We're pleased to announce that Alan Patient & Co will be exhibiting at the London Excel School & Academy Show on the 27th of April. With the show now it it's 11th year, we are looking forward to being part of such a leading event where education leaders can come together to source … [Read more...]
Ways To Prevent False Accounting Scandals
Since the advance of modern-day technology, scams and frauds have become a very common practice for scammers to obtain private and confidential information from vulnerable victims. Scammers use a large variety of different techniques to appear genuine and professional, to make it hard to … [Read more...]
Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Outsource Your Accounting To An Accountant
Outsourcing bookkeeping, annual accounts and accounting have become a more modern solution for small & medium-sized businesses today. Why? Because small businesses realise that as they grow, they can no longer find time to overlook every aspect of their business, as their time is better suited … [Read more...]
Help to Grow your business
The government's new Help to Grow programme is now open for registrations and will launch in June. The programme will help small and medium-sized businesses across the UK learn new skills, reach new customers and improve profits. The Help to Grow Management scheme offers small businesses a 12-week … [Read more...]
Paying Back VAT Deferred Due To Coronavirus
Information has been added on penalties or interests that may be charged if you do not pay in full, or make an arrangement to pay, and how you may still be able to avoid these charges. The webpage below details how to pay VAT payments deferred between 20th March 2020 and 30 June 2020 you can: Pay … [Read more...]
Making your Reserves Work Harder in a Low Interest Rate Environment
We saw interest rates on deposits tumble during 2020 with many schools now seeing significant reductions in the interest they receive and receiving a shock when existing Fixed Rate deposits mature, and they look to renew them. In fact, we have seen some banks offering as little as 0.03% interest … [Read more...]
Christmas Special – How Can An Accountant Help Ebenezer Scrooge
VAT Construction reverse charge – Client communication THE NEW VAT RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION SECTOR START ON 1 MARCH 2021
INTRODUCTIONNew VAT rules are due to come into effect this March which will impact on accounting for VAT for transactions in the construction sector. The new rules are called “the domestic reverse charge for supplies of building and construction services”. The new “reverse charge” system of VAT … [Read more...]
COVD-19: How Will Free School Meals Be Distributed Out During The National Lockdown?
Since the middle of March last year, the UK has had two major lockdowns, to be able to decrease the number of cases that the UK has experienced and to gain control over the virus. The lockdown had not been as effective as the government had hoped, as many citizens had not stuck to the rules such as … [Read more...]
How Will Brexit Have an Impact on Businesses?
Information regarded changes businesses will have to undergo and how importing and exporting goods outside of the UK will now have to operate differently starting from the 31st of January. The spectacle about whether or not the UK would leave the EU with or without a deal had finally ended on … [Read more...]
