Following a recent reorganization I am delighted to say I now have the capacity to help more new clients in the Somerset area. If you are a sole trader, small business, need Payroll services or need to do VAT or CIS returns please contact me for a chat. I have been running my business since 2011 and have been working in the accounts sector for more years than I care to remember!

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Following the latest #HMRC MTD for Agents webinar I have now successfully signed up the first 3 of my clients to the VAT MTD trial. Will be submitting the VAT returns under this new method next month. I will be signing the rest up shortly!

Are you ready for MTD for VAT? Remember it is mandatary for all VAT registered businesses with taxable turnover over £85K to start sending VAT returns this way from 1st April 2019. If you have a Bookkeeper or Accountant to do it for you make sure they are ...
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If you are a VAT registered company with turnover over £85,000.00 you need to be ready to submit VAT returns through compatible software from 1st April 2019. As a Bookkeeping service I am ready to do this on my clients behalf. Contact me if you need help with this.
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The 1st January is always a reflective time, and I find it good to take a moment to decide what direction I want my life and business to go in. I have been running my Bookkeeping business since 2011 and it has grown organically during that time. I have learned more than I thought I would as time has gone on and I have grown in confidence with my own ability to offer Bookkeeping services to businesses both large and small in the Somerset area. 

Although fully committed with the service I offer ...
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At the start of a busy period to come with the run up to Christmas, sometimes its good to stand back from the day to day and review what you are doing and decide on a (new?) direction for the future. It is all too easy to keep on keeping on with the same old stuff but sometimes we need to push ourselves in another direction. Who know what the future holds?
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Tax year is at an end and we now need to start looking towards filing tax returns. If you are self-employed you need to make sure you have all the details of your earnings and expenses over the past 12 months. If you also receive income from a job under PAYE or a Pension you will need to wait until you receive your P60 to add to that income total.

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If you run a VAT registered company with a turnover of £85,000 or over, from April 2019 you will need to be ready to submit your returns through compatible software to HMRC under the new Making Tax Digital for Business regulations. Why not get ready now and either get your accounts on digital software or get a bookkeeper to do it for you.

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New minimum rates come into effect from 1st April. If you are an employer, especially if you pay the minimum wage, you should review your staff's hourly rates from 1st April.

Minimum wage rates from April 2018

National living wage (for 25+)                 £7.83 p.h.     (Prev. £7.50)

National Minimum wage  (21-24)              £7.38 p.h.     (Prev. £7.05)

National Minimum wage  (18-20)              £5.90 p.h.     (Prev. £5.60)

National Minimum wage (16-17)               £4.20 p.h...

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What a dreadful week weatherwise with winds and cold making life miserable for most people in the UK. A tree blew down and put our phone and broadband out of action on Wednesday night by BT got it going again today. So hard to work these days without internet access and I had to use a clients office today to do some payrolls for other clients. Lets hope we soon see an end to winter and roll on Spring! 

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Today is the 15th January and you have just over 2 weeks to submit your self assessment tax return online and if necessary, pay any tax due. There are fines if you don't. Why not do this a bit earlier next year and save yourself the last minute stress!

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First full week back at work for most people, schools are back, traffic is getting heavier and it's cold! 
If you run a small business and feel like you spend most of your spare time doing the accounts and admin side of your business, give me a ring. Perhaps I can take the worry out of the accounts for you and leave you with more time to do what you do best - run your business and enjoy your spare time!

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I am registered as an Agent with HMRC so I can act on your behalf for PAYE, VAT, CIS and self assessment. I am also an Agent with the Pension Regulator so I can do your Auto enrolment compliance. I set up Workplace Pensions for clients and run them in their payrolls. Can I help you with yours?

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If you are an employer running a Workplace Pension you should ensure that all qualifying staff are aware of the increase in contributions due from 6^th April 2018.

From this date employees will pay 3% of their earnings (after the earning threshold currently £113 pw or £490 pm) and the Employer will pay 2%. Employees receive 20% tax relief on their payments so the actual deduction will be 2.4% of earnings after the threshold, and the Government will pay 0.6% into the Employees pension pot....

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I work for a large engineering company in Bridgwater and I work in their office once a week. But during the week I can access my work PC from my home office and do additional work from there. This was especially useful recently when I was unable to drive for a couple of months. I was able to keep up to date with emails, accounts and wages with no problem at all. Working remotely is so easy!

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That's the first week back at work - or at least almost a week. Next Monday I am working at a client's in Wellington and then picking up paperwork from other clients in Wellington and Taunton. Took a phone call tonight from a new client. Good start to the year!

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I don't want this Blog to be all about work stuff so here is a picture of our Springer Spaniel Alfie. 

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I am based just outside Bridgwater in Somerset but have clients in Taunton, Wellington, Ilminster, NorthCurry and surrounding areas as well as Bridgwater. I work in the office of one or two but for the rest I work from my home office. Always happy to see new clients. and to talk through how I can help them to free up more time to get on with their business while I do the books.

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I am registered as an Agent with HMRC so I can act on your behalf for VAT, CIS and self-assessment. I am also an Agent with the Pension Regulator so I can do your Auto enrolment compliance. I set up Workplace Pensions for clients and run them in their payrolls. Can I help you with yours?

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Welcome to my new blog. I hope to post items in here that will be interesting to read and not just items that are connected to Accounts etc. 
For now the deadline for submitting self assessment tax returns for 2016-17 is looming up fast at 31st January. 

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