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Issue 22 - 21.09.2016
- 1. Employees on board by law?
- 2. How to tell if a new supplier is genuine
- 3. Getting the company to pay for your home office
- 4. Are safety signs needed for every risk?
- 5. Digital tax - all businesses must comply
- 6. Reasonable adjustments and pay protection
- 7. Turn down the lighting (bills)
- 8. Does your business need a TV licence?
- 9. Fake Apple invoices
Issue 21 - 08.09.2016
- 1. HMRC’s plan to end tax-free perks
- 2. Can driving lessons save you money?
- 3. Going paperless with payslips
- 4. Modern slavery: small company found liable
- 5. The landlord wants to carry out works
- 6. Why include IT security in your induction training?
- 7. When must you repay VAT on overdue bills?
- 8. Business Banking Insight
- 9. Supreme Court rules on EL insurance
Issue 20 - 13.07.2016
- 1. Brexit: what happens now?
- 2. Business purchases on credit - getting a better deal
- 3. Extended business trips and tax deductions
- 4. How to carry out an accident investigation
- 5. Director must give former spouse £300,000
- 6. Employee misconduct: can you recover pay?
- 7. The latest on tax relief and goodwill
- 8. New guidance on retail pricing
- 9. Time is nearly up for Windows 10 freebie
Issue 19 - 29.06.2016
- 1. New plans for corporate debt
- 2. The new £5 polymer banknote
- 3. Is dividend paperwork really necessary?
- 4. Who owns that great idea?
- 5. Employment status - protecting yourself from HMRC
- 6. Employing a young person
- 7. What’s the right way to set the rules for a company?
- 8. The new confirmation statements
- 9. £25,000 to £10 million from Innovate UK
Issue 18 - 15.06.2016
- 1. The Small Business Commissioner
- 2. Shares - how to get your money back
- 3. Avoiding the tax hike on directors’ loan accounts
- 4. New way to avoid unwanted calls
- 5. Company cars - tax-efficient classics
- 6. Non-discriminatory job interview questions
- 7. A permanent right to use your car park?
- 8. PPI - it’s not over yet!
- 9. Employing former students
Issue 17 - 03.06.2016
- 1. Auto-enrolment penalties rising
- 2. Advertising claims: we’re the most reliable!
- 3. What’s a director worth to your company?
- 4. Is there a cost to selling holiday to employees?
- 5. VAT on home-to-work travel
- 6. Employees, shoes and standards of dress
- 7. Insurance: the duty to pay out in reasonable time
- 8. Major changes to data protection laws?
- 9. The benefits of face-to-face meetings
Issue 16 - 18.05.2016
- 1. New guidance on direct marketing
- 2. OK to charge interest?
- 3. When is giving shares to your spouse tax efficient?
- 4. Can a cost management company save you money?
- 5. Protecting vital documents in an emergency
- 6. Can you change your staff handbook?
- 7. Is vaping a taxable benefit?
- 8. Employment allowance made clear
- 9. Cutting the real cost of an MOT
Issue 15 - 05.05.2016
- 1. New business rates revaluation begins
- 2. Are recommended trader sites worth using?
- 3. Using your home for business and capital gains tax
- 4. Employment contracts and name changes
- 5. Lend money to your company tax efficiently
- 6. How to remove your details from 192.com
- 7. First aid kits: the essentials
- 8. Disqualified for allowing illegal working
- 9. Does your dog have a microchip yet?
Issue 14 - 20.04.2016
- 1. Important NMW changes
- 2. VAT assessments - do you have to pay them?
- 3. PSC registers: here’s the official guidance
- 4. The meaning of “without prejudice”
- 5. What are the new tax-free perks worth to you
- 6. Passing on external training knowledge
- 7. Can you do away with your company register?
- 8. Apprentices go (NI) free
- 9. ICO warns businesses about data encryption
Issue 13 - 07.04.2016
- 1. A busy Budget for business?
- 2. Are your online T&Cs legally compliant?
- 3. Can tax underpayments reduce your tax code?
- 4. Should you buy a defibrillator?
- 5. What’s the limit on dividends?
- 6. Dismissed for disclosing confidential information
- 7. Are mini-bonds right for your business?
- 8. A free £10,000 in business support
- 9. Employers’ NI and termination payments
Issue 12 - 23.03.2016
- 1. The new employment allowance rules
- 2. Tax-free meals for you and your employees
- 3. Sunday trading and employee rights
- 4. Set your salary to maximise your new state pension
- 5. Contracts: signed then the director resigned
- 6. Questioning CV claims during interviews
- 7. Trouble with company accounts
- 8. New Companies House online search tool
- 9. Data Protection Act: are you compliant?
Issue 11 - 09.03.2016
- 1. Brexit and small businesses
- 2. Would you have to pay the company’s legal costs?
- 3. When to include a perk in your payroll calculation
