At Jonathan Ford & Co
we service all types of clients
but also love working with the
specific needs of the creative industry.
We have 15 years of experience
helping those in TV and Film, theatre,
Advertising and design.
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- Company Accounts
- Tax Advice
- VAT
- Payroll
- Company Secretarial
- Company Incorporations
- Management Accounts
- Tax Enquiries
Archived Tax Tips and News
Access all our current tax news
April 2012
- 2012 Budget News and Analysis
- How Much To Pay Yourself?
- Travel for Home-Based Business
- IR35 Proposals
- VAT Changes
- April Question and Answer Section
- April Key Tax Dates
March 2012
- Tax Efficient Investments
- Spreading Household Income
- Working from Home
- Capital Exemptions and Losses
- March Question and Answer Section
- March Key Tax Dates
February 2012
- Closing Down Your Company
- Penalties for Late Payment of PAYE
- Confessing to Tax Fraud
- Reporting EU Sales to HMRC
- February Question and Answer Section
- February Key Tax Dates
January 2012
- Is Your Payroll Information 'Clean'?
- Online VAT Filing Compulsory
- Are You On The Taxman's Target List?
- Tax Numbers for 2012/13
- January Question and Answer Section
- January Key Tax Dates
December 2011
- Autumn Statement Tax Summary
- Low Value Consignment Changes
- Pension Lifetime Allowance Decrease
- Using VAT Groups
- December Question and Answer Section
- December Key Tax Dates
November 2011
- Reality of Self-Employed Contracts
- Teachers to Tell All
- PAYE Refunds and Underpayments
- Reclaiming VAT
- November Question and Answer Section
- November Key Tax Dates
October 2011
- Business Record Checks Update
- Splitting Businesses to Avoid VAT
- Stuck in the UK?
- Student Loan Notices
- October Question and Answer Section
September 2011
- Swiss Bank Account Tax Deal
- Business Exit Planning
- Jointly Held Property Tax Savings
- New Mileage Rates
- September Question and Answer Section
August 2011
- New Workplace Pensions Cost
- VAT Initiative Starts
- Companies House Reminders
- Less Tax for Students
- August Question and Answer Section
July 2011
- Web Bots Are Out to Get You!
- What if You Don't Pay Your Tax!
- Must You Register for VAT?
- Repayment Claims for Tax on Interest
- July Question and Answer Section
June 2011
- Tax Efficient Profit Extraction
- Property Development Issues
- Why Stamp Duty Form Changes?
- Missing Trader Fraud
- June Question and Answer Section
May 2011
- Higher Penalties for Late Returns
- Tax Efficient Cars
- Capital Allowances for Holiday Lets
- Paying PAYE on Time
- May Question and Answer Section
April 2011
- Plumbers Tax Safe Plan
- Changes to NIC Class 2 Payments
- PAYE Notices are Coming
- New Pensioners to Receive Tax Bills
- April Question and Answer Section
March 2011
- 2011 Budget News and Analysis
- Taxman to Hassle Tax Cheats
- Taxman Starts Business Records Check
- Traps with the Flat Rate VAT Scheme
- Leaving it to Charity
- March Question and Answer Section
February 2011
- More PAYE Reconciliations
- Changes to Tax Credits
- How to Challenge a VAT penalty
- Clamp-down on Loan Schemes
- February Question and Answer Section
January 2011
- Associated Company Changes
- Furnished Holiday Lettings Changes
- Take Care with VAT
- Tax Numbers for 2011/12
- January Question and Answer Section
December 2010
- 2010 Autumn Statement
- It's Christmas Time Mr Taxman!
- Business Tax Changes 2011/12
- Personal Tax Changes 2011/12
- Question and Answer Section
November 2010
- Planning for the VAT Increase
- Pension Changes Ahead
- Update on PAYE 'Errors'
- Refund of Overseas VAT
- November Question and Answer Section
October 2010
- Taxman Brings in the Heavies
- National Minimum Wage Changes
- PAYE 'Errors'
- Tell the Taxman Now
- October Question and Answer Section
September 2010
- Cycle to Work Scheme Update
- Dividend Planning to Maximise Tax Credits
- Maximum NI Contributions
- VAT Rates and Refunds
- September Question and Answer Section
August 2010
- Withdrawal of CIS Gross Payment Status
- Business Assurance Visits
- VAT on Google Adwords
- Deferring a Capital Gain and EIS
- August Question and Answer Section
July 2010
- Applying New CGT Rules
- Giving Shares to Employees
- VAT Online - Are You Ready?
