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Sole Traders
Claiming tax allowances for buying or leasing a vehicle when you’re a sole trader
Many self-employed people couldn’t operate their sole trader business if they didn’t have a vehicle. Some sole traders...
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Sole Traders
What is the trading allowance and should you claim it?
The trading allowance (also called the trading income allowance) is a tax exemption that can be worth up...
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Car Mileage Allowance
Mileage allowance: how much can sole traders claim?
Sole traders (ie self-employed workers) can rack up many thousands of miles a year when travelling around on...
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Self Assessment
12 things every limited company director should know about reporting additional income via Self Assessment tax returns
You can be fined, prosecuted, or disqualified from being a company director if you fail to meet your legal...
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Tax Deadline
Self Assessment: why stick as close to the 31 January filing deadline as possible, despite HMRC waiving the rules?
Struggled to complete your Self Assessment tax return ahead of the midnight 31 January online-filing deadline? You’re not the...
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Expenses
Locum GPs: key facts about reporting income and claiming expenses
The National Association of Sessional GPs estimates that there are more than 17,000 GP locums working in the...
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Expenses
What expenses can self employed personal trainers claim for?
According to some sources, there are almost 14,000 registered personal trainers in the UK. More than a third...
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Savings & Investment
Reporting investment and share income via Self Assessment
Millions of people in the UK own shares or have other investments such as ISAs. When compared to...
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Tax
20 things you should know about cryptocurrency and tax
Are you thinking about investing in cryptocurrency? Maybe you already have, as have about 2.3m others in the...
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