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Tax year end planning 2019 – Business owners can take profits as pension contributions

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With tax year end just around the corner, it’s time to check you are making the most of your tax reliefs and allowances to save for a brighter future. You may want to consider:   Business owners: take profits as pension contributions For many directors, taking significant profits as pension […]

Tax year end planning 2019 – Employees: sacrifice your bonus for an employer pension contribution

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With tax year end just around the corner, it’s time to check you are making the most of your tax reliefs and allowances to save for a brighter future. You may want to consider:   Employees: sacrifice your bonus for an employer pension contribution We’re approaching ‘bonus season’ for many […]

Tax year end planning 2019 – Approaching retirement: boost pension saving now before triggering the Money Purchase Annual Allowance

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With tax year end just around the corner, it’s time to check you are making the most of your tax reliefs and allowances to save for a brighter future. You may want to consider:   Approaching retirement: boost pension saving now before triggering the Money Purchase Annual Allowance Anyone looking […]

Tax year end planning 2019 – High earners: making a pension contribution before the tax year end could increase your annual allowance

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With tax year end just around the corner, it’s time to check you are making the most of your tax reliefs and allowances to save for a brighter future.   You may want to consider: High earners: making a pension contribution before the tax year end could increase your annual […]

Tax year end planning 2019 – Pension saving: maximise tax relief

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With tax year end just around the corner, it’s time to check you are making the most of your tax reliefs and allowances to save for a brighter future.   You may want to consider: Pension saving to maximise tax relief Additional and higher rate taxpayers may wish to contribute […]

Healthcare accounts team goes 100% digital

Digital healthcare accounting

Our healthcare team has managed to revolutionise its client base by placing all dental associates on digital software. As part of a major technological shift in the way accounts need to be filed to HMRC, better known as Making Tax Digital, Robson Laidler Accountants has achieved 100% success two years […]

HMRC letter provides the latest guidance to businesses about the UK leaving the EU

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HMRC has published a letter to UK businesses that trade only with the EU, with details of important actions they need to take and changes to be aware of in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. This is the third letter to businesses on preparing […]

Later life planning – a demographic necessity

Later life financial planning

As a recent report from the Office of National Statistics highlights that we are living much longer than previous generations, it is becoming increasingly more important to get later life planning in place. The fastest growing age group is those aged 85 or over and this is expected to double over […]

Business Breakthrough Questions.

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What can business owners learn from a 3 year-old? If a 3-year-old can ask an obvious question, then can’t we all ask great questions? On a sunny winter’s day in 1943 Jennifer (3-years old) asked a question of her dad. Edwin Land had just taken Jennifer’s picture with his favourite […]

Equity Market Review 2018 – the importance of taking the long-term view

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2018 marked a generally negative year for global equity markets.  Despite positive returns experienced in the first 3 quarters of the year the final quarter saw major global indices turn down, largely as a result of fears of trade disputes between US and China. The fourth quarter equity market decline […]