- Young People and Taxes
- July Question and Answer Section
June 2010
- Emergency Budget 2010
- Changes in Capital Gains Tax
- Other Tax Changes Ahead
- Post Credibility Team
- PAYE Codes for 2010/11
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2010
- Furnished Holiday Lettings Saved!
- New Penalties for late PAYE
- Commercial Property Losses
- New VAT Partial Exemption Rules
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2010
- Company Car and Van Changes
- 2010 Budget News
- VAT Payments and New Penalties
- New Rateable Values from 1 April
- New Employment Regulations
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2010
- Filing VAT Returns Online
- How to Keep Accounting Records
- Time Runs Out for Tax Claims
- Changes to the EC Sales List
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2010
- Errors in New PAYE Codes
- Doctors and Dentists Asked to Confess
- Adding Overseas Purchases to Sales
- When is Your PAYE Due?
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2010
- Time to Pay Your Tax!
- The Capital Gains Dilemma
- Reclaiming Overseas VAT is Now Easier
- Are You Declaring Commissions?
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2009
- Pre-Budget - December 9 2009
- Tax Deductions for Franchise Fees
- Christmas Gift Time Mr Taxman!
- Avoid the Higher VAT Rate
- Tax Relief on Accountant's Fees!
- December Question and Answer Corner
November 2009
- Beware of Verbal Tax Advice
- Tips and Service Charge Changes
- What to do When a Customer Goes Bust
- New Opportunities to Claim Benefits
- November Question and Answer Corner
October 2009
- VAT Option to tax – 20 Years are up!
- Penalties for Late Tax Returns and Payments
- New Company Forms from 1 October
- Transferring Investment Property to Trading Stock
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2009
- 2nd Offshore Tax Amnesty Announced
- When is Paying a Dividend "illegal"?
- Correcting VAT Errors
- Giving Shares to Employees
- September Question and Answer Corner
August 2009
- Flipping Houses
- Budget For Your Tax Bill
- Beware Tax Email Scams
- When is a Pick-Up a Van?
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2009
- Tax Savings of Incorporation
- Are You Trading in Properties?
- Tips for Quick VAT Registration
- Company Cars are Getting More Expensive
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2009
- Car Scrappage Scheme Tax Implications
- Claiming Tax Relief on Overseas Property
- Credit Crunch Tax Credit Protective Claims
- Beware the VAT Threshold
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2009
- How to Beat the New 60% and 50% Tax Rates
- New NI Threshold to Record
- P11D Forms and Dispensations
- HMRC Bank Account Changes
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2009
- Budget News & Analysis 2009
- The Service Company Question
- Traps in the VAT Flat Rate Scheme
- Company Car Benefit Changes
- Giving to Charity Tax Efficiently
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2009
- Top 10 Year End Tax Planning Tips
- Budget Day will be 22 April 2009
- New Penalties from April 2009
- Why Pay the National Minimum Wage?
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2009
- New Companies House Late Filing Penalties
- Sharing Family Rental Income
- Dividend Planning
- Save Tax on Winding up a Company
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2009
- Overdrawn Directors Loan Account
- Will you be taxed on your Keyman Policy?
- Losses and Falling Sales
- Planning January 31 Tax Payments
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2008
- Pre-Budget 2008 Analysis
- Changes to Car Capital Allowances
- Claiming Small Business Rate Relief
- Increase Your Pension Fund Value
- Statutory Sick Pay Changes
- December Question & Answer Corner
November 2008
- 10 Ideas to Beat the Credit Crunch
- Losses on Property Lets
- VAT Problem for House Builders
- Losses in a Group of Companies
- November Question & Answer Corner
October 2008
- Contractors Beware Dragonfly Consulting Case
- Changes in Company Law
- New Tax Return Deadline
- Telling the Authorities About Your Company Changes
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2008
- Cycle to Gold & Save Tax!
