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Latest articles for Need to know

managing payroll tasks

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Payroll year end checklist: Here’s what your business needs to do

Working on business priorities

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New tax year: Key changes and initiatives for 2025/26

woman working on financial tasks

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Neonatal care leave and pay in 2025: What HR and payroll teams need to know

Staying on top of business changes

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3 big payroll changes for HR teams and employers in 2025

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How to prepare for an HMRC tax investigation

Two colleagues looking at e invoicing on a laptop

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Spring Statement 2025: What it means for your business

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MTD mythbuster: 8 myths about Making Tax Digital dispelled

Working on business finances

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Making Tax Digital thresholds: VAT and Income Tax

Man working on laptop at desk and looking at business priorities

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Payroll compliance: 10 tips to get it right every time

Working on business problems

20 January, 2025 6 min read

How the Apprenticeship Levy is changing in 2025

CFO at work

20 January, 2025 6 min read

What the Employment Rights Bill means for employers

10 January, 2025 7 min read

VAT registration guide: When and how to register for VAT

A woman using AI

11 December, 2024 7 min read

What is payment on account and how do I pay it?

Woman accountant advising client

3 December, 2024 6 min read

Accountants: How new company size thresholds could impact you

Two colleagues looking at e invoicing on a laptop

26 November, 2024 7 min read

E-invoicing is set to take over in the UK—here’s how to prepare

7 November, 2024 12 min read

How to make Self Assessment less stressful for your practice

Woman working in retail looking at autumn budget

31 October, 2024 8 min read

Autumn Budget 2024: How changes will affect your business

Woman working in cupcake bakery

6 September, 2024 6 min read

Allocation of Tips Act—What UK businesses need to know

Woman working on business tasks at a cafe

13 August, 2024 6 min read

HMRC data collection payroll—what you need to know about RTI

Woman calculating net profit margin

13 August, 2024 6 min read

The formula for net profit margin: A complete guide

Payroll glossary guide

9 August, 2024 22 min read

Payroll Glossary: A guide to the abbreviations, concepts, and terminology of payroll

Woman doing taxes

29 July, 2024 9 min read

What you need to know about changes to HMRC data collection

man on laptop what is meant by fiscal year

18 July, 2024 5 min read

What is meant by “fiscal year” in finance and why is it used?

Working out budgets is an important task for businesses

16 April, 2024 5 min read

Basis period reform: Answers to 6 questions that accountants have about the changes