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The honest first answer to "which financial modelling software should we buy" is usually: the spreadsheet you already own, used better. Excel remains the lingua franca of financial modelling for…
Read articlePublic sector consulting covers the advisory work bought by councils, NHS bodies, academy trusts, housing associations, ALEOs and the long tail of arm's-length public organisations — and it…
Read articleTime off in lieu — TOIL — is the deal where extra hours worked are repaid in time rather than money. It is entirely lawful, widely used, and governed by almost no statute at all: there is no legal…
Read articleE-invoicing in the UK has jumped from "worthy idea" to "dated obligation": alongside the last Budget, the government confirmed that electronic invoicing becomes mandatory for all VAT invoices from…
Read articleLand remediation relief is the most generous mainstream relief most property companies have never claimed: a 150% corporation tax deduction for the cost of cleaning up contaminated or…
Read articleDivorce used to come with a tax trap so sharp it shaped settlement timetables: separating couples had only until the end of the tax year of separation to transfer assets without crystallising…
Read articleA board effectiveness review asks the question boards find hardest to ask themselves: is this group of people actually governing well? For listed companies the exercise is codified — the 2024…
Read articleMultiple dwellings relief is dead: MDR was abolished for SDLT transactions with an effective date (broadly completion, or earlier substantial performance) on or after 1 June 2024, ending the…
Read articleUnapproved share options — the tax term is "non-tax-advantaged" — are the plain vanilla of equity incentives: a right to buy shares at a fixed price, granted to anyone, in any company, in any…
Read articleWin £1 million on the lottery and the tax bill is precisely zero: gambling, betting and lottery winnings carry no income tax and no capital gains tax in the UK, however large the sum. That is the…
Read articleBusiness payroll looks like a solved problem — software calculates, HMRC receives, staff get paid — right up until it isn't: a missed pension re-enrolment, an FPS filed late for the third month…
Read articleMost UK companies can now legally skip the annual audit: the small-company thresholds rose in April 2025 to £15 million turnover and £7.5 million balance sheet, and subsidiaries of UK groups have…
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