We’re delighted to have been asked to contribute to the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2022 – the number 1 resource for all writers and artists. We’ve written a whole new section for the book titled – Managing your Finances: a guide for writers. It’s a real honour to be included Read more…
Claiming for expenses can help to bring your tax bill down so it’s worth looking at what you can claim… for your looks. Author Bio Photo After you’ve spent hours carefully crafting your bio you’ll want a photo too. The cost of getting this done by a professional photographer would Read more…
What does “Tax Deductible” mean? The answer seems poke-in-the-eye obvious. Spend money on stuff and you can deduct what you’ve spent from your tax bill. Right? Wrong. Tax deductible means you can deduct it from the amount you’ve earned before working out how much tax you owe. For example, Theo Read more…
It’s hard to keep up with everything that’s happening in the World of social media technology. One platform that’s risen to prominence over the last few years is TikTok. TikTok has become famous for young people posting short videos – often lip syncing, dancing or doing stunts. It’s also becoming difficult Read more…
It may be a good time to review your mortgage. House prices have increased in many areas and this can mean that the amount of the mortgage may now be a lower proportion of the value of the house. Lenders will often give better deals when the ‘debt to equity’ Read more…
Olivia is an author in her spare time and has written her first book. She’s thrilled that she’s been offered a publishing deal to pay her an advance of £50,000. Then she discovers that the £50,000 will be added to her income for the year. As she already has a good income from Read more…
Many of our self published authors get the majority of their income from Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). From a VAT perspective this is treated as a business-to-business sale and takes place where the customer (KDP) is based. It is outside the scope of UK VAT and therefore there is no Read more…
One of the early tax breaks to help businesses dealing with coronavirus was the ability to defer VAT due due in the period 20 March 2020 to 30 June 2020. In practice that means the VAT returns for February, March or April 2020. This VAT was only ever deferred and Read more…
Earning money as an author – whether as a sole trader or through a limited company – means you have to comply with the same rules that any business needs to follow. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the independent organisation responsible for protecting data privacy for individuals. Every small Read more…
For many authors their social media accounts are an important part of their lives – both from a business and a personal point of view. It is possible (and sensible) to cover what happens with your digital assets and social media accounts as part of planning your Will. We can Read more…