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Are You in the Cloud?

By Helen Tomlinson

In business, staying ahead of, or at least up with, the curve is crucial for success. Over recent years, one of the revolutionary tools that has transformed the way businesses manage their finances is cloud accounting. Cloud accounting offers many benefits over traditional, on-premise accounting systems.

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Platinum Pro Advisor

We are obviously very proud of our QuickBooks Platinum Pro Advisor award.

It celebrates a lot of hard work and dedication, as well as recognising our ever deepening knowledge of QuickBooks.
The ways in which this award benefits our clients is outlined in our blog.

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Sole Trader Or A Limited Company?

One of the most important decisions you’ll have to contend with is the structure and legal status your business will use moving forward. Will you operate as a sole trader or as a limited company? Read this week’s blog to help you understand both structures.

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Buy To Let Property – Our Top 5 Tips

For many people, the idea of investing in property still appeals, despite stalled house prices, a stamp duty tax crackdown on buying property investments and an income tax raid on rent. Read our 5 Top Tips for Landlords considering investing in buy to Let property.

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Auto Enrolment Contributions

April 2019 sees the last legally required increase to auto-enrolment pension contributions, seven years since they were introduced.
But an employers’ role in helping staff to save for their retirement through the scheme is far from over.

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Marriage Tax Allowance

Are you married or in a civil partnership? If so you may be entitled to a £900 tax break called the marriage tax allowance. Yet about one million couples are still missing out.
Read on to find out more about what this new tax is, who qualifies for it and details of how to claim.

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Have you experienced cash flow problems?

There are several reasons why businesses experience cash flow problems. For the SME sector the most common is late payment. This can then lead to a successful business being unable to pay their creditors on time. Luckily, Xero have come to our rescue with a lovely piece of software.

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What Is An Award Worth?

On immediate face value, awards for success in business seem highly desirable. The glamour of the black ties and ball gowns, the prestige of being nominated and maybe even winning an award all add to this effect. There are certainly many benefits to winning awards but not all awards are what they might seem.

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Time To Revamp Or Upgrade Your Website?

We offer the usual accountancy services that you might expect, like helping you with your bookkeeping, VAT and tax returns. But so does every accountant. At Simas one of our main areas of focus is to help our clients grow and this shines through in the way we work with you.

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Making Tax Digital – The Journey Continues

As advances in technology are harnessed by software developers, the future of accountancy will be less about Making Tax Digital and more about accountants acting as consultants through advising their clients about their business activities in real-time.

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