by Juliet Wylie | 27th October 2022 | Limited company, Making Tax Digital, Sole trader, VAT
Alas, there are yet more changes to get your head around. HMRC have now decided to change VAT late submission penalties, late payment penalties, and VAT interest charges. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about in this period of flux and seemingly endless...
by Georgi Rollings | 16th August 2021 | Bookkeeping, Making Tax Digital, VAT, Xero
The requirements of Making Tax Digital (MTD) changed from 1 April 2021. It isn’t enough to just file your VAT return using software. Now you also have to worry about where your data comes from, and how it gets into your accounting records. So just what are...
by Annie Upton | 26th July 2021 | Bookkeeping, Limited company, Sole trader, Start ups, Tips and Tricks
Being a bit cheeky about what business expenses can be claimed may seem harmless in the moment. For example, like most of us this past year you’ve been working from home. You’ve noticed a great spot just right for a hot tub outside of your home office window, so you...
by Jennifer Grocott | 28th June 2021 | Limited company, Making Tax Digital, Sole trader, Start ups, Tips and Tricks, VAT
VAT can be a source of curiosity and confusion for business owners. Do you have to register for it or do you choose to? When is it necessary? And why? Is it a good thing? Though you can choose to voluntarily register for VAT at any time, there is a VAT registration...
by Georgi Rollings | 16th June 2021 | Making Tax Digital, Sole trader, Tips and Tricks, VAT
At the moment Making Tax Digital is only mandatory for VAT-registered businesses which are over the VAT registration threshold. And even then it is only a requirement for filing VAT returns. But is Making Tax Digital just for VAT? The short answer is no. MTD for VAT...