Self employed expenses – what can’t I claim?
There’s a lot of guidance around to help you understand what expenses you can offset against your profits when you are self employed (including my blog on sole trader tax deductible expenses), but sometimes you also need to know what you can’t claim. Here...So you’re thinking of starting a business?
September is here, with a reminder that autumn is approaching, and children are going back to school. Its at this time of year that a lot of mums start thinking about what they are going to do, and how they are going to fit it around their children. Even once children...Top 5 tax deductible travel expenses for self employed
Do you travel for your business? If so you should make sure you understand what the main tax deductible travel expenses are – and what you can’t claim. The main rule is that the travel can’t be to your normal place of business. So if you are...Valuing your time
One of the consistent themes I’ve found from talking to early stage businesses is that people don’t put a value on their time. An artist pricing their art worries about recovering the cost of materials, but doesn’t consider how many hours each piece...Little and Often!
Today, I finally stopped procrastinating, and I defrosted the freezer. Its the first time its been defrosted, and we bought it a few years ago (don’t ask how many…). And defrosting it took a long time, and a lot of hard work. If only I hadn’t kept...Follow Starfish Accounting
