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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......

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......

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......

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 ......

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......


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 ......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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 ......

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......

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......

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 ......

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......

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......

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......

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 ......

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......

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 ......

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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