Are you claiming for entertainment correctly?
Entertainment expenses can be a hard one to get your head around. Which ones are allowable for tax? …
‘Financial advisers need a much deeper understanding of their clients’
We offer solutions to our clients throughout their financial life. …
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. …
You can’t always get what you want
It’s impossible to get something good at an impossibly cheap price. We know this, but we forget it, so we have sayings to remind us, like “buy cheap buy twice”. …
The airbed tax battle
With the passing of the most recent Budget, the talking point was undoubtedly the ‘white van man’ tax and the uproar that followed. …
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. …
How not to lose to HMRC
Quietly, without announcement, HMRC changed its charter in early 2016 to give itself more flexibility and latitude. …
Are you disappointed with your tax bill?
It’s that time of year again – the January tax payment deadline is just around the corner. …
Why offshore isn’t such a dirty word
Perhaps popular culture dislikes offshore financial arrangements because people can remember all those peers in the house of Lords who enjoy non-dom status. …
Autumn Statement Summary: November 2016
What we do know is that the government continues to target abusive tax avoidance. …
Is your accountant working for the taxman?
If you’ve ever struggled to understand your tax bill please take comfort in the fact that it’s not you, it’s the taxman. …
Reap £25k of tax savings on £100k
It takes money to make money and today, thanks to ever stricter rules on tax planning, the same is true with your tax strategy. Increasingly, tactics only work if you have cash at your disposal. …
Are you a fool or a unicorn?
Why? Things like social status, internalised self worth and living in an insular environment where competition among dentists for the best post grad garlands matters more than income. …
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? …
Does HMRC actually want me to have a good time?
The rules for entertaining clients and staff are different …
