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With HMRC looking at rolling out its Making Tax Digital initiative over the next few years, there’s never been a better time to take a look at your accounting system and perhaps give it a [...]

When you start a new business you will have to make a choice between setting up as a sole trader and setting up as a limited company. There is no ‘right’ decision, because circumstances vary from [...]

Outgoing Chancellor George Osborne has floated the idea of slashing corporation tax as part of a series of moves intended to retain existing investors and entice new ones to the UK in the wake of [...]

There are more self-employed people in the UK than ever before, with numbers rising by 209,000 to 4.7 million in the three months up to April 2016. If you are newly self-employed, you may find [...]

According to a report from think tank the Institute for Public Policy and Research (IPPR), the UK is the self-employment capital of Europe; over the past 13 years, the number of self-employed has [...]

New EU audit rules, aimed at promoting high-quality audits in larger businesses throughout the EU and enhancing investor trust in the financial information of companies, came into force last [...]

It was announced a couple of weeks ago that the publication of crucial consultation documents on the Making Tax Digital project would be delayed until after the now-looming EU referendum. The [...]

According to a new study, the majority of business decision-makers and top executives regularly spend time during out-of-office hours catching up on administrative tasks. According to research [...]

More than half of smaller businesses in the UK believe their growth is being held back by administrative tasks and the burden of red tape, according to a new survey. The Federation of Small [...]

According to a new report, HMRC has been cracking down on payroll errors, and SMEs have been particularly targeted. In the 2014 – 2015 tax year, HMRC gathered in £737 million from [...]