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Cheques to go through within one working day
Digital imaging boosts the prospects (and clearing times) of paper payments.
Mar 28, 2017 | Money NewsNew guide unveiled on Flat Rate VAT changes
Get the official word on whether you’re a limited cost trader, and likely to pay more VAT.
Mar 14, 2017 | Money NewsApps are absent at two-thirds of taxpaying traders
No tax software inside most small ventures will make MTD a hard slog.
Feb 20, 2017 | Money NewsRethink Flat Rate VAT changes, HMRC urged
Freelancers seen in the collateral from a clampdown on a popular VAT scheme.
Feb 16, 2017 | Money News'Don’t automatically accept automatic tax penalties'
Charity says your excuse for being fined £100 may be reasonable enough to have it overturned.
Feb 13, 2017 | Money NewsFreelancers face £280 bill to make their tax digital
HMRC hints at a let-off, saying your digital account will only cost you hundreds, not thousands.
Feb 5, 2017 | Money NewsTraders continue to leave VAT man £2.6bn short
Late payers the likely cause of a still ‘stubbornly high’ VAT debt mountain.
Jan 22, 2017 | Money NewsCalls mount to shelve Making Tax Digital
Panel of MPs joins chorus calling for a delay, at least to '2019/20, possibly later.'
Jan 15, 2017 | Money NewsTop 10 fanciful excuses for late tax returns
When self-assessors try the ridiculous to avoid being penalised.
Jan 5, 2017 | Money NewsSlowest paying cities for freelancers -- revealed
Manchester puts Sheffield to shame in the prompt payment stakes, study finds.
Dec 15, 2016 | Money NewsFlat Rate VAT webinars to take freelancers' questions
Log-on for an early but official steer on what 2017’s changes might mean for you.
Dec 8, 2016 | Money NewsSix simple steps for self-assessing freelancers
How to get in front of your first tax return, so HMRC isn’t on your back.
Dec 6, 2016 | Money NewsMaking Tax Digital: why you should embrace it
Four reasons why digital tax accounts will be good for you and your freelance business.
Nov 29, 2016 | Money NewsFreelancers may join auto-enrolment pension scheme
Tomorrow could see the start of nest eggs, yet extra NI, for all self-employed.
Nov 21, 2016 | Money NewsFoot traders' bills for quarterly tax reporting, HMRC told
Freelancers facing ‘MTD’ deserve ‘whatever amount of financial support’ they need.
Nov 20, 2016 | Money NewsSix questions to ask your potential accountant
Freelancers have half a dozen considerations when enlisting a numbers expert.
Nov 17, 2016 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Do I have to use their invoice template?
Law firm cautions against imposing a fee for the extra time a client invoice template takes.
Nov 9, 2016 | Money News'Align digital tax plan waiver with VAT threshold'
Make more traders exempt from quarterly tax e-updates, and delay them, HMRC told.
Six questions that stop your invoice getting paid
What clients and HR will bug you about if your invoice leaves room for doubt.
Oct 26, 2016 | Money NewsHave your final say on late payment tsar
Last chance to give your view on what the Small Business Commissioner should do.
Oct 23, 2016 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: How to avoid UK tax on my foreign income?
Remittance or Arising? That is the question troubling a new arrival set to self-assess.
Oct 9, 2016 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Can I correct my VAT mistake?
What to do when you leave £12,000 in VAT off your invoice.
Oct 4, 2016 | Money NewsInstall late payment tsar before 2017, ministers told
Now's the time for the Small Business Commissioner, says IPSE, not next year.
Oct 2, 2016 | Money NewsLifetime ISA changed to help first-time buyers
Government's 25% top-up can go towards a house deposit, Treasury confirms.
Freelancers get respite from unchanged inflation
Costs steadying will relieve the two-thirds ‘seriously worried’ about their bottom line.
Sep 13, 2016 | Money NewsMissing cheques cost smaller traders £550m
Forgetting to pay in what's already been paid incurs firms a £740 weekly charge.
Sep 8, 2016 | Money NewsCheques 'look set for the history books'
For the first time, the traditional way to pay is now the least used.
Sep 4, 2016 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Can I turn local currency into more pounds?
Exchange tips for when you account in pounds yet invoice in everything but.
Aug 31, 2016 | Money NewsMicro-businesses no longer relying on banks
Study suggests starting a tiny venture doesn't have to break the bank.
Aug 30, 2016 | Money NewsFighting HMRC pays off 'more than half the time'
Almost 60% of decisions get altered or annulled when taxpayers challenge.
Aug 29, 2016 | Money News
