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With the closure of the 2023 tax year approaching on April 5, 2024, there remains an opportunity to...
Are you gearing up to bring new talent on board? Don't let the complexity of budgeting for new...
Satago solutions are designed to facilitate intuitive, data-driven decision-making while ensuring...
We have joined Chaser’s Partner Programme to help SMEs get paid faster with market-leading credit...
Ready to turn your brand vision into a vibrant commerce experience? Look no further than Shopify –...
Starting a business from scratch or eyeing a new commerce partner? The options might be...
Every day, countless individuals, whether selling online, in physical stores, or across...
Ever started a new job and felt like you've been thrown into the deep end? It's unsettling, to say...
Designed with bookkeepers, accountants, and businesses in mind, Dext Commerce's accounting...
Puzzling over whether that quick lunch or client dinner can be claimed on your tax return? If so,...
'Tis the season for spreading cheer, and what better way for employers to do so than by gifting...
Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced his measures (a whopping 110 of...
Your safety and security is of utmost importance to all of us at Inform Accounting. In this age of...
We're proud to be partnered with one of the market-leading foreign currency accounts! Wise Business...
Inform Accounting are proud to partner with Soldo, a specialist business spend management platform.
Inform Accounting are proud to partner with iwoca, a specialist small business lender who have...
Inform Accounting are proud to partner with iwoca, a specialist small business lender who have...
We’re proud to partner with Funding Circle to provide a funding solution for our clients. We know...
You’re in business to do business, not paperwork. Dext is the business expense tracker that tracks,...
Ever found yourself lying awake at night, wondering how to keep more of your hard-earned revenue...
HMRC is clamping down on the use of high-volume addresses by online sellers to disguise their...
VAT
Wouldn’t life be simple if you could guarantee that your invoice would get paid on time, every...
Millions of employees will be able to request flexible working from day one of their employment,...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced more detail on the payment schedule for...
Employers should be aware that all minimum wage rates increase on 1 April of each year. This...
Founded in 2014 by Anne Boden, Starling was the UK’s first mobile bank offering super-fast setup,...
Neate & Pugh are a niche employment law and HR solutions firm, set up by Ann-Marie Pugh and Emma...
We wanted to tell you about our new payment service that is taking away the manual headache of...
Managing Director, Sian Kelly, of Inform Accounting shares what businesses in the creative...
Like many other taxes, inheritance tax (or IHT) allowances have been frozen. This sounds generous...
There are costs to running a business, and whilst electricity, gas and water seem like obvious...
Employers should be aware that from April 2023 several statutory payment rates increase for the...
The Energy Bills Discount Scheme runs for 12 months from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee announced on 23 March 2023 to increase the Bank of...
Last week, the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, and Vice President to the European Commission,...
Silicon Valley Bank (UK) Ltd (SVB UK) was sold last week to HSBC for a symbolic £1. HSBC,...
21 Mar 2023
Tax Rates & Reliefs
On 15 March 2023, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his first Budget to Parliament and set out a...
In short, a P11D form allows you to inform HMRC of any benefits you’ve given to employees outside...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has made it clear that he does not have room for big tax giveaways on March...
The new penalties will impact businesses who submit their VAT returns or pay their VAT late. The...
VAT
If you are planning to claim the UK state pension you should check your national insurance (NI)...
The Public and Commercial Service (PCS) union has announced Civil Service industrial action that...
The UK Government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay,...
A range of polluting single-use plastics will be banned in England, Environment Secretary Thérèse...
The Government has announced a new Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) from April 2023 to April...
We’re really excited to be partnering with an award-winning payment solution, Crezco. Winner of...
The ability to fill historic gaps in National Insurance (NI) records to top up your state pension...
The Mortgage Guarantee Scheme will be extended by a year to the end of December 2023, helping...
The mandatory use of software for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment is being phased...
Understanding VAT rules can be complicated at the best of times, so it’s no surprise that there’s...
VAT
This is a timely reminder that employers may make small tax-free gifts to employees and directors...
HMRC is reminding taxpayers that they must declare COVID-19 payments in their tax return for the...
With all of the U-turns on tax policy in the last couple of months, businesses may be confused...
For VAT periods starting on or after 1 January 2023, HMRC is replacing the default surcharge with...
