VAT free facial aesthetics
Dentists have a commercial advantage over high-street competition …
The Hive Budget digest
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond delivered his Budget this week — here’s what practice owners and dentists should know. …
Employee status means a 13.8% drop in associate pay
HMRC has apparently written to some associates to say they are reviewing their employment status. …
Why the pros incorporate
Incorporation for dental practice owners used to be a no-brainer because it saved you money. …
Bitcoin is either gambling or it’s taxable, not both
You may not have heard from them since they watched much of those gains drain away overnight. Or was it you? My sense is most dentists are too risk averse. …
How to create a disillusioned taxpayer
Some changes have just been made in Scotland that tell us something important about the way our financial lives are organised (a better word might be disorganised) by the state. …
Digested: The outlandishly bland Budget
At Hive we believe we have a duty to you, our dear reader, to report the salient facts about these national events, insofar as there are any. …
Wake up to what you’ve got, and make it better
It seems strange to me that people would pay for a new toy yet won’t invest a fraction of that to make their old one work properly. …
Where dentists with dud accountants get hit the hardest
In our work with dental practice owners we keep discovering shockingly poor advice given by accountants and dentists risk losing a lot of money. …
Are ISAs dead?
Everybody knows about ISAs. In fact, it’s probably where most of us instinctively look to put our savings. …
Well that went well (as usual)
It’s only been a week since the Budget and the Government has already made a U-turn on the announcement that NIC contributions for the self-employed would be increasing. …
The Budget 2017 Update
You cannot have failed to hear about the changes to National Insurance. …
Unannounced visits from HMRC
Unannounced visits from HMRC are an increasingly common reality and by all accounts, they are generally unpleasant. …
Autumn Statement Summary: November 2016
What we do know is that the government continues to target abusive tax avoidance. …
Fancy some additional tax on your property?
HMRC have introduced draft legislation into Finance Bill 2016 which could see gains on your property disposals taxed as income, rather than capital gains (CGT). …
Tax Terms Explained
As accountants, we're used to throwing around all sorts of fancy terms when we talk about accounts and tax, but what do they actually mean? …
