by Georgi Rollings | 3rd November 2012 | Limited company, Sole trader
Are your books and records all in order? You may not have heard of HM Revenue & Customs Business Records Check initiative, but it has just been relaunched and it could affect you. So what is the Business Records Check initiative? Well, it pretty much does what...
by Georgi Rollings | 4th August 2012 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Business Planning, Sole trader, Start ups
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...
by Georgi Rollings | 8th July 2012 | Bookkeeping, Self assessment, Sole trader, Start ups
If you are self employed, then sooner or later you will need to complete a self assessment tax return, and pay tax on your profits. So what do you need to know about tax for the self employed? One of the first things you need to understand is whether or not to...
by Georgi Rollings | 17th June 2012 | Bookkeeping, Company Structure, Self assessment, Sole trader, Start ups
You’ve just started trading, but you don’t know what to do next. You know you need to make sure you’re keeping the tax man happy, and you need to track how your business is performing. If only somebody could give you some simple steps to complete!...
by Georgi Rollings | 15th April 2012 | Accounting, Self assessment, Sole trader, Start ups
You’ve recently started your own business as a sole trader. You are worried that you don’t know what you don’t know – but there is no way that you can justify expensive accountants fees until you are making a bigger profit. What can you do to...