Cutting costs
08 October 2008
Work less and pay less?
With tough trading conditions in many sectors, you may be looking at ways to save on payroll costs. Much as you’d like to, you know that you can’t simply cut an employee’s pay. Or can you?
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- Issue 22 - 23.09.2009
- 1. More laundering
- 2. A cheaper debt recovery option
- 3. Do you need to register your waste packaging?
- 4. The trouble with employing family members
- 5. Avoiding the entertainment tag
- 6. Directors’ help with health and safety at work
- 7. P11Ds and your 2009/10 tax code
- 8. One cigarette costs a director £265
- 9. Laptops break data protection laws
- Issue 21 - 10.09.2009
- 1. Is swine ‘flu a “force majeure” event?
- 2. How to avoid wrecking your company’s credit rating
- 3. Public contracts for small companies
- 4. More pension plan changes
- 5. What (not) to say to the fire inspector
- 6. Tax deductible entertainment
- 7. Must you protect employees from swine ‘flu?
- 8. Companies House overload
- 9. New tax penalty rules now apply
- Issue 20 - 15.07.2009
- 1. Do companies need PROOF?
- 2. New data protection guidance
- 3. Darling’s extra dividend duty
- 4. Business directory scam warning
- 5. Disapproving of approved mileage rates
- 6. Is a statutory demand the answer?
- 7. Directors’ tax returns
- 8. Important rate changes on October 1
- 9. Get a European Health Insurance Card
- Issue 19 - 01.07.2009
- 1. Who’s liable for an employee’s injury?
- 2. Tax allowances for two wheelers
- 3. The Enterprise Finance Guarantee
- 4. Don’t blow your fire insurance cover
- 5. What is “reasonable notice”?
- 6. Be prepared for battle on IR35
- 7. Dealing with recruitment agencies
- 8. Did you submit a directors’ report?
- 9. Potential scam warning
- Issue 18 - 17.06.2009
- 1. A new interest charge
- 2. Unfair interest charged on credit cards
- 3. Same job, same hours, same pay, less tax!
- 4. Reducing your legal bills
- 5. Are your liabilities limited?
- 6. What’s a reasonable adjustment?
- 7. RIP higher rate tax relief on pension premiums?
- 8. What’s on your company laptops?
- 9. Can you trust a trader?
- Issue 17 - 04.06.2009
- 1. First company manslaughter case
- 2. When is paying tax a benefit?
- 3. Companies behaving badly to get ASBOs
- 4. New law signals tougher line from Companies House
- 5. Fiddling the expenses system
- 6. Beat the VAT rate increase
- 7. Are you banking on your mobile phone?
- 8. New CO2 emissions rates
- 9. Employment contracts worthless
- Issue 16 - 20.05.2009
- 1. Deferring business rates
- 2. Budget 2009 - the important changes
- 3. Cutting the banks out of lending
- 4. Property investment to pay for further education
- 5. Clearing out poor performers
- 6. HMRC benchmark scale rates for subsistence
- 7. Can’t claim interest - it’s wrong!
- 8. Further extension for tax relief on losses
- 9. £1,000 grants for training
- Issue 15 - 07.05.2009
- 1. What’s a pre-pack?
- 2. Backing out of an unsuccessful franchise
- 3. Earning interest from your company
- 4. Taking extra care with health and safety
- 5. Topping up your income with a USP
- 6. Mediation in the workplace
- 7. Taxman rings the changes on time limits
- 8. You must have a HIP to sell
- 9. Q&A - damage to company vehicle
- Issue 14 - 23.04.2009
- 1. Flexible working rights extended
- 2. The hidden advantages to benefits
- 3. Scam alert - training doesn’t exist
- 4. Getting caught for jury service
- 5. Can you always rely on a non-waiver clause?
- 6. Is a loss worth something to your company?
- 7. Turning a blind eye will breach your duty
- 8. Forms P46(Car) - new rules
- 9. Mortgage problems - or not?
- Issue 13 - 08.04.2009
- 1. Reclaiming unfair bank charges
- 2. How far can you push your customer?
- 3. Avoiding tax on company mobile phones
- 4. Maternity leave and redundancy
- 5. Worth signing up to the Prompt Payment Code?
- 6. Dangers of buying personal data
- 7. Taxman’s new enquiry powers
- 8. VAT and temporary staff
- 9. Don’t get caught out by counterfeit coins
- Issue 12 - 25.03.2009
- Issue 11 - 11.03.2009
- Issue 10 - 25.02.2009
- Issue 09 - 11.02.2009
- Issue 08 - 28.01.2009
- Issue 07 - 14.01.2009
- 1. Changes to the annual return
- 2. Director liable for company tax
- 3. Bailiffs at the door - what are your rights?
- 4. The personal risk of passing off
- 5. Do you have to pay liquidated damages?
- 6. Don’t get IT wrong
- 7. Preparing your business for sale
- 8. Time to reduce your share capital?
- 9. Temporary workplace travel costs
- Issue 06 - 17.12.2008
- Issue 05 - 03.12.2008
- Issue 04 - 19.11.2008
- Issue 03 - 05.11.2008
- 1. Sell the Merc to the company?
- 2. Don’t overlook the risks of homeworking
- 3. “Your papers, por favor...”
- 4. Anywhere safe to put your money?
- 5. An offer that’s too good to be true?
- 6. Going back in time to get your money
- 7. Watch what you throw out!
- 8. Question that renewal
- 9. Extra protection for your brand
- Issue 02 - 22.10.2008
- Issue 01 - 08.10.2008
