Incorporating the Lifetime ISA into your savings strategy. The past few years have seen several innovations in the savings account market. Gone are the days when savers only had cash and stocks and shares ISAs to choose from. Nowadays you…
Receipt Bank: turn your receipts into data from Xero. Receipt bank extracts the information from your invoice or receipts in a speedy and accurate process. The integration with Xero means that all information and data and be sent across to…
We want to give you the skills you need to thrive with Xero, so over the next 16 days we are going to show you the top 16 Xero videos. Here is our first one… Introducing Xero. To find out…
Since 2009 it is the first time house prices have fallen three months in a row. Nationwide Building Society said that the prices dropped 0.2% in may, while the annual rate of price growth slowed to 2.1%- the slowest pace…
A guide to capital gains tax and the reliefs available for 2017 When you buy an item with the intention of selling it for a profit, that transaction is treated as a trade and you should pay income tax on…
The Lifetime ISA will launch on 6th April 2017. The state will add a 25% bonus on top of what you save. This could mean up to £32,000 free cash! Definitely a no-brainer for first time buyers? Facts about the…
See below some of the fantastic new updates Xero released during the month of June and so far in July. 7 June 2017 In the new reports, new summarise group options can now be added. 13 June 2017 Check printing…
Last month we introduced you to the HMRC project Making Tax Digital being the proposed system for quarterly reporting of business activity being introduced from 6th April 2018. The legislation to introduce MTD was due to be passed in the…
There are many frustrations with business owners when trying to figure out what to quote clients. Here are the five classic mistakes made when quoting fees to new clients; 1) The value of the client is obviously at the forefront…
64% of small businesses are seeing profits fall as a result of the national living wage (NLW) rise, according to research. The NLW increased from £7.20 to £7.50 per hour on 1 April 2017. Out of 835 businesses surveyed by…
Here are some important deadlines and dates as from September 2017. 8th September 2017 – Finance Bill- This has now been published and can be found by clicking here 30th September 2017-CTSA- any company returns for accounting periods ended 30th…
Important changes to PSC reporting. Changes to the people with significant control (PSC) register have come into force. All companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are required to identify and record the people with significant control over their company. Previously,…