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VAT Flat Rate Scheme: Is It Right for Your Business?

VAT Flat Rate Scheme: Is It Right for Your Business?

You're probably in one of two camps right now. Either you're staring at a VAT return and wondering why you're wasting hours sorting receipts, checking rates, and trying to remember what you can reclaim. Or you've heard the VAT Flat Rate Scheme is…

Valuation of a Business: A UK Guide for SMEs (2026)

Valuation of a Business: A UK Guide for SMEs (2026)

Valuation of a Business: A UK Guide for SMEs (2026) Action Accountants •24 June 2026 You’re usually not looking for a valuation of a business in a calm, theoretical moment. It tends to happen when something real lands on your desk. A buyer asks what you’d take. A bank…

2026 Year End Accounts Checklist: Your Guide to UK

2026 Year End Accounts Checklist: Your Guide to UK

2026 Year End Accounts Checklist: Your Guide to UK Action Accountants •23 June 2026 You’ve run your first director payroll. The payslip lands in your inbox. You stare at the National Insurance line and think one of two things. Either it says £0, and you assume…

National Insurance for Directors: Your UK Guide for 2026

National Insurance for Directors: Your UK Guide for 2026

National Insurance for Directors: Your UK Guide for 2026 Action Accountants •22 June 2026 You’ve run your first director payroll. The payslip lands in your inbox. You stare at the National Insurance line and think one of two things. Either it says £0, and you assume…

Finance Controller Job Description for UK SMEs

Finance Controller Job Description for UK SMEs

Finance Controller Job Description for UK SMEs Action Accountants •21 June 2026 You’re probably at the point where the business looks healthy from the outside, but the finance side feels held together with deadlines, spreadsheets, and goodwill. Sales are moving. Staff…

2026 Audit Exemption Threshold: UK SME Guide

2026 Audit Exemption Threshold: UK SME Guide

2026 Audit Exemption Threshold: UK SME Guide Action Accountants •20 June 2026 You’re winning new work, invoices are going out, and turnover is climbing. That should feel good. Instead, you’re watching the numbers with one eye on growth and the other on VAT, wondering…

VAT for Small Businesses: Your 2026 UK Guide

VAT for Small Businesses: Your 2026 UK Guide

VAT for Small Businesses: Your 2026 UK Guide Action Accountants •19 June 2026 You’re winning new work, invoices are going out, and turnover is climbing. That should feel good. Instead, you’re watching the numbers with one eye on growth and the other on VAT, wondering…

VAT Registration Threshold UK

VAT Registration Threshold UK

VAT Registration Threshold UK Action Accountants •18 June 2026 The current UK VAT registration threshold is £90,000, and you must register if your taxable turnover in any rolling 12-month period goes over that figure. If you expect to exceed £90,000 in the next 30…

How to Do Small Business Accounting: A UK Startup Guide

How to Do Small Business Accounting: A UK Startup Guide

How to Do Small Business Accounting: A UK Startup Guide Action Accountants •17 June 2026 If you’re running a new business in Colindale, Finchley, Edgware or anywhere across North West London, you’re probably doing what most founders do at the start. You’re quoting…

Goodwill Impairment Testing: A UK Guide for SMEs

Goodwill Impairment Testing: A UK Guide for SMEs

Goodwill Impairment Testing: A UK Guide for SMEs Action Accountants •16 June 2026 You’ve bought a business, the deal has completed, and your first draft balance sheet lands in your inbox with a line you didn’t have before:  goodwill. It may be one of the largest…