With more people than ever renting their home, rather than buying, it’s a great time to be a landlord or to opt for a buy-to-let property investment. There’s a good market for tenants and, with the right planning and financial management, you can create a positive...
Investing in ‘bricks and mortar’ has always been a sensible way to grow your money. And with the growth in the average house price beginning to plateau, now may be a good time to look at buying up properties in need of some TLC and refurbishing, or developing them as...
Today (5th April) is the end of the 2016-17 tax year and tomorrow sees the beginning of the 2017-18 one. Those having to complete a personal self assessment tax return for 16/17 have until 31st January 2018 to file and make payment – although we don’t recommend...
You may have seen that from 1st April there are changes being made to the flat rate VAT scheme, introducing the concept of ‘limited cost traders’. A new flat rate of 16.5% is being introduced and will be applied to any business that meets the criteria of a limited...
If you own and run a company, how should you pay yourself in the 2016-17 tax year? In recent years, the most efficient way for owner run businesses to pay themselves personally has been to take a salary up to the lower earnings limit for national insurance, and...
