Accounting Blog

Delivery app tips may feel informal, but they’re taxable income. This guide explains how to track in-app and cash tips, categorize gig earnings, reconcile payouts, and plan for taxes. Learn simple systems to record tips accurately, avoid common mistakes, and build reliable income records without stress for independent delivery drivers.

Selling services internationally from the UK involves navigating income or corporation tax, VAT place-of-supply rules, and potential overseas taxes. This guide explains how business structure, customer location, service type, VAT registration, withholding tax, and permanent establishment risks affect UK service providers selling abroad.

Business related domain renewals are usually allowable expenses when a domain is used wholly and exclusively for trading. This guide explains when renewals qualify, how mixed use affects claims, revenue versus capital treatment, and how sole traders, companies, and contractors should record, evidence, and apportion domain renewal costs correctly efficiently.

This guide explains how to record income from bundled products and services in plain English. Learn how to identify deliverables, allocate bundle pricing, and recognize revenue at the right time. Practical examples, common pitfalls, and step-by-step guidance help ensure accurate, consistent financial reporting.

Learn when office cleaning costs are tax-deductible, including dedicated offices, home offices, and mixed-use spaces. This guide explains apportionment methods, common pitfalls, record-keeping tips, and how cleaning services, supplies, and post-renovation cleans are typically treated, helping businesses claim expenses confidently and defensibly across different business structures and practical real-world scenarios.

If you only invoice a few clients each year, do you still need to pay tax? This guide explains why client count rarely matters, what income triggers tax or filing duties, how allowances and expenses affect profit, and how freelancers and side hustlers can stay compliant without overcomplicating things unnecessarily.

Can you claim AI tools and software subscriptions as business expenses? This guide explains what “claiming expenses” really means, how tax systems assess business purpose, mixed personal use, and documentation, and how sole traders, companies, and freelancers can treat AI subscriptions, SaaS tools, and usage-based fees for tax efficiency purposes.

A nil tax return for sole traders means your return shows no tax due—often because profits are zero, expenses offset income, or you made a loss. It’s allowed if accurate and supported by records. Learn common causes, what happens after filing, and how to avoid red flags and penalties.

Can you claim SEO and marketing costs as business expenses? This guide explains when advertising, SEO, PPC, content, and branding services are deductible, how tax authorities assess business purpose, capital versus revenue costs, VAT/GST issues, and record-keeping tips to make marketing expense claims defensible across common scenarios for modern businesses.