VAT
Royal Mail are adding barcodes to their regular stamps. After 31 January 2023, regular stamps...
We all have to pay taxes. But what if we told you there are several strategies you can adopt to...
Today yet more changes and reversals to the Kwarteng mini-budget that wasn’t a budget. In short,...
In preparation of the introduction of MTD for income tax, which comes into effect from 6 April 2024...
One of the worries we often hear from businesses looking to outsource their payroll to an...
The government announced in late December additional economic support to help businesses who have...
We encourage all clients to consider taking time to prepare a 2022 Strategic plan. “A sailor...
On Friday afternoon the UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss held a press conference. Ahead of this press...
With crytocurrencies and other cryptoassets becoming more prevalent in the digital financial world,...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that their new points-based penalty regime will come into...
Talking about money is never easy, especially when you’re a small business owner. But,...
Help to Grow: Digital is a new UK-wide scheme to help small and medium size businesses (SMEs) adopt...
As the result of recent increases in petrol and diesel prices HMRC have increased the advisory fuel...
Are you a sole trader? Thinking about switching to a limited company? What about VAT registration?...
Are you an eCommerce seller with retail sales in the US? Chances are you’re thinking about indirect...
12 Apr 2021
Restart and Recovery
In his Spring Budget 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced two new funding opportunities for...
4 Mar 2021
Spring Budget 2021
In his speech yesterday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak talked of recovery and building our future economy....
If you’ve put employees on furlough during the pandemic, they’ll likely have a large amount of...
You may have heard of VAT domestic reverse charge (DRC) for the construction industry, which is new...
Since 2015, Broster Buchanan, a specialist professional recruitment consultancy, has grown to over...
Managing Director, Sian Kelly, of Inform Accounting shares what businesses in the creative...
Receipt Bank's, Alex Clarke sharing how Receipt Bank can save precious time, help automate your...
Darren Glanville, Spotlight Reporting. Darren talks about the benefits of working with a firm of...
Xero’s Leigh Stallard demonstrates how Xero, the beautiful accounting software, works on your pc...
Tom Fox, Market Invoice. How are you funding and growing your business? Tom explains how Market...
Xero’s Leigh Stallard demonstrates how Xero, the beautiful accounting software, works on your pc...
This post is by Guy Earnshaw of BlueHub who are Cloud Consultants and Xero Integrators. They have a...
On our blog last week, we looked at the importance of management accounts for creative businesses –...
Lately on the blog, we’ve been looking at ways in which creative companies can save time and money...
The creative mind isn’t always the most organised one. That’s why, in a creative business, you most...
29 May 2015
MAP Process
INTRODUCTION: Your “how to” blog post should teach the reader how to do something by breaking it...
29 May 2015
MAP Process
INTRODUCTION: Your “how to” blog post should teach the reader how to do something by breaking it...
Segways, astroturf and table-tennis tables - just a few of the quirky things that have caught our...
When you run a company in the creative industry, your profit depends entirely on the small...
Do you need to release some cash for your business? Do you need to raise some capital quickly? We,...
29 Apr 2015
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At Inform we are offering a new type of invoice financing.
The newest release of the Xero cloud accounting software shows multiple major pieces of new and...
Through Inform Only! Following their recent integration with Xero, iZettle are offering a free...
In a previous blog we had highlighted some points made from the Budget 2015. Below are a selection...
The Chancellor’s 2015 March Budget was clearly aimed at winning the votes of savers and pensioners...
Now that the worst of the decline appears to be behind us, many business owners/managers are...
The £2,000 "employment allowance"introduced in 2014/15 continues to be available for 2015/16. Note...
Have you used your 2014/15 annual exemption of £11,000? Consider selling shares where the gain is...
Are you taking advantage of the pension carry forward rules? Are you benefiting from any unused...
The rise and rise of online technology is taking the world by storm, and in our world (the world of...
People who’ve gained success often have some really useful experiences that they can impart to...
How to take a card payment with iZettle from iZettle on Vimeo. Following their integration with...
The Pay Run feature in Xero accounting software allows users to add employee contacts that are...
Let your expenses data flow from your Receipt Bank account to where you need it! Receipt Bank...
Something very exciting is happening in the world of accounting – there has been a renewed focus on...
It’s not uncommon these days for people to work from home and run their businesses from home too....
