It is nearly the end of the tax year so lots to remember …… if you run your own company, and have not yet taken advantage of your full £5000 dividend allowance, then you need to pay yourself a dividend before 6/4/2018.  Remember that the allowance drops to £2,000 from 6/4/18 if you run your…

2018 has got off to a great start! Following a handful of requests from our clients, we can now take debit or credit card payments at our office.  So if you prefer to pay your invoices using this method, then we are happy to oblige!

Happy New Year to all our clients!  We hope you all have a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Merry Christmas to everyone & wishing you all every blessing for 2018.  

We are delighted to be able to sponsor Christmas at The Cathedral again this year in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.  It is going to be extra special this year because we were unable to attend as sponsors last year because of my ill health.   Keith Newman from Highlights PR has done…

Now that it is December, we are finally entering into the Christmas Season, unlike many people for whom Christmas starts in November!   We now even have a little Christmas tree in our office, but it’s not big enough to put Christmas presents under it!   Our lovely client, Sara, from Sara Eke Recruitment came to do…

So how far out were we on our comments yesterday? ….. Delighted to hear that Tyne and Wear Metro got a specific mention in the Budget, with a substantial investment Here are the key bullet points from the Autumn Budget 2017 • Unemployment at its lowest rate since 1975. • Chancellor is providing an extra £3bn…

What excitements are in store for us? Philip Hammond will introduce in his Budget announcements tomorrow, 22 November 2017 and there is continuing speculation in the financial press about what kind of changes he will make. Politically, Mr Hammond is being encouraged to be radical, to offer more to younger voters. Changes being considered include:…

Well Autumn is here.  And for some, the countdown to Christmas is starting.  For us accountants, that means the impending mayhem of January looms quite near. Don’t leave it until the last minute!  Start pulling together paperwork now for your tax returns and let your accountant have it as soon as possible. For those who…

Hope you have all had a great summer. Just a heads-up for those of you who use an old version of Sage accounts software, and who use this software to file your VAT returns online, Sage have advised us that from 14 February 2018 HMRC’s electronic data interchange will be decommissioned and existing services will…