What Are The Benefits Of The New Super Deduction?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a fantastic way to help kickstart your business, and that's the Super Deduction ...

New Payroll Year Starts On The 6th Of April 2021

The new payroll year starts on the 6th of April 2021 and I'm regularly being asked what needs to be done to prepare for it ...

Bokio Free Invoicing: An Alternative To Wave

When a business first starts out, they often don't have the spare cash to invest in proper bookkeeping software ...

What Businesses Should Expect When Raising Finance In 2021

Whether you buy and sell potato chips or computer chips, you may need to walk the extra mile when raising finance this year ...

The National Living Wage Increases In April

On the 1st of April 2021 the National Living Wage increases and more workers become eligible for the new rate ...

How To Process An Overpayment In Xero

If you accidentally overpaid an invoice or paid an invoice twice, here is a step-by-step guide on how to process it in Xero ...

Postponed VAT Accounting In Xero

A number of clients have asked me about using Postponed VAT recently, so I thought I'd show you how to do it ...

Do You Know About My Bookkeeping Handholding Service?

Bookkeeping can be a lonely pastime. You'll definitely benefit from my Bookkeeping Handholding Service ...

Sage50cloud: Error! You Have Entered An Invalid Password

If you have recently upgraded to Sage50cloud v27 then next time you login, you may get this error message ...

Sage50c: Goods Purchased From The EU Post Brexit

As a small business in the UK, it is quite common for purchases to be made for goods and services from the EU ...

GoCardless Fees And Sage Settings

Are bank fees and card fees such as GoCardless subject to VAT? Normally, they are exempt or do not involve VAT at all ...

Sage 50cloud And Brexit

If you trade outside of the UK then there is a new update for Sage 50cloud Accounts v27 to help with tax codes post Brexit ...

How To Link Square To Xero

If you use Square as a point of sales device then it is possible to link Square to Xero, but you just need to be careful ...

Keeping Your Sage Tidy

When you have been running your Sage accounts for a few years, it can be worth having a declutter and a bit of a tidy up ...

The Importance Of Customer Reviews

What do you do if you need a service or help you have not needed before? It's time to read some customer reviews ...

Do You Regularly Review Your Backup Schedule?

We had a client call us in a real panic this morning. They had accidentally deleted some very important spreadsheets ...

Bookkeeping Boost: Helping You File Your Tax Return Earlier

2020 is nearly over, and many will have a sharp intake of breath when they finally get around to doing their tax return ...

Filing Your VAT: Important Notification

HMRC recently announced that in 2021, the current XML-based VAT system will close to new submissions ...