Archive | October, 2011

SMEs want contractor accountants to provide online services

SMEs want contractor accountants to provide online services

Online accountants may be interested to learn that 38% of SMEs in the UK will expect all their documents to be processed digitally within the next 2 years.

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Modern Britain in a nutshell

Modern Britain in a nutshell

I’ve been having a funny old week at work. For once I’ve got up to date on my deliverables and am waiting on assorted worthies to review and respond to the results. Meanwhile the technical team next door are working all hours God sent to keep up, while my in tray is almost empty. Well, it makes for a quiet, if rather boring life.

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Resigning accountants receive huge counter-offers

Resigning accountants receive huge counter-offers

Contractor accountants may be interested to hear that the results of Robert Walters’ annual survey into accountants pay showed that those who did get a bonus this year, received increases in excess of 10%.

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Tax exiles should check their residency status

Tax exiles should check their residency status

Contractor accountants might be interested to learn that the long-running saga concerning the tax residency status of Robert Gaines-Cooper finally reached its conclusion in the Supreme Court last week.

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Non-doms should get advice from a contractor accountant

Non-doms should get advice from a contractor accountant

Non-domiciled individuals should seek the advice of a contractor accountant, as they may qualify for tax benefits.

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Contractor accountants will sort out your PAYE returns

Contractor accountants will sort out your PAYE returns

Employers might like to seek the services of a contractor accountant to sort out their PAYE paperwork after HMRC said it found a number of mistakes in 2009/10 returns.

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How do you make the Invisible Man visible?

How do you make the Invisible Man visible?

Now here’s an interesting question: if you wanted to hold up an example of a successful freelance, who would you pick? That might seem an odd sort of thing to do, but as part of the lead up to National Freelancers Day on November 23rd, the idea was floated.

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1.5m people filed their 2009-10 self-assessment forms late

1.5m people filed their 2009-10 self-assessment forms late

Contractor accountants and freelancers may have been among the 1.5 million taxpayers who received penalties for late filing and payment of self-assessment tax returns after this January’s deadline.

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Accountants speak out against BIS cash accounting proposals

Accountants speak out against BIS cash accounting proposals

Will contractor accountants suffer if the latest cash accounting proposals from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills are written into law?

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HMRC cracks down on people with HSBC accounts in Switzerland

HMRC cracks down on people with HSBC accounts in Switzerland

Contractor accountants who have been salting away their money in a Swiss HSBC bank account will shortly be receiving a letter from HMRC.

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HMRC clamps down on tax evading tutors and coaches

HMRC clamps down on tax evading tutors and coaches

Contractor accountants may get inundated with calls from private tutors and coaches after HMRC announced its latest clampdown on tax evaders.

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Let’s leave notice periods for the permies. We don’t need them!

Let’s leave notice periods for the permies. We don’t need them!

Last week I got into one of those elliptical conversations you sometimes have on the internet. It started off with one of those all-to-frequent questions, “My new contract hasn’t got a notice period! What am I going to do?” Silly question: “Earn a lot of money while you finish the gig” was my response.

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