As an employer, you must offer a workplace pension scheme by law. Your employee, you (the business owner), and the government then pay into your pension. When you employ staff, there are a number of steps [...]
It’s great that you are wanting to go solo with your career. There are many benefits to doing it on your own, including; being your own boss, choosing which hours you work, having control over your [...]
Furlough has ended after being available to UK businesses since the 19th of March 2020. Well over a year later and after many changes, the government backed scheme officially stopped on the 30th of September. A month later, [...]
Nick Megson founded Abacus Flooring Solutions in August 2020 and hasn’t looked back since. After setting a modest target of £180,000 first year turnover, he more than tripled that in his first year of trading. Providing [...]
From 1 April 2021 until 31 March 2023, companies investing in qualifying new plant and machinery assets will be able to claim the super-deduction. What is the super-deduction? Put simply, the super-deduction aims to incentivise company [...]
Cooper Accounting is keen to demystify the VAT implications when supplying services abroad. If you are a VAT registered business operating and providing services through a UK Limited Company, do you need to charge VAT on [...]
Over 2Million savvy business owners have fallen in love with Xero’s online cloud accounting software. Subscriptions continue to rise, and happy business owners free up precious time and reduce stress, in the knowledge that their business [...]
Despite a recent economic downturn, the SME market continues to thrive, and more businesses than ever have formed during the pandemic than in recent years, with West Yorkshire seeing huge growth. This upward trend in entrepreneurship [...]
What can and can’t be claimed as self-employed allowable expenses? If you are self-employed, there are certain business expenses you can deduct from your tax bill to lower your liability. Cooper Accounting explains allowable expenses to [...]