- 4. £1.4 million fine for bribery by associated person
- 5. Are meals on the company ever tax deductible?
- 6. Director who resigned awarded £76,000
- 7. Making sure your company’s transactions are valid
- 8. More help from The Pensions Regulator
- 9. Removing your name from the register
Issue 10 - 24.02.2016
- 1. HMRC’s attack on company owners
- 2. Are employers required to provide a trained first aider?
- 3. Can you save tax by giving shares to your children?
- 4. Dashboard camera saves £60,000
- 5. The Apprenticeship Levy - what’s in it for you?
- 6. Re-hiring an employee who was made redundant
- 7. Professional duty or just helping a mate out?
- 8. Acas’ new Productivity Tool
- 9. £32 million lost in director fraud
Issue 09 - 10.02.2016
- 1. PSC registers - what’s happening?
- 2. Bribery offences cost company £2.2 million
- 3. When will the new dividend tax be payable?
- 4. Contracts and variation in writing clauses
- 5. Sell shares in your company for less tax
- 6. Morning gorgeous - now watch what you say!
- 7. Could you be liable for your employees’ pension charges?
- 8. Face-to-face advice from Companies House
- 9. Is your credit record right?
Issue 08 - 27.01.2016
- 1. Auto-enrolment increases delayed
- 2. Protecting your company name against fraud
- 3. HMRC’s new rules on travel expenses
- 4. Shareholders and your duties
- 5. Have you lost your pension?
- 6. Would you hire this person again?
- 7. When does personal borrowing qualify for tax relief?
- 8. Conducting workplace investigations
- 9. Don’t want to reveal your phone number?
Issue 07 - 13.01.2016
- 1. Protect your business from flooding
- 2. How much can you borrow from your company?
- 3. What’s the trouble with fuel for company cars?
- 4. Manual handling and work-related injuries
- 5. Handling PAYE tax and NI for staff on jury service
- 6. The new national living wage
- 7. The 21 photos that cost a business £6,300
- 8. Companies House document rejection policy
- 9. Government cash to grow your business
Issue 06 - 16.12.2015
- 1. Autumn Statement key points
- 2. Funding for Lending scheme extended
- 3. Subsidised commuting - what are the tax advantages?
- 4. A simple way to close down a company
- 5. The dangers of using free Wi-Fi
- 6. Unacceptable comments on CVs
- 7. Vacant property and business rates
- 8. Important phone number rules
- 9. A redundancy update
Issue 05 - 02.12.2015
- 1. Tougher health and safety fines
- 2. Parking penalties are enforceable
- 3. What’s new with 2016/17 tax codes?
- 4. Buy-to-let property: the new right to rent checks
- 5. Should your next company car be a van?
- 6. Reimbursement for cancelled holidays
- 7. Money laundering and mixed supplies
- 8. No more company annual returns
- 9. bogus e-mail is a genuine threat
Issue 04 - 18.11.2015
- 1. Invoice financing ban removed
- 2. Paying off a departing director shareholder
- 3. A tax break that lowers the cost of auto-enrolment
- 4. Investment advice: any ongoing duty of care?
- 5. Reclaiming VAT on staff expenses
- 6. Employee’s rude gestures cost £7,500
- 7. Is outsourcing the right option?
- 8. National living wage up by 40p?
- 9. Modern Slavery Act 2015 guidance
Issue 03 - 04.11.2015
- 1. Directors’ dates of birth
- 2. Can a company claim discrimination?
- 3. Getting the most from HMRC’s Christmas tax break
- 4. Divorce settlement - go back for more?
- 5. Don’t miss out on ER when you sell your business
- 6. Directors to face criminal charges over redundancies
- 7. Unclaimed dividends - what can you do with them?
- 8. Have you registered your building project?
- 9. New apprenticeship funding
Issue 02 - 21.10.2015
- 1. Compulsory charges for carrier bags
- 2. Tax break for medical treatment
- 3. No smoking in cars from 1 October 2015
- 4. Can you invest your pension fund in your company?
- 5. Buy-to-let property: some important changes
- 6. Hearing disciplinaries and appeals
- 7. Don’t get caught for VAT on perks
- 8. Refunds on new and used goods
- 9. The risks of meeting in coffee shops
Issue 01 - 07.10.2015
- 1. A Small Business Commissioner
- 2. Businesses waste £120 million on gift cards
- 3. Car expenses - how much is tax free?
- 4. Disagreements and friendly discussion clauses
- 5. Can you postpone auto-enrolment?
- 6. Precautions when an employee leaves
- 7. Maximising tax-free loans from your company
- 8. New company accounts filing system
- 9. Return of the computer error scam

Cost cutting

21 September 2016

Turn down the lighting (bills)

An employee has suggested switching to LED bulbs instead of those you currently use. She says it will reduce energy costs and that regulations will soon force you to change. Is she right?

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