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September 16, 2026
Single-director companies cannot claim the £10,500 Employment Allowance. The exact exclusion, when a company does qualify, and how the claim actually works.
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Section 455 is 35.75% for loans made from 6 April 2026, 33.75% before. The £10,000 benefit in kind threshold, CT600A, the nine-month deadline and…
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Paying a dividend without distributable profits is unlawful under Part 23 CA 2006. Who repays it, the director exposure, and the 35.75% s455 charge.
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How the salary and dividend optimisation actually works, with full arithmetic at £30k, £60k and £100k of profit — on the new 10.75% and…
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CT600 late filing penalties doubled to £200 for returns with a filing date on or after 1 April 2026. The filing-date rule, the unappealable…
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New companies usually file two CT600s in year one. The full first-year sequence: the 3-month HMRC notification, split accounting periods, and every deadline with…
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Twelve legitimate ways to reduce your UK corporation tax bill — pensions, capital allowances, R&D relief, losses, mileage and EMI. Updated for the 2026…
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A year behind is fixable. The catch-up sequence that works, what to gather, what missing receipts actually mean, and what the penalties are costing…
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Software costs £0–£70 a month. The real cost of DIY bookkeeping is your time and error correction. Where DIY genuinely works, and where it…
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UK bookkeeping costs £20–£224 + VAT a month. Real provider prices verified August 2026, the cost drivers that actually matter, and what cheap quotes…
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