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		<title>Understanding holiday pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many employers (and employees) can get confused over rights and obligations regarding holiday entitlement. Luckily ACAS, the government-funded employment relations service, have released a comprehensive leaflet covering all the issues surrounding holiday pay. ]]></description>
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		<title>Enquiry Fee Protection &#8211; Do I need it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many accountants, myself included, offer an insurance-backed 'HMRC Enquiry Fee Protection Service' but many people do not understand what it is and whether they actually need it. ]]></description>
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		<title>What is &#8216;profit averaging&#8217; all about?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an artist, author, designer or composer then you may be able to use special tax rules to average out (or perhaps even reduce entirely) your tax bills where you have a spike in income. E.g. a big rise or a big fall compared to the previous year. ]]></description>
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		<title>Plan your equipment purchases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tax relief you receive on the purchase of assets for your business such as computers, equipment and vehicles is set for a bumpy ride over the next couple of years.You therefore need to start thinking about the timing of your purchases in order to maximise the tax relief on your investment.
A welcome change in[...] <a href="http://www.taxbydesign.com/blog/tax-advice/plan-your-equipment-purchases/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2010: The aftermath</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess everyone who predicted the increase in the VAT rate to 20% can give themselves a nice pat on the back and look forward to the rush of marketing campaigns at the end of the year when everyone tries to boost their sales pre-change. I am sure we will also see a myriad of companies after January 4th 2011 (the date of the increase) telling us that they will pay the extra VAT for us. Which is all well and good but does make me think they were perhaps overcharging prior to that.]]></description>
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		<title>To VAT or not to VAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our new coalition Government's emergency budget is due on 22nd June and many of my fellow tax advisers are predicting with almost certainty that the rate of VAT will go up from 17.5% to 20% and I would have to agree.]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a new bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As summer approaches now is a great time to cycle to work and the outgoing Chancellor left a nice little tax break in the legislation for those looking to buy a new bike in the form of the Cycle to Work Scheme. 

This is all well and good but I took a closer look at the legislation to see if this could also apply to the owners of small businesses and, luckily, it does. ]]></description>
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		<title>Working Pro Bono</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I finalise arrangements for my forthcoming finance surgeries at Cockpit Arts studios, it occurred to me that many businesses offer their time, services and/or products for free in order to generate goodwill but how do HM Revenue &#038; Customs view the costs associated with such activity?]]></description>
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		<title>Are you getting paid on time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 11:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[credit terms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent research by credit reference agency Experian  has shown that from January to March 2010 businesses paid their bills an average of 20.9 days late, compared to 23.6 days late in the first quarter of 2009. Is this really such positive news?]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re all going on a summer holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I am – volcanic ash cloud pending of course – off to France with the wife and kids for a week of complaining about the lack of wireless internet connection preventing me from checking my emails whilst everyone else is relaxing.

I shall of course continue to be working Monday to Friday 9 til 5 whilst I am there (!) and can surely claim the entire cost of my trip as a legitimate business expense?]]></description>
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