Tax saving tips for small firms

Here’s a great article for small businesses looking to make the most of tax breaks. It’s written by a good accountant who really knows his stuff follow this link for more.

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pre-Budget report for small business

The pre-Budget report happened yesterday, don’t know if you heard. As usual, it was seen as something of a mixed bag for small businesses; the Tories and the big accountancy firms said it smacked of ‘buy now, pay later’, but small business groups said it provided some welcome short-term relief.
The big headlines were a £7bn [...]

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Thousands of small pubs at risk

High taxes and competition from cut-price supermarkets are killing small community based pubs and thousands will go bust unless we do something about it.
The Campaign of Real Ale (CAMRA) says around 7,500 (one in eight) will go bust by 2012 if the government doesn’t intervene.
It wants to see lower VAT, cuts to beer taxes and [...]

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Pressure mounts for small business tax cut

A group of MPs and small businesses are tearing into Alistair Darling over an upcoming increase in corporation tax for small businesses.
The tax was announced by Gordon Brown in the 2007 Budget, and was controversial then, but now it is seen as cruel and unusual.
MPs, including Labour ones, have signed a petition to get the [...]

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Darling, Brown and Mandy: step up or step back

Recent events have turned the spotlight on the government’s anaemic response to UK businesses’ troubles.
Barack Obama says: “Yes we can!”; Gordon Brown says: “Let’s form a committee to discuss whether we can or not and then at a later date make a decision which will underpin ongoing discussions”.
Obama’s economic pledges may be a tad unrealistic: [...]

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