Why cash management in business is king
While revenue, profit and costs are all equally important, your cash management, in terms of your daily, weekly, monthly trading, is what keeps your company afloat. Ignore it at your peril.
Tag: VAT
The difference between tax and duty
For the government to meet our demands for better healthcare and education, it first has to earn revenue from somewhere. So it pays to know the difference between tax and duty, its primary sources.
Companies of all shapes and sizes targeted by new Amazon Business offering
Having already moved into the enterprise space through the creation of Amazon Web Services and Amazon Marketplace, the commerce company has created Amazon Business to meet procurement needs.
HMRC cracks down on SME directors
By Staff writer
Vernon Dennis explains why, despite the UK tax gap being at a record low, HMRC has placed SMEs in its crosshairs as a way of reducing it even more.
In for a penny, in for a pound: Making tax returns easy for small businesses
By Staff writer
After the chaos on the eve of the self-assessment tax deadline in January, when a technology failure at HMRC cut callers off before they knew if payments had cleared, business owners have an extra incentive to get on top of things. Here’s how to make tax returns easy.
Five Autumn Statement predictions for British businesses
On the eve of chancellor Phillip Hammond’s first budget address to members of parliament, Real Business provides some Autumn Statement predictions.
The Budget 2016: Online merchants dodging VAT overseas in George Osbornes firing line
As part of his Budget 2016 address, George Osborne sought to reassure the small business leaders that feel they’re struggling against online rivals and revealed he will clamp down on VAT dodgers overseas, while supporting sharing economy entrepreneurs with a tax break for an Airbnb allowance.
VAT: Everything you need to know
By James Poyser
VAT doesn’t need to be taxing. This guide will give you all the answers you have about VAT in the UK.
Lack of consensus on making spending cuts after election could lead to future tax rises in the UK
Commenting on data which showed public borrowing for the last financial year came in lower than expected at £87bn, the Centre for Economics Business and Research (Cebr) said the latest figures were “nothing to be proud of”.
The Budget 2015: The impact and implementation of new digital tax accounts
Lesley Stalker examines the news that HMRC has flexed new muscles by swapping paper tax returns for digital returns linked to bank accounts.