News: April 2013 Child care, charity and property updates Tax-free childcare scheme This new idea will eventually be worth up to £1,200 per child, and so will save a typical working family with

News: April 2013 Beneficial loans from employer The income tax exempt threshold is to double to £10,000 from 2014/15. This can result in a useful loan to any employee or director with no

News: April 2013 Business tax reductions Big news here, with a flat corporation tax rate announced of 20% from April 2015 whatever your level of profits. The employer national insurance contributions of 13.8%

News: April 2013 CGT & IHT Annual CGT exemption Modest increase over the next few years mean the value of using the exemption is about £3,000 each year, if you would otherwise pay

News: April 2013 Pitch perfect Our "elevator pitch" is the short, concise answer to "What do you do" that you can give in the time it takes you to move up a couple

News: April 2013 Changes for cars Tax write-off on low emission cars The 100% write-off where the CO2 emissions do not exceed 110 g/km reduced to 95 g/km from 1 April 2013, and

News: April 2013 Wi-fi network security It is almost expected that businesses offer Wi-Fi as a facility to their customers these days. However, having a guest Wi-Fi network adds a security risk to

News: April 2013 Personal allowance and tax bands Personal Allowance This is fixed for 2013/14 as £9,440 if you were born after 5 April 1948 and for 2014/15 it is the long-planned £10,000.

News: April 2013 Beginning the marketing journey Marketing plays a key part in business development. So, what do you and how do you do it? First of all, remember the golden rule –

News: April 2013 New HMRC taskforces The inexorable growth in the task forces now sees the following being targeted: fast food outlets in East Anglia jewellery trade in Midlands businesses in Northern Ireland