Isabelle has recently joined us as an Apprentice to commence her accountancy career. Isabelle has been learning the art of bookkeeping, payroll and VAT returns alongside her AAT studies. When not working Isabelle enjoys spending time with friends and family, shopping and watching documentaries and films. She also enjoys travelling and is looking forward to visiting some new and exciting locations.
Plenty of charities assume they’re exempt from VAT, but that can be an expensive assumption. Some end up paying VAT they could have avoided, while others reclaim VAT they were never entitled to, and land an assessment when HMRC looks closely. The truth sits somewhere in between. Whether your charity can claim back VAT depends […]
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For years, Business Asset Disposal Relief was the reward at the end of building a company. Sell up, claim the relief, and the tax on your gain came in at a flat 10%. That’s no longer the case. The rate has climbed twice in two years, and since 6 April 2026 it sits at 18%. […]
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Architecture is a creative profession run as a business, and the two don’t always sit comfortably together. You trained to design buildings, not to track work in progress across a dozen live projects or work out when a stage payment becomes taxable income. Yet the financial side of a practice has quirks that a general […]
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