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2 days for VAT notification – what do you need to do?

This summer, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been contacting small businesses across the country with information and warnings on who is eligible to pay VAT, what the deadlines are, and the penalties of either not taking action within the deadline, or disguising revenues for VAT avoidance Diana Flier, senior compliance analyst, Intuit UK explains what you need to be prepared for.

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Controlling your costs the professional way

Since I started my company Actinic 15 years ago, I’ve sold almost exclusively to small businesses – it’s been a blessing and a curse. A blessing in the sense that no single customer is too critical. Against this is that none of these guys has much money, which means we have to be incredibly cost conscious. This experience has taught me a few tips about keeping costs down.

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Payroll Solutions for SMEs

Few SMEs would dispute that managing and administering payroll is one of those necessary headaches that smaller enterprises have to endure; only the big beasts – large corporations –can afford to pay for large-scale payroll outsourcing contacts, after all. But if assumptions like this are organising the affairs of the UK’s small to medium sized enterprises, they’re mistaken.

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A Quick Guide to help you meet the Self Assessment deadline

Not filed your 2009/10 self-assessment tax return online yet? Well you’re in good company. As of 17th January 2011, over three million people who’d been issued with tax returns to fill in hadn’t filed them yet. Here is, qualified Chartered Accountant, Emily Coltman with a few answers to some of those burning questions you may have, to help you meet that Jan 31st deadline.