Lewis Chapman
Time to sell your Furnished Holiday Let? The spring budget impacts on FHLs...
The Spring budget brings about many changes relevant to all taxpayers in the UK. From April 06, 2025, owners of furnished holiday lets...
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SHORT AND SONS ACCOUNTANTS LTD
Lewis Chapman
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Black Cabs to Booming Businesses: How Short & Sons Accountants Empowers Staines
Short and Sons Accountants was started by a Licensed London Taxi Driver in 2017 as a dedicated Taxi-Accountant for drivers. The aim was...
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Lewis Chapman
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Reduce Tax on Profits: Smart Extraction for Ltd Co
Short and Sons Accountants have revisited the most effective way for a director to extract profits from their small limited company. We...
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Lewis Chapman
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Spring Budget 2024: How it Affects You
The 2024 Spring Budget delivered a mixed bag of news, but overall, it offers positive steps for self-employed individuals, employees,...
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Lewis Chapman
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New Rules for Zero-Hour Holiday Pay
A much-needed change is coming to holiday entitlement for zero-hour, irregular-hour, and part-year workers. The change aims to simplify...
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Lewis Chapman
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Hiring Made Easy: A Guide to HMRC Compliance for New Staff
Expanding your team? Congratulations! But before welcoming your new employee, ensure you meet your HMRC obligations. This quick guide...
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Lewis Chapman
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HMRC Backtrack on Double Cab Pickup Vans
HMRC U-turn on Double Cab Van Tax! No reclassification of cars after industry outcry. Savings for businesses & farmers.
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Lewis Chapman
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Side Hustle Taxes UK: Don't Get Caught Out!
Boost your income, not your tax worries. Whether you're flipping vintage finds on Etsy or crafting handmade treasures on TikTok, online...
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Lewis Chapman
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FCA Seeking Fair Value for Gap and Other Insurance Products
The FCA has communicated to insurers that they must act to ensure that their products provide fair value to their customers.
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Lewis Chapman
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Directors Dividends - Are Your Reports HMRC Ready?
HMRC is investigating and contacting company directors that it suspects have earned dividends without declaring them in their taxable...
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Lewis Chapman
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Tax Scams: Don't Let Them Bite!
Over the years, our scam-savvy clients have reported many suspicious letters, emails, phone calls, and other communications to us. Short...
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Lewis Chapman
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Pay Less Tax in 2024 - National Insurance Cuts Explained
UK employees & self-employed benefit from NIC cuts. Save on NI bills! [Read tips for both] #taxcuts #NICs #UK
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Lewis Chapman
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VAT for black cab drivers and PHVs
Short and Sons Accountants are no strangers to London's black cab industry, nor are we strangers to VAT. Black cab drivers and Private...
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Lewis Chapman
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Your accounting year-end may change in 2024!
While filing for the 2022/2023 tax year, Short and Sons Accountants noticed that many taxpayers' accounting years finish before April...
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Lewis Chapman
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ULEZ Scrappage Scheme: Get £2,000 to Upgrade Your Vehicle
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) is expanding to cover all London boroughs from 29 August 2023. ULEZ is designed to combat poor air...
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Lewis Chapman
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Full State Pension: Secure Your Future Now!
Time is Running Out: Did you know there's a limited-time opportunity to maximize your future state pension? The government is offering...
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Lewis Chapman
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Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings: What You Need to Know
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) is a tax imposed on residential property held within a Ltd Company.
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Lewis Chapman
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Why is it important to file your tax return early?
Here we ask the question, why should you file your tax return early?
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Lewis Chapman
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Understanding the Construction Industry Scheme: A Comprehensive Introduction for Contractors & Subcontractors
The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) aims to combat non-compliant self-employed workers who fail to register their cash-in-hand pay...
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Lewis Chapman
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HMRC's self-assessment payments on account
This post aims to help you understand your tax bill better by providing all the information you need to know about self-assessment...
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Lewis Chapman
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Stricter rules for use of home claims
To discourage claims HMRC are introducing stricter rules and more compulsory boxes in relevant forms used for employment expenses. Form...
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Lewis Chapman
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Capital Gains Tax: 26,500 miss deadline
Earlier on this year almost 20% of taxpayers with gains to declare from UK residential properties failed to report and pay the capital...
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Lewis Chapman
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The HMRC app: 4 key useful tools
The HMRC app contains many useful tools and can be easily downloaded for free. There are 4 key points to be aware of when it comes to...
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Lewis Chapman
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Time to pay arrangements - now much easier to agree
Agreeing a time to pay (TTP) arrangement used to involve calling HMRC and convincing it that you were struggling to pay. Agreement was...
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