Lanarkshire

  • Corona-Covid-financial-help-business

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme portal open

This morning, the HMRC portal opened to accept claims for grant support under the ‘Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’ (CJRS).

ad+ has set up all the processes necessary to claim the job retention grant on behalf of our clients and any other local businesses that require help.

It is essential that all claims are accurate, valid, and supported by written evidence.

If you need […]

  • Corona-Covid-financial-help-business

Update 3rd April:  Financial aid to tackle Coronavirus impact

 

This fifth client bulletin concentrates on financial steps business should take now.
Before highlighting new measures, I would like to provide further update on the most important support measures announced to date:

[A]  PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPDATE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE

[1]  Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

The HMRC application platform is NOT ready yet: it is expected to be available by the end of April 2020.

[2]  […]

Is business your route to personal wealth?

ad+ helps ambitious business owners

Whatever type of business you run, we love to assist ambitious business owners.

Personal
wealth is increasingly being created within successful businesses. 94% of the
people on last year’s Rich List were self-made. Technology is producing some of
the fastest growing businesses and personal fortunes.

Want more good news? Analysis by the Syndicate Room found that the 506 start-ups examined grew […]

Pay less tax

Ignoring tax saving opportunities could cost you a lot. Between now and 5th April is your last chance to cut your tax bill for the current year by utilising a series of perfectly legal steps.

The correct tax advice depends on your specific circumstances. Get in touch with David Charles to arrange your initial discussion with our tax specialist.

E:  dcharles@adplus.co.uk

T:  0141 […]

You have less than one month to get ready for Making Tax Digital

On the 1st April 2019, almost all VAT-registered businesses will be required by HMRC to make digital VAT returns every quarter. Is your business ready? 

You could invest in new digital accounting software and staff training, or you could relieve your business of the entire processing burden by outsourcing all your bookkeeping and VAT Return work to ad+ Chartered Accountants.

We regularly receive […]

Need a new accountant before your next VAT Return?

You can switch to ad+ Chartered Accountants quickly and easily. We can take care of everything for you.  Normally, we can transfer all your bookkeeping and accounting records in time for your next VAT Return. If you need a new accountant, have a look around our web site, or get in touch. We are always happy to chat with ambitious […]

Can you afford the increased Auto-Enrolment payments?

On 6th April 2019 your business and your employees must pay more into the auto-enrolment pension scheme operated by your business. Your business must increase minimum pension payments from 2% of qualifying earnings to 3%; plus, your employees must increase their minimum payments from 3% to 5%. Those increases represent yet another blow to profitability and to take-home pay.

Can your […]

How your business could benefit from Make Tax Digital

The HMRC requirement to Make Tax Digital starts in April for most VAT-registered businesses.

Your business could benefit from this requirement if you redesign your bookkeeping, accounting, and management information processes in such way that you take advantage of the facility to automate much of the day-to-day bookkeeping work, and you get your accountant to prepare custom-made management accounts templates within […]

Has KPMG told you to make alternative arrangements?

Do you need a new accountant to replace KPMG?

You may know that KPMG has announced the closure of their Small Business Accounting Unit, and so you must “make alternative arrangements”. In other words, find a new accountant?

ad+ Chartered Accountants is your ideal choice because we specialise in small businesses accounting.

We have 28 years experience of providing bookkeeping, accounts, tax, and […]

Keeping your plan numbers up-to-date with changes in market conditions

Whether the change is good or bad, you must adjust your implementation action steps to keep in line with those changes. For example, recently, there’s been Brexit, trade wars, China’s slowdown, digitization, 3D printing, and any number of new competitors. Any one of these could render your implementation plans out of date and ineffective.

Another aspect of business that is changing […]

Tip of the Week

Get up to date and easy to read tips in your email inbox each week. We keep them short and sweet!

Testimonials

Being a small family run building company working on multiple construction projects at any one time we were looking to upgrade and adopt a user-friendly accounting software system, preferably combined with Payroll processing. On the recommendation of our accountants, ad+, we were introduced to Xero. Despite the daunting idea of change, thankfully we have never looked back!
Lindsay RichardsBook-keeper/Payroll AdministratorLawrie Construction

Proud Partners

Xero Gold Partner - Ad Plus Accountants