2013 the Isle of Man signed an agreement with the UK to co-operate with HMRC to ensure UK resident investors are fully compliant with regard to their UK tax affairs
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Monday 25th Mar 2013
The World’s oldest football gaming company Sportech, owner of the Football Pools, has recently won its four year dispute with HMRC over claims that it was incorrectly charged VAT on a game called Spot the Ball from 1979 to 1996.
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Thursday 21st Mar 2013
The Chancellor George Osborne has now delivered his 2013 Budget speech to the House of Commons.
He said it was a Budget that recognised that Britain was an "aspiration nation" and was for those who aspire to "own their own home, get their first job, and start their own business."
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Wednesday 20th Mar 2013
The World’s oldest football gaming company Sportech, owner of the Football Pools, has recently won its four year dispute with HMRC over claims that it was incorrectly charged VAT on a game called Spot the Ball from 1979 to 1996.
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