In the run-up to this month’s Finance for Freelancers workshop in London (book here!), I saw an interesting comment on Facebook under BECTU’s ad for the course. The suggestion was that other organisations run free courses on tax, etc., so why bother with ours.
READ MORE >Posted on 08 July 2019
Ever wanted to know how much you have to work? It always amazes me how few people ask themselves this question, but it’s important to set yourself a target. This gives you something to aim for, and should also stop you overworking.
READ MORE >Posted on 28 June 2019
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a hot topic on our courses at the moment. Under current plans, from April 2021 [update 27/9/21 – it’s now from April 2024] sole traders with annual turnover more than £10,000, will have to use special software to report turnover and business expenses every quarter. So that means as they
READ MORE >Posted on 24 June 2019
I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently about pensions. Not from ancient people like me, but from young freelancers starting out on their career. This never used to happen. Savings were never on the mind of people in their 20s, fresh out of college and excited about finding work.
READ MORE >Posted on 05 April 2019
The Spring Statement by the Chancellor got rather overlooked yesterday, what with the government falling apart a bit. It’s worth picking up on one thing though. There seems to be a concerted effort to stop companies paying late for work completed.
READ MORE >Posted on 14 March 2019
If you were one of the many people who left everything to the 31st January tax return deadline, you might now be recovering from what I call the tax hangover. It’s caused by a mixture of adrenaline, that feeling of wooziness because you’re not quite sure if you did everything right, coupled with relief that
READ MORE >Posted on 12 February 2019
You might be vaguely aware that the 31st January is an important deadline for tax affairs. In fact it’s two deadlines:
READ MORE >Posted on 14 January 2019
I’m writing this just as the Chancellor sits down from delivering his 2018 budget. It was heavy going, mainly because his jokes were so awful. What he covered in the speech is only the tip of the iceberg. More detail will drip out as we trawl through the big Budget Red Book. What I can
READ MORE >Posted on 29 October 2018
If you’ve been on one of my networking for freelancers workshops, we probably discussed how to not waste time on social media. Don’t get me wrong. Social media can be a very good way of keeping in the loop when you’re working for yourself. But many people talk about getting sucked into social media. They
READ MORE >Posted on 01 August 2018
Hot off the presses we hear that Class 2 National Insurance will NOT be abolished in April 2018 as planned, but will continue for
READ MORE >Posted on 03 November 2017
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