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		<title>Plumber in hot water won&#8217;t chill anyone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HMRC have issued a press release this week with details of a plumber who&#8217;s just been given a 4 month suspended sentence for tax evasion. Fair enough. The news is meant to be a deterrent to others contemplating evading tax. But is it? In this case the plumber set up in business in 1997 &#8211;[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/hmrc/plumber-in-hot-water-wont-chill-anyone/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Tax Strikes Again&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, no one particularly likes paying tax but, as a tax advisor, it&#8217;s bad tax legislation that really makes me mad. The most recent example has been the changes to child benefit payments &#8211; so that a family with an earner over £50k starts to have their child allowance clawed back. The ICAEW this week[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/politics/bad-tax-strikes-again/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Micro giving update</title>
		<link>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/giving/micro-giving-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our first full week of micro giving has come to an end. This week our clients have helped with the following:- 1. Brought their information in early &#8211; which means we have provided medical care for 10 children in Africa suffering from Malaria 2. Responded to our request to say if they want tax enquiry[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/giving/micro-giving-update/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How working with us can make a massive difference</title>
		<link>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/giving/how-working-with-us-can-make-a-massive-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 08:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just started using a using a new service which will: Make our clients feel wonderful Make a massive change to the lives of people less fortunate than us Make our work a bit easier Each time a client does something small which helps us we&#8217;ll do something to help others. At the moment we&#8217;ve[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/giving/how-working-with-us-can-make-a-massive-difference/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The biggest tax change in years</title>
		<link>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/hmrc/the-biggest-tax-change-in-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1 May 2012 sees one of the biggest changes in taxation policy which affects small businesses. It&#8217;s had some publicity but not as much as I thought it may. Perhaps it&#8217;ll get a bit more press coverage when the bills start to land on people&#8217;s doorsteps. The change is the introduction of automatic £10 daily[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/hmrc/the-biggest-tax-change-in-years/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Scheming &#8211; Never heard of it? Thats because I&#8217;ve just invented it!</title>
		<link>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/tax-avoidance/tax-scheming-never-heard-of-it-thats-because-ive-just-invented-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax avoidance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tax avoidance is legitimately organising your affairs so you don&#8217;t pay more tax than is necessary. Tax evasion is doing things against the law to keep your tax bill down &#8211; like not declaring cash. Tax avoidance is big news at the moment thanks to the London Mayoral election and from the generally negative comments[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/tax-avoidance/tax-scheming-never-heard-of-it-thats-because-ive-just-invented-it/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Increase your earnings with the Flat Rate Scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that being VAT registered can actually make you better off &#8211; in the right circumstances? We&#8217;ve put together short video explaining how. It&#8217;s based on the TV industry but that&#8217;s not to say it wouldn&#8217;t be just as effective (maybe even more so) for other businesses. Anyway, enough chat&#8230;meet Bob!]]></description>
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		<title>Get your numbers in the Cloud</title>
		<link>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/online-bookkeeping/get-your-numbers-in-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/online-bookkeeping/get-your-numbers-in-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online bookkeeping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Still bumbling along with a trusty old spreadsheet? Well it might be time to look at a cloud bookkeeping system. Prices are pretty keen these days and a full blown system hooked up to us would usually come in at less than £20 a month. There&#8217;s lots of advantages: Set up easy budgets to control[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/online-bookkeeping/get-your-numbers-in-the-cloud/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six questions that your accountant has never been asked before</title>
		<link>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/accountants/six-questions-that-your-accountant-has-never-been-asked-before/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/accountants/six-questions-that-your-accountant-has-never-been-asked-before/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/?p=152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We do loads of things behind the scene to make sure we could continue in business should disaster strike.  Not only is this sort of stuff vitally important to us it&#8217;s vitally important to our clients too. I&#8217;ve drawn up a short list of really important questions to ask your accountant &#8211; but I don&#8217;t[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/accountants/six-questions-that-your-accountant-has-never-been-asked-before/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Politicians</title>
		<link>http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/tax-2/simple-politicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians generally haven&#8217;t the first idea when it comes to tax and even less of a clue when it comes to &#8216;tax simplification&#8217;. This week&#8217;s Budget didn&#8217;t disappoint in that respect. Small businesses can, from April 2013, choose a more simple method of calculating their profit based on cash &#8211; or they can continue to[...] <a href="http://www.jonathanford.co.uk/blog/tax-2/simple-politicians/">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
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