Hoteliers are you ready! From 1st March 2019 the treatment of cancellation fees is changing. Previously where a customer has paid a deposit for a room and then subsequently cancelled, you had been allowed to reclaim the output VAT on this deposit, since there would no longer be a supply of accommodation and therefore this…
Author Archives: Lindsay Farrer
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The optional remuneration arrangement (OpRA) legislation was introduced on 6 April 2017 and replaces salary sacrifice. The new rules apply to any employee that is offered either cash or the alternative of a benefit in kind in their contract of employment. Under these new rules, the taxable benefit is the greater of the cash amount…
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The Government and HMRC have updated its collection of high-level guides called “partnership packs”, intended to help businesses involved in importing and exporting prepare for changes to customs procedures after 29 March 2019 in the event of a “no deal” scenario. If the UK exits the EU without a deal, UK businesses will have to…
This is a guest post from Karen Reyburn, founder of The Profitable Firm. She’s one of our keynote speakers at BITE 2018, and here’s some of what she’ll be sharing with you in Carlisle on the 12th October. Every day I work with businesses on getting their words out in front of their ideal audience….
Those who start out in business often take anyone and everyone. There’s so much enthusiasm and energy, and each new customer provides further energy…at least at first. As time goes by, you discover this policy of accepting every potential new customer has its downsides. Some customers aren’t a fit for your company. Others are difficult…
“I’m passionate about technology and its power to change the way we live and work.” Ashleigh Lambert, Xero Technology does have great power. But if that’s the case, why would we ask Ashleigh to speak at our BITE event about how technology is NOT the next great thing? After all, this event is centred on…
