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Essential monthly tax news and marketing strategies for busy accounting and tax professionals.


Property income allowance – conditions and usage

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The property allowance is, in effect, two reliefs being both an exemption from tax and a minimum deduction in calculating letting profit. It applies to all types of lettings whether UK or overseas including commercial rental income but excluding furnished holiday lets.

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Allowable pre-letting expenditure

2 minute read.

Most expenditure incurred by a landlord will be allowable at sometime whether as capital (where it is deductible in the capital gains tax computation on disposal) or as a business (revenue) expense against rental profits.

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Tax advice for accountants

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2 minute read.

As an accountant or tax adviser, you’ll often face tricky cases where an expert opinion is appreciated. At Tax Insider we believe that tax advice for accountants should be affordable and easily accessible.

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TaxationWeb roundup January 2020

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2 minute read.

Have a read of the best forum queries, news and articles on our partner website TaxationWeb.

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Off-payroll working: Forthcoming ‘attractions’

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7 minute read.

This article was first published in Tax Insider Professional in August 2019.

Sarah Bradford outlines the recent consultation proposals and sets out what clients can do to prepare for the off-payroll working changes to be introduced in April 2020.

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Marketing tip #9 – Optimise your landing pages

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3 minute read.

It is pointless spending money on a PPC campaign if your landing pages are not optimised. Well optimised landing pages lead to better conversions from your clicks. Optimising pages also improved your Quality Score if you use Google ads, so your ad spend will be lower.

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TaxationWeb Roundup December

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2 minute read.

Have a read of the best forum queries, news and articles on our partner website TaxationWeb.

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Using LinkedIn to market accounting firms

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4 minute read.

LinkedIn is perfect for business to business marketing so is ideal to use in marketing for accountants. Use LinkedIn to market your services, establish brand awareness, and build new partnerships. This blog post explains some quick tips you can use to make the most of LinkedIn for your tax and accountancy firm.

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‘Loyalty bonus’ payments to investors were annual payments

8 minute read.

Loyalty bonus payments by a platform service provider to investors were liable to the deduction of basic rate income tax at source as being qualifying annual payments.

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TaxationWeb Roundup November

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2 minute read.

Have a read of the best forum queries, news and articles on our partner website TaxationWeb.

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