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The Camino De Santiago Challenge, 6th - 12th April 2013

19th February 2013

You may have heard about the St Andrews Hospice sponsored trek to Santiago - to raise money for the St Andrews Hospice in Airdrie. What you may not have heard is that I am going to be one of the trekk......

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H M Revenue & Customs, New approach to business records checks

23rd January 2013

H M Revenue & Customs New approach to Business Records Checks Since 1 November 2012, H M Revenue & Customs has been implementing a new approach to Business Records Checks.  Taxpayers wh......

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Need access to your accounts software when you are out of the office?

29th January 2013

Need access to your accounts software when you are out of the office? Impressed with the idea of creating quotes, generating invoices and checking your stock levels when you are negotiating with a cu......

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Use It or Lose It

5th February 2012

Use It or Lose It Every year you have the opportunity to get something back from HMRC. If you do not act before 6th April, you lose that opportunity. You could receive income tax relief from HMRC ......

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Machine Games Duty

4th December 2012

Online registration for the new Machine Games Duty (MGD) regime has been extended until 11 January 2013, after representation from the industry. MGD comes into force on 1 February 2013. Anyone respon......

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How will you repay your interest-only mortgage?

20th November 2012

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What process do you use to file documents and other important data on your system

30th October 2012

  What process do you use to file documents and other important data on your system? The answer should be in a place where I can retrieve them easily...in reality it’s never as simple as ......

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63 Days to Christmas - 100 Days to the Tax Return Submission Deadline!!

23rd October 2012

Has your 2011/12 Tax Return been completed and submitted to H M Revenue & Customs? The deadline for submission of paper 2011/12 Tax Returns is only 7 days from now while the final deadline for on......

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Focus

16th October 2012

  Focus With all the challenges businesses face on a daily basis it can be difficult to remain focused on the key drivers. This is made even more difficult due to the economic climate which als......

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BIG DEAL! Or, the biggest change in pensions for over a century

9th October 2012

  Auto-Enrolment (into a workplace pension) is being advertised heavily by the Department of Work and Pensions as the biggest change in pensions for over a century. ad+ is happy to explain how A......

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ad+ seminar: Retire Rich and enjoy your Financial Freedom

2nd October 2012

  Despite the current tough business conditions, you can achieve Financial Freedom and enjoy a rich life, but it requires discipline and expert advice. During our next seminar, our experts will......

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Using sage cannot be any easier ever since the inclusion of the "wizards" function

25th September 2012

Using sage cannot be any easier ever since the inclusion of the “Wizards” function Whether its creating new customers, suppliers, vat scale charges or even incorporating opening and closi......

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Tax Relief on Pension Contributions

11th September 2012

Tax Relief on Pension Contributions Are you receiving the full amount of Tax Relief on contributions that you make to your Employer Pension Scheme? Usually your employer takes the pension contributi......

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Three Main Advantanges of outsourcing your payroll

Tuesday 4th September 2012

There are three main advantages of outsourcing your payroll. Compliance You don’t have to worry about keeping up to date with ever changing tax rules and government regulations, for example th......

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Thanks to the EU, the cost of income protection for men is only heading in one direction.

Tuesday 28th August 2012

Thanks to the EU, the cost of income protection for men is only heading in one direction. The EU gender directive comes into force on 21st December 2012. It means that men and women will no longer b......

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Students who do Work during Holidays

Tuesday 14th August 2012

Students who do holiday work will have income tax and national insurance deducted from their wages for holiday work from next April when the government scraps a student opt out for Pay As You Earn (PA......

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Business Lessons from Dyson

Tuesday 7th August 2012

Business lessons from Dyson James Dyson is an extraordinary businessman. His early days in business were tough, and full of unexpected set-backs. Nevertheless Dyson found a way to overcome each chall......

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HMRC Campaigns

Tuesday 10th July 2012

HMRC over the last period have provided certain campaign opportunities for those working in the target trades and professions to make a voluntary disclosure of undeclared income i.e. HMRC publicises t......

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New EU Gender Rule Will Affect Insurance and Pensions

Tuesday 3rd July 2012

European judges have decided that Male/Female rates for insurance and pension arrangements are discriminatory, and they will be banned from 21 December 2012. The change will affect life insurance, pri......

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Form 42 - Do not miss the deadline

Tuesday 12th June 2012

Companies are required to submit a Form 42 to HM Revenue & Customs by 6 July 2012 if there have been any reportable events under an unapproved employee share plan.  Similar reporting requirem......

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Bookkeeping System

Tuesday 22nd May 2012

When an entrepreneur has an idea or a better solution to a problem they seek out peers to discuss their ideas or solutions. By doing so they validate that their thinking is correct before they commit ......

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Missed Tax Return Deadline?

Tuesday 8th May 2012

If you did not do your 2010/11 tax return by the deadline of 31 January 2012, send it online as soon as possible because the longer you delay, the more you’ll have to pay! Penalties for missing......

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Tax Refund Scam

Tuesday 1st May 2012

We have had a client very recently receive another email from “HM Revenue and Customs” informing them of a tax refund waiting to claimed. It has a link which it asks you to follow and comp......

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Introducing our NEW Wealth Management Service

Tuesday 24 April 2012

You’ve probably noticed the recent turmoil – in stock markets, in economic performance and even in the political world. It’s certainly been a volatile period for investors. This has ......

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Sage

Tuesday 17 April 2012

As technology progresses we find ourselves in an age where the need for software physically installed on our computers becomes less and less important. Having the ability to access our records via th......

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Annual Investment Allowance

Tuesday 13th March 2012

Act now and mop up any available unused Annual Investment Allowance before the end of the tax year. The maximum amount of annual investment allowance (AIA) is being reduced from £100,000 to &po......

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Landlords BEWARE

Tuesday 28 February 2012

HMRC have now moved their focus on tax evaders to Scottish landlords. The Taxman has set up a special taskforce to target those who have not declared any properties they let, on their tax returns.&nb......

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Time is running out to top up your ISA

Tuesday 7th February 2012

If you want to save tax and improve your financial security this is an ideal time to take advantage of your personal allowance for ISA investment. ISAs are one of the most tax-efficient ways to save ......

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Grants, Grants, Grants

Tuesday 31st January 2012

  A key aspect of improving your business is getting reliable financial data that you can understand. If you are confident in your accounting system you can use the information to make the righ......

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Do not be caught out by HMRC staff strike

Tuesday 24th January 2012

As you may be aware, 7,000 HMRC staff are set to go on strike on 31st January 2012 against privatisation of their jobs. This is the highest profile day of the year for HMRC in which tens of thousands ......

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Tax Return Deadline

Tuesday 17th January 2012

HMRC have been reminding everyone through radio, TV and the newspapers that the filing deadline for 2010/11 tax returns is 31st January 2012. If your tax return is not received and accepted by HMRC p......

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Your Action Plan for 2012

Tuesday 10th January 2012

Research shows that people with up to date written goals are as much as 100% more successful than people who do not have up to date written goals.  We are happy to help you prepare, update, ......

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