So, last week I wrote about why Excel is not a good choice for bookkeeping software. This week I’m revealing our alternatives and why they are better. Desktop Software Sage is old. incredibly rigid and not very user friendly. It is however
Now don’t get me wrong, Excel is a great tool I have a lot of experience with, it has many very good functions (most of which I suspect 80% of its users don’t use) which you can do a heck of a lot with. But when it comes to business
As I have had a number of questions about the Dividend Allowance, I thought I would outline how it works. In essence the Dividend Allowance sounds simple – the first £5,000 of dividends received in a tax year is tax-free. After that you
Recently Xero released a whole host of business performance analysis tools. You can access these tools by clicking on Reports and then on Business Performance. Above is a screen shot of the demo Xero company. As a default there are eight
Following the budget last week, we have tables and various reports for you to read detailing some of the announcements. These can be downloaded here: Tax rates and allowances 2015 Simple budget guide 2015 2015 Budget Report
So, this Wednesday I will be hosting our first Twitter tax and accounts clinic. It is running from 7 to 8pm and will be using the dorsettax hashtag. We will run these clinics once a month, provisionally, on the last Wednesday of that month but
Our opening times over the Christmas season are: During this time we may be unexpectedly unavailable, but leave a message or send us an email and we will reply as soon as possible. Finally, can I wish you a very happy Christmas and a
I had a lovely reminder this week why the cloud is so much better than locally installed software. Xero have released details of a great new update coming in 2015, it is a host of business information displayed in graphical form at your finger
This November I will taking part in Movember. If you want to sponsor me here is a link to my Mo Space. In case you don’t know, this is a men’s health charity, whereby those taking part grow a moustache (or just help spread the
I was at a Bridport Business event recently and was reminded of one of the advantages of the cloud that I haven’t mentioned before. And that advantage is the reduction of our environmental impact. Firstly it reduces the amount of paper waste we