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Practical accounting, tax and property guidance from our team of ICAEW Chartered Accountants — written for owner-managed businesses, landlords and individuals across Kent and the UK.
Converting offices or shops into homes? In the wrong structure, the VAT on the works is a straight cost. In the right one, you recover it in full — and the transfer to your letting company escapes SDLT too.
Most landlords under-claim. From mileage and agent fees to insurance, training and the repairs-vs-capital rules, here's a checklist of every allowable expense — plus the answer on lease extension costs.
Every year we see the same perfectly legitimate expenses go unclaimed. Here are the ones most owner-managed businesses forget — and the conditions that make them allowable.
Pension contributions can rescue your personal allowance above £100,000, protect your Child Benefit, and save your company corporation tax. Here's how the main benefits work.
A Family Investment Company lets you grow wealth tax-efficiently and pass it down the generations while keeping control. Here's how FICs work, and the role of freezer and growth shares.
A holding company above your trading company can protect assets, move profits tax-efficiently and ease a future sale. Here's how the structure works and who it suits.
From 1 January 2026, the revised FRS 102 puts most leases on the balance sheet. Here's what the new right-of-use model means for your accounts, profits and bank covenants.
MTD for Income Tax is now live for sole traders and landlords earning over £50,000. Here's what quarterly digital reporting means, and how to prepare if you're next.
A higher Business Asset Disposal Relief rate, employer NI at 15% and frozen thresholds: the 2026/27 changes that matter most to UK business owners.
The end of Furnished Holiday Lettings, Section 24 mortgage relief, MTD and capital gains: a practical round-up of where landlords stand in 2026/27.
How should a company director take pay in 2026/27? We walk through the salary and dividend numbers, the employer NIC trap and how to keep more profit.
Selling a second home in 2026/27? With a smaller annual exempt amount, the 60-day CGT window and the new rates, getting this right matters more than it used to.
Should new buy-to-lets go into a limited company or your own name? The honest answer is 'it depends', so here's how to work out which side of the line you fall on.
Section 24 changed buy-to-let economics overnight. If you're a higher-rate landlord, here's exactly how it hits your tax bill and what you can do.
MTD has been a slow rollout, but the next phase catches a lot of sole traders and landlords. Here's what's happening, when, and what to do about it.
The £90,000 threshold isn't the only thing that triggers VAT registration, and crossing it isn't always bad news. Here's what to weigh up first.
Salary, dividends, or a mix of both? It's the question every company director asks us. Here's how the numbers actually stack up for 2025/26.
Standard, reduced, zero-rated, exempt, outside the scope — the labels matter more than most people realise, especially when you sell overseas. Here's what each one means and where it goes on your VAT return.
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