

Salary or Dividend, Whats the optimum tax strategy for 18/19?
If you operate through your own UK limited company you’ll often want to use the optimum tax planning strategy of extracting money from...

Issuing New Shares in a Company
The first thing to consider when looking to offer shares to new shareholders (eg new directors or investors), is whether you want to...


Do I need a separate Business Bank Account?
When you first start your business you may be tempted to use your personal account for business transactions rather than a separate...


How to form a Limited Company
Forming a limited company: Methods to form a company Probably the first thing to decide is the method of forming a limited company. This...


Autumn Budget 2017, Implications for Small Businesses.
On Wednesday 22nd November 2017 the chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond delivered the 2017 Autumn Budget. Although there were no...


Payments on Account, erm just explain that again?
A Payment on account is the amount of Income Tax and class 4 National Insurance that some business owners have to pay to HMRC for a...


Annual Accounts versus Annual Confirmation Statement, what's the difference?
Can you tell your annual accounts from your annual confirmation statement? They sound similar but in fact they’re quite different. What’s...


How to Form a Limited Company
What do you need to consider when setting up a Limited company for the first time? Methods to form a company Probably the first thing to...


Can I claim back Pre Trading expenses
If you’ve spent personal funds setting up your business, what scope is there to reclaim these costs from your limited company, once it...