We won! Inform Accounting is thrilled to have won the Accounting Partner of the Year for the...
For many people, VAT is something you pay on services and products (and maybe the odd pasty or...
For one month only! Following their recent integration with Xero, iZettle are offering a free...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have a new campaign. The disclosure campaign is aimed at traders who...
28 Jan 2015
Executing strategy
Failing to plan, plan to fail. We all know this. However, many businesses that create a strategy or...
Currently, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can collect tax debts of up to £3,000 by adjusting your...
Xero works while you sleep from Xero Limited on Vimeo. Small business owners can now grow their...
Businesses often wonder if their online marketing is successful, but not all of them know how to...
A useful infographic, made by Innovation Plus, highlights the tax advantages for some small...
So what’s in store for your business in 2015? The good news is that the economy is growing and...
The Autumn Statement part 2 – what we couldn’t fit in last week There was so much in George...
There was something for everyone as George Osborne delivered his annual Autumn Statement on 3...
GrowthAccelerator - where ambitious businesses go to grow. GrowthAccelerator is a unique service...
Until the end of December Xero are offering free Sage to Xero conversions.
Once upon a time, well, 2012 actually, auto enrolment seemed like a tiny speck far off in the...
Ah yes, the Christmas party season is here again and it's time to join in the festive spirit and...
With the rise of online accounting software (you might know it better as cloud based accounting)...
We’ve been big fans of Receipt Bank for a while now, and the Xero add-on just seems to get better...
There are countless things to keep track of when you're running a small business – and one of the...
There is no better time to move to Xero, were offering free Sage data conversion until the 30th...
HMRC has announced that the introduction of automatic penalties for late RTI submissions will be...
Managing your bills and purchases in Xero accounting software helps you stay organised, stay on top...
There are currently two very generous tax breaks for companies involved in research and development...
If you have made a loan to your business you should consider paying interest on the loan, as this...
These are exciting times for Inform Accounting - we’ve just launched our new website. We like to...
5 Aug 2014
Strategic Planning
“A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favourable wind” As we move closer to the end of...
Xero accounting software helps make your sales and invoicing process easy to manage. Even invoicing...
As you may be aware motor cars used in a business that emit no more than 95g CO2 per kilometre...
Xero accounting software is all about making tedious tasks like bank reconciliation easier. Bank...
Public relations (PR) is hard to define and sometimes even harder to measure. The most succinct...
16 Jul 2014
Receipt Bank Demo
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16 Jul 2014
Xero Demo
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3 Jul 2014
Start Up Guide
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11 Jun 2014
Contact form 1
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If you haven’t heard the terms ‘alternative lending’ or ‘crowdfunding’ then where have you been...
If you haven’t heard the terms ‘alternative lending’ or ‘crowdfunding’ then where have you been...
Xero have reviewed their pricing plans, which better reflects the additional value Xero now offers.
21 Nov 2013
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Objects
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21 Nov 2013
Peaceful lansdscapes
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Beautiful landscapes
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21 Nov 2013
Capturing the details
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21 Nov 2013
Organization
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21 Nov 2013
Cityscapes
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21 Nov 2013
Nature
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21 Nov 2013
Old car
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The Chancellor announced the creation of a NICs Employment Allowance in the 2013 Budget. This is...
Check out this new feature on Xero. You can now streamline the ordering process from raising orders...
31 Oct 2013
Files in Xero
Exciting news from Xero!
Inform Accounting are proud to announce that we are moving to new offices to accommodate our rapid...
21 Oct 2013
New Starter
Inform Accounting are pleased to welcome Joe Chesterman, as he joins the team as our new Trainee...
14 Oct 2013
Xero Accountants
Inform Accounting at Xerocon London 2013 When Inform Accounting was first set up in 2010, two main...
Xero Accounting Software on your Mobile
You may know, there is a nasty tax trap by reference to the gradual withdrawal of the personal...
Why should you maximise your pension annual allowance?
As of the 2013/14 tax year, unincorporated businesses with an annual turnover below the VAT...
This introduction can hopefully clear up some of the questions surrounding claiming back expenses.
In April 2013 the way your payroll is run in the UK will undergo the biggest change since the...
If you miss the 31 January deadline for online tax returns, you will have to pay a penalty.
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