As self-employed individual who works from home is entitled to claim any costs that are wholly and exclusively incurred for business.If you incur costs that have both a business and personal element you may claim a proportion of these costs. How much can I claim? Use the HMRC monthly fixed Read more…
This a question that we’re often asked. Unfortunately, as with so many tax questions, the answer isn’t a straight yes or no… it’s a maybe. There are many prizes and awards open to authors and other creatives and entering competitions or seeking awards is a normal part of these professions Read more…
The Government has announced two grants for the self employed. Learn whether you qualify and what you need to do.
You may have heard about creative averaging for authors. The first question to ask is ‘why bother’? The idea behind creative averaging is to recognise that writing a book might actually take some time. During the time you’re writing a book you aren’t earning any money from it. Once it’s Read more…
Many people are completely unaware that we have a stealth tax in the UK which is 60%. If you are earning in the bracket £100,000 to £125,000 then you will be paying 60% tax on this £25,000 slice of income.