by Marie Stein | 18 Jan, 2016 | Management services
What happens if HMRC disagrees with 5% VAT on a conversion or refurbishment? So what exactly DOES happen if a contractor has charged 5% VAT for a conversion or refurbishment but HMRC disagrees? Let’s assume I’m a contractor and I did a renovation project for £100,000...
by Marie Stein | 13 Jan, 2016 | Management services
After years, no, decades of setting new years’ resolutions and failing within the first month, I don’t even think about setting myself any sort of resolutions. I know that within the next few weeks, a lot of people will be beating themselves up because...
by Marie Stein | 4 Dec, 2015 | Management services
PPFs and the unexpected traps of opting to tax One of the most common ways to invest pension funds is to invest in property. Sometimes people own a few house to generate rental income; but I’ve dealt with a number of PPF situations involving commercial property...
by Marie Stein | 8 Nov, 2015 | Management services
I’m always being asked about the easiest ways to save VAT on property developments, particularly conversions. But it’s not always easy because the VAT rules have 2 different ways of saving VAT on conversions. So you have to know: when is a conversion not...
by Marie Stein | 28 Oct, 2015 | Management services
Autumn is always a busy time of year. After the summer holidays are long past, clients remember that outstanding project you discussed back in the spring and all of a sudden, you’ve got your normal day to day client work plus a number of major projects to...
