Growing your Kent Business with the help of FREE SEBB Grant Funding!

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Making Tax Digital

Update on HMRC’s plans for Making Tax Digital, Benefits of Private Pension Contributions and Class 2 NIC’s.

Have you heard of it? If not, that’s no surprise! It’s the accountancy equivalent of the snow leopard, confirmed to exist but rarely seen…

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How can I safeguard my business if the unthinkable happens?

Businesses across the UK are exposing themselves to very serious financial risk by not having adequate protection insurance in place, such as Shareholder Protection, Key Man Protection, Death in Service (employee term insurance) or Relevant Life. The estimated gap is around £683 billion, 60% up on recent years.

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Grow Your Strengths & Outsource Your Weaknesses

As an Entrepreneur, free time is hard to come by. Quite regularly you will find yourself trying to wear many hats to sustain & grow your business. However, attempting to do it all yourself without help can lead to many late nights at your desk. In the long run, whether you like it or not, this will bog you down and you’ll soon find yourself on the road to burn out…

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Dividends or Salary/Bonus Payments?

For several years, dividends have proven to be a tax effective way for owner/shareholders to extract profits from their company. Whilst salary and bonuses are tax-deductible for the company, and will currently save 20% corporation tax, this saving does not fully offset the substantial costs of National Insurance contributions (NIC) which accrue when making payments through the PAYE system.

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An Overview Of Online Payment Processing Methods For Your Business

Making it as easy as possible for customers and clients to pay increases our chances of getting the cash,  improves cashflow and reduces all the admin burden of dealing with payments. Online payments are no longer purely the reserve of online retail, we’re now seeing service based businesses beginning to take advantage of the benefits of processing payments online. This means the long, drawn out processes of bank visits to pay in should hopefully be a thing of the past and businesses are able to get their payments dealt with efficiently and effectively.

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Targets, Focus and Clarity

I can’t stress enough how important it is to hit the ground running in January and make sure you’re already on target for your goals and objectives. It’s far easier to hit your targets when each month’s results are in line with your projections.

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