News: December 2013 Setting effective KPIs Setting goals and a strategy for your business is important. However you then need to measure how the business is performing in order to understand if the

News: December 2013 Special relief This valuable relief is worth knowing about. It effectively extends the right to claim OVERPAYMENT RELIEF to cover tax overpaid where ordinarily the deadline of four years after

News: December 2013 Points to consider when setting a marketing strategy Your marketing strategy consists of the things that you do in your business to make the phone ring. Each technique requires different

News: December 2013 New HMRC approach to business records check (BRCs) The BRC programme involves on-site visits to encourage taxpayers to keep better records, and to keep up to date. The checks help

News: December 2013 Class 4 NICs have to be paid up to state retirement age even where that is increased It needs to be appreciated that Class 4 NICs are only not due

News: December 2013 NICs and self-employed entertainers Entertainers will be treated as self-employed for NIC purposes from 6 April 2014 instead of being deemed to be employed earners. This is a reversion to

News: December 2013 Tax diary of main events Date What's Due 19 December PAYE & NIC deductions, and CIS return and tax, for month to 5/12/13 (due 22 December if you pay electronically)

News: November 2013 Samsung Galaxy S3 Note It seems that smartphones are getting bigger and bigger these days. Samsung is certainly leading the charge with the launch of its Galaxy S3 Note, featuring

News: November 2013 IHT business property relief on furnished holiday lettings IHT business property relief is extremely valuable, as on your death it effectively eliminates inheritance tax on the value of the property.

News: November 2013 Hosting a great seminar Hosting a seminar is a great way to reach out to new customers and give existing customers a little bit of “value added”. However, putting on