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The Greater Manchester Clean Air Proposal consultation is now open. You have the opportunity to have your say from now until midnight on Sunday 30 June 2019 here: https://cleanairgm.com/conversation and we would strongly encourage you to do so, as this proposal is likely to impact every household in the region, not just businesses using HGVs and vans. For full details Read the full article…

We are now six weeks into the Government’s Making Tax Digital for VAT initiative, and so far, so good. If we currently look after and submit your VAT returns on your behalf, then rest assured that you are in good hands – we are MTD ready and ensuring all clients are compliant with new legislation in plenty of time. If Read the full article…

Big shout out to Kathryn who was invited to attend a ceremony in the Houses of Parliament last week in celebration of achieving her ATT (Association of Accounting Technicians) qualification. Kathryn has an incredible work ethic, having studied continuously since joining us in 2012 and balancing her work and studies with bringing up two amazing children, not to mention having Read the full article…

In the next in our series of articles on how to improve your cashflow we take a look at margins, and how simply understanding them better, and focusing on them more regularly will have a knock on effect on improving your cashflow. Simply monitoring and understanding the margins in your business will ensure you ask better questions about your cashflow Read the full article…

We have been working with a number of clients recently around improving their cashflow. I continue to be surprised by the number of businesses out there who focus on growth above all else and forget the rule that Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity, but cash is KING! And it’s such an important area of focus for any business, that Read the full article…

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Spring Statement on Wednesday 13 March 2019 amidst all the Brexit debates. In his speech the Chancellor provided an update on the economy and responded to the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts. In addition he launched consultations on various aspects of the tax system together with updates on earlier consultations. One area subject to consultation Read the full article…

The government has published additional documents containing advice on Brexit for UK small businesses. According to the government, the information will help business owners to ‘understand how leaving the EU may affect their business’. The advisory documents cover a range of issues, from changes to UK-EU trade following Brexit, to alterations to how businesses send and receive personal data. Amidst Read the full article…

HMRC is phasing in its landmark Making Tax Digital (MTD) regime, which will ultimately require taxpayers to move to a fully digital tax system. Under the new rules, businesses with a taxable turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) must keep digital records for VAT purposes and provide their VAT return information to HMRC using MTD functional compatible software. The new rules Read the full article…

Over recent years HMRC has increasingly cracked down on email and SMS phishing,  and a number of criminals are turning to cold-calling publicly available phone numbers to steal money from taxpayers. These calls are often made to landline numbers. According to Ofcom, nearly 26 million homes have a landline, many of which could be at risk from scams, especially if Read the full article…

At last the clocks have gone forward, days are becoming longer and some warmth is in the air (well, almost, although it didn’t feel like that from the side lines of the football pitches I was at over the weekend!!). It is also the start of the new tax year, which means there are a number of updates to which Read the full article…