Correcting Previous Year Bookkeeping Errors: A UK Guide
How a UK accountant finds and fixes bookkeeping errors from earlier years, and how to tell a records fix from an amended tax return or filed accounts.
Dividends Without Sufficient Company Profits: UK Director’s Guide
Cash in the bank doesn’t mean you can pay a dividend. Learn what distributable profits are, what makes a dividend unlawful, and how to fix an overpayment.
How to Build a Business Cash Flow Forecast: A Worked Example
Build a business cash flow forecast step by step, with a fictional three-month worked example, cash flow versus profit explained, and how I spot shortfalls early.
Voluntary VAT Registration for Small Businesses: When It Pays
Should you register for VAT below £90,000? A plain-English guide to input VAT, customer types, pricing, schemes and cash flow, with worked examples.
P11D Benefits Guide for Small Business Employers
What a P11D and P11D(b) are, which benefits to report, Class 1A NIC, deadlines, payrolling and PSAs, with worked examples for small UK employers.
Mortgage Arrangement Fees for Property Companies: Accounting and Tax
How a property company should account for arrangement, broker and valuation fees, when to spread them over the loan, and how that differs from Corporation Tax relief.
Outsourcing Payroll or Doing It Yourself: What Suits a Small Business?
Should you run payroll yourself or hand it to an accountant? A plain-English UK comparison covering time, PAYE, pensions, statutory pay and what you stay liable for.
Bookkeeping Review for Limited Companies: What I Check
What I check in a limited company’s bookkeeping review: bank, VAT, payroll, director’s loan, fixed assets and more, plus a checklist and common findings.
Payroll for Zero Hours Workers: A Guide for UK Employers
How to run payroll for zero hours and irregular hours workers: pay, NMW, holiday pay, rolled-up holiday, RTI, payslips and records, with a worked example.
Auto Enrolment Rules for a Single Director Company
Does a one-director limited company have to auto enrol into a workplace pension? Plain-English UK rules on contracts, staff, postponement and voluntary contributions.