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COMPANY CARS
All change for company car tax
If you run a company car fleet, from April 2020 you will see a substantial overhaul in how these vehicles are taxed. What’s changing?
More...PROJECT APPRAISAL
Is it a profit centre or an investment centre?
Your company is planning a new venture and you’ve been tasked with deciding the most appropriate way to measure its performance. Should you be setting up a new cost centre or something else?
More...COMPANY LAW
How to successfully appeal against a late filing penalty
Only 2% of Companies House (CH) late filing penalties were overturned in 2018/19. So where do you stand if, through no fault of your own, your company’s accounts are filed after the due date?
More...RATIOS
Calculating the customer lifetime value
The board will be able to gain greater insights for strategic initiatives if they have a better understanding of the real worth of the company’s customers. But how do you measure a customer’s value?
More...TRAVEL
Travel disruption compensation
Holiday travel disruption causes misery every summer due to adverse weather, power cuts, technical glitches and strikes, and this affects business travellers too. What can you do to minimise the impact on work travel plans and claw back some of the costs?
More...ACCOUNTANCY FEES
New accountant’s fees over the top
The business has recently changed accountants and you have just received your first bill from them. The figure is far higher than you were quoted. What can you do, and are there ways to cut the next bill?
More...PRICES
Brexit price bluffers
A long-standing and regular supplier has just informed the company that they’re increasing their prices by 20% due to “Brexit”. Can they really do that and, if they can, how do you keep any rise to a minimum?
More...PERSONNEL COSTS
Give them time to resign
A key member of your team has just handed in their notice. Legally, you can’t refuse to accept it, but can you put things on ice so you can convince them to stay? And what might you save in doing so?
More...ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
Are your money laundering procedures in order?
In 2019 HMRC fined a London money service business a record £7.8 million for failures in its anti-money laundering (AML) procedures. How can you ensure that your business doesn’t fall foul of HMRC’s requirements?
More...CREDIT CONTROL
Assessing your customers using Z scores
Z scores are used to indicate the financial health of a company. In the current economic climate, it could be a useful tool to help evaluate the solvency of key customers. How do you calculate and interpret Z scores?
More...SPREADSHEETS
Working together in Excel
Having multiple users working on the same Excel file can be very frustrating. Only one person at a time can edit, with everyone else in read-only mode. Could a new workbook-sharing feature of Office 365 solve this problem?
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