Business Tip

URGENT: TAX RETURN DEADLINE

31 January 2016 is the deadline for submitting your personal tax return. Failure to submit the return prior to this date will result in an automatic £100 penalty being applied.

Late payment and interest charges will also be imposed on any tax liabilities paid late. ad+ must receive all the information required to complete your tax return no later than the […]

Practical advice to sort out your finances

Our new edition of ad+ Smart Money magazine offers a range of articles containing practical advice and insight on some important personal financial planning issues:

Sort out finances with practical tips
Your questions answered about Pensions Freedom
Where in the world should you invest?
Gender disparity affects post-retirement financial planning
Hunting for more investment income?
How to get a clear long-term view of your finances

Download your […]

Achieve more, much more with the ad+ Strategy Implementation Process

It is not what you plan, it is what you DO that produces results.
Knowledge is vital, but impotent unless applied in actions that are focussed on achievement of your defined goals. Combining knowledge and precise implementation leads to improved results, but maintaining that precise implementation over a period of time is exceptionally difficult.
Like all business owners, you know what you […]

Practical advice about your business cashflow

The right maxim can give instant acceptance of advice we have heard numerous times previously but never acknowledged.

Andy Gunn quotes the following maxim at appropriate times, and many clients have a ‘light bulb moment’ when they hear it.

Turnover is vanity
Profit is sanity
But cash is reality

Andy, a Senior Accountant within the ad+ team, frequently helps clients with improving cash-flow, and so […]

Can you claim tax relief on refurbishment costs

…and how can you ensure your business survives?


Many Scottish business owners are considering refurbishing their premises, and so the ad+ tax team is often asked for advice on what expenditure will be eligible for tax relief?

Get the right advice

ad+ has helped many business owners with all aspects of tax relief claims. Refurbishments can disrupt normal working arrangements within your business, […]

Budget Review: March 2015

The Chancellor’s 2015 Budget contained some important announcements and confirmed a number of changes planned for the new tax year.

We have put together a newsletter which contains the latest tax and financial information, which we trust you will find useful.
Topics covered include:

Business tax and investment incentives
The end of the traditional tax return
National insurance contributions
Pensions and savings
Value Added Tax
Income tax and […]

Invaluable insight from surveys

Surveying clients and prospects can provide invaluable insight. The process doesn’t need to be complicated in order to deliver worthwhile feedback.
Your survey can be completed in person, over the phone, or on-line.

You can get feedback on the quality of service received, ask for ideas and suggestions, or check out local business conditions.

In a prospect survey you might uncover what is […]

Tip of the Week: Tax Return Deadline

Tax Return Deadline
HMRC have been reminding everyone through radio, TV and the newspapers that the filing deadline for 2013/14 tax returns is 31st January 2015.

If your tax return is not received and accepted by HMRC prior to this date then a penalty of £100 will be charged even if there is no tax to pay. Any tax liabilities must also […]