- How to Gift a Property
- VAT - Checking the Numbers
- Getting More out of Mileage Rates
- September Question & Answer Corner
August 2008
- Getting Your Business to Pay for Your Holiday!
- Dealing with the Changed Personal Allowance
- Selling Your Business - the VAT Implications
- Mileage Expenses of Less than 40p per Mile
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2008
- Mileage Expenses and Rocketing Fuel Prices
- Planning to Sell Your Company?
- The £50,000 Annual Investment Allowance
- Protect Your Pension Fund
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2008
- Impact of Revised 2008/09 Tax Allowance
- Taxation of Non-Doms
- Changes to Correcting VAT Errors
- VAT on Pre-Incorporation Expenditure
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2008
- The Service Company Question on Form P35
- Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
- When is Lunch Tax Deductible?
- What Needs to be on a VAT invoice?
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2008
- National Minimum Wage for Family Members
- Inside or Outside the Company?
- Better Return by Holding Cash Personally?
- Claim Back Wages from the Taxman
- April Question and Answer Corner
- Budget March 2008
March 2008
- Year End Marginal Tax Rate Planning
- How to Bank Your Indexation Allowance
- How to Save Taper Relief
- Save Tax When Taking Your State Pension
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2008
- Capital Gains Relief for Entrepreneurs Announced
- Escaping Penalties for Late Tax Returns
- Taxman wants to help you claim R&D tax relief
- Tax Credits Rules for Childcare Costs
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2008
- Income Shifting is Coming Soon!
- Don't Overlook Goodwill on Incorporation
- New Capital Allowances Rules for Cars
- New Advisory Fuel Rates
- January Question and Answer Corner
December 2007
- It's Christmas Party Time Mr Taxman!
- New VAT Rules for Invoice Numbering and More
- Protect Yourself Against HMRC Scandal
- December Question and Answer Corner
November 2007
- Rates and Allowances for 2008/09
- When to Sell your Investments
- Home Office Extension
- Employees Working Abroad
- November Question and Answer Corner
October 2007
- How to Declare Foreign Income
- Tax Advantages of Non-Domicile Status
- Car in the Company or Not?
- The Directors Loan Account Write Off
- October Question and Answer Corner
September 2007
- Sharing Your Business With Your Other-Half
- The Collector Wants Your Money!
- Longer Holidays for All
- Company Car or Van?
- September Question and Answer Corner
August 2007
- Victory for Husband and Wife Companies!
- What will the Taxman do now to Attack Small Companies?
- How to Cash-in on Goodwill
- August Question and Answer Corner
July 2007
- Is the Taxman Cracking Down on Buy-to-Let Landlords?
- VAT Registration Problems and Keeping Below the VAT Limit
- A Loan From Your Own Company
- Is it Worth Topping up NI contributions?
- July Question and Answer Corner
June 2007
- Easing the P11D Pain
- Swap Salary for Benefits
- Choice of Dividend or Bonus
- Tax Credit Deadlines
- June Question and Answer Corner
May 2007
- The "Tax Amnesty"
- What Happens if You Die Without a Will?
- Avoiding Tax on Company Vans
- New VAT Fuel Scale Charges
- May Question and Answer Corner
April 2007
- Is the Small Company Still Viable?
- Tax Cut to 20%, is it Really?
- Taxman Issues New Guidance for Use of Home Claims
- Stamp Duty Help for Family Exchanges
- April Question and Answer Corner
March 2007
- Budget 2007 News and Analysis
- Tax Benefits of Investing in Woodlands
- Now or Never - Year End Tax Planning Tips
- New CIS Rules from 6th April 2007
- Beware HMRC Email Scam
- March Question and Answer Corner
February 2007
- Rewards for Tax Inspectors who Meet Targets!
- Should You Buy the Assets or the Shares?
- Tip to Avoid IHT on the Family Home
- Tax Advantages of Investment Bonds
- February Question and Answer Corner
January 2007
- Last Chance to Get Your Tax Return Filed
- HMRC Launch Pilot Childcare Indicator
- From Ltd Company Back to Sole Trader
- Do You Know What an EFRBS is?
- Has Your Competitor Reported You on the HMRC Hotline?
- January Question and Answer Corner
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