Allowable business expenses for Limited Company Directors: explained
Business expenses are costs a limited company can claim back from its income in order to reduce the company’s taxable profit and therefore lower the amount of corporation tax due. These expenses are only allowable if they are wholly, exclusively [...]
How do dividends and salary work for Limited Company directors?
When running a limited company, understanding how to pay yourself is key to working tax-efficiently and staying compliant with HMRC. Balancing salary and dividends correctly can help you optimise your take-home pay while ensuring your company meets all its legal [...]
Trivial Benefits for Limited Companies: Tax-free gifts and employee rewards
If you’re a director of a Limited Company, there may be times when you want to give a gift to your employees, or yourself as a director, without creating a tax liability. Trivial Benefits are a simple, tax-efficient way to reward your team or directors, but [...]
Dormant Limited Companies in the UK: Rules, tax implications and how to stay compliant
If you’re running a Limited Company in the UK, there might be times when you decide to stop trading, but don’t want to close your business entirely. Whether you're taking a break, planning, or restructuring, making your company dormant can [...]
How much can you claim for using your home as an office as a limited company director?
If you work from home you can usually expect to incur additional expenses, but did you know that you may be able to claim tax relief on those expenses if using part of your home as an office? In this [...]
Dormant Companies Explained for Limited Company Contractors
If you have a Limited Company you may find there are times when you’re not trading but you want to keep your company active, or you may decide to set a company up but not trade straight away. In [...]
What are the differences between leasing and hire purchase, and how much tax can you expect to pay on electric cars?
Are you running your own Limited Company and considering switching to an electric car? Before taking the leap it’s worth understanding the taxable implications that come with an electric car, and how this can be affected by the final [...]
Can you claim your holiday party as a business expense?
As the festive season approaches, many Limited Company directors are gearing up for their annual company party. The good news is that HMRC is quite accommodating of these kinds of events, as they consider staff entertainment to be a [...]
SG’s 7 top tips for Limited Company contractors to reduce your income tax bill in 2022
The tax year is now in full swing and whilst you currently might not be considering tax, it’s still a good idea to understand it’s importance, and how making it work in your favour could ultimately mean more money [...]
The Tax Risks with Borrowing money from your Limited Company
You may find from time to time that you need to borrow money from your Limited Company, but how do you go about it, what are the associated tax risks, and is there anything you need to be aware [...]
Are you entitled to childcare as a Limited Company contractor?
One of the great positives from contracting and running your own Limited Company is the flexibility it provides. You get to choose when, where and for whom you work, and can chop and change whenever you like. So how [...]
Electric cars – how much tax can you expect to pay?
The recently announced tax band changes have meant that purchasing an electric car is a more realistic possibility than ever before. Along with the planned ban on petrol and diesel cars from 2030 onwards, you may be considering upgrading [...]
The Super-Deduction Tax Relief
As a Limited Company contractor you’ll no doubt have equipment to enable you to complete your work. HMRC allows you to offset part of the cost of purchasing said equipment against your company profits. Plus, as an extra bonus, [...]
Could you benefit from the Rent a Room scheme?
Do you have a spare room in your home? Maybe your kids have grown up and have moved out? Or, you’ve moved into a new property and you find you have spare space? Instead, of converting this space into a [...]
Claiming interest on buy-to-let mortgages as a contractor
Anyone who has rental property or works in tax will know about the relatively recent changes HMRC have made to how landlords are allowed to claim the interest on their mortgages. See below: % of Mortgage Interest can be deducted [...]
Thinking about changing your company car? Why waiting until 2020 could be a good idea
If you’re a contractor who is thinking of purchasing an environmentally friendly company car through your limited company, due to the car benefit changes, you may be better off waiting until 2020 to do it. Tax on company cars [...]
5 ways to increase your take-home pay
One reason why people choose to become contractors is that they can have the ability to earn more than they did as an employee. This is because they can charge higher rates and if they think about how they [...]
Can I reclaim expenses from before I formed my limited company?
If you spent money on setting up your business before you incorporated it, you may be able to claim for some or all of these pre-trading expenses, as long as they are legitimate business expenses. This article looks at [...]
5 top tips to organise your company costs and expenses
Working as a contractor may be new to you, or it may be something that you have been doing for a while. Whatever stage of the contractor life-cycle you're in, there are some things that are good to be reminded [...]
Ask an Expert: What You Need to Know About Expenses
When we start working with a contractor, one of the first questions we get asked, is, “As a contractor working through my own limited company, can I claim for business expenses?" followed by, “What expenses can I claim for?” You’ll [...]