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How to Easily Switch Your Payroll Services
Considering changing how you manage your business’s payroll? With our guide to switching payroll providers, it’s never been simpler.
How Can Bookkeeping Automation Impact Your Business?
Wondering how you could make your financial management simpler? An increasingly popular solution is automation, with tools like Sage and BrightPay jumping on the bandwagon to streamline and simplify complex financial tasks. But, how could these impact your business?...
How Professional Bookkeeping Software Simplifies Business Finances
Learn how our fleet of professional bookkeeping software, including Sage and BrightPay, can improve your business’s financial management.
What are the Most Common Bookkeeping Mistakes for Businesses?
Bookkeeping is a time-consuming and complex task, especially when it’s one of many on your to-do list. If you don’t feel confident organising your finances, it’s easy to make mistakes, too, which can have a number of negative consequences for your business. To help...
What Is Modulr and Why Do We Recommend It for Easy Payroll?
Modulr makes it easier to manage your small business’s payroll processes, but should you use it? We’re here with everything you need to know.
MTD ITSA Help: Will MTD Make Tax Compliance Easier?
Don’t let the MTD updates cause you stress. Get ahead of the changes by exploring how they’ll affect tax compliance in this guide.
How Can A Bookkeeper Help Your Business Grow?
From small businesses to start-ups, it’s always exciting to watch your business grow. But, what happens when that growth isn’t coming? That’s when we’d advise you to take a peek at your financial situation and use it to drive your business towards success. From...
Steps to Introduce Double Entry Bookkeeping in Small Businesses
When you’re busy running a business, staying on top of your finances is rarely an easy task. But, with tax obligations and growth plans at stake, it’s vital you know the ins and outs of your financial situation, making comprehensive money management crucial. This is...
What Does the Autumn 2024 Budget Mean For Your Small Business?
How will Labour’s 2024 budget affect your small business? From tax changes to updates on MTD, find out everything you need to know in this handy guide.
What is MTD for ITSA? New Tax Rules for Sole Traders
Want to know more about the MTD for ITSA changes? For self-employed individuals and landlords, our guide details everything you need to know to stay tax compliant with the new rules.
Basic Differences Between Accounting and Bookkeeping: Things to Know
When running a business, outsourcing your financial tasks is a great way to reduce the length of your to-do list, save time, and ensure legal compliance. From tax to invoicing, a financial team can take care of all of those time-consuming jobs so that you don’t have...
Setting Up Payroll FAQs: What You Need to Know
Looking to set up a payroll system for your business? Read our answers to commonly asked questions first, and get to grips with PAYE, record-keeping, and the basics of a smart system in this no nonsense guide.
What Is The Difference Between Payroll And Bookkeeping Services?
When creating a start-up or taking over an existing brand, you’ll be faced with the challenge of dealing with small business finances. The simple solution? Hire a professional to take on the work so you don’t have to worry. But what are the differences between payroll...
What Happens if You File a Late Tax Return?
Worried about submitting a late tax return? Learn how it could affect your business and what you can do to prevent missing deadlines in this guide.
6 Signs Your Business Will Benefit From Cash Flow Management
From losing money to potential legal prosecution, payroll mistakes can do a lot of damage to your business. Learn the impacts and how to avoid them in this guide.
How Payroll Mistakes Can Impact Your Business
From losing money to potential legal prosecution, payroll mistakes can do a lot of damage to your business. Learn the impacts and how to avoid them in this guide.
When Do You Need To Hire A Bookkeeper For Your Business
In business, sorting your finances is a task that never ends. From recording transactions to documenting proof of your expenses, every month arrives with a new list of jobs to keep your accounts in order. When you’ve got a business to run, though, spending hours...
6 Ways Bookkeeping Services Can Help Your Small Business Growth
Are you thinking of hiring us for your cloud-based bookkeeping services? Find out how our cloud software can make your financial management (including payroll) simpler, better, and easier in this guide.
Five Top Tips for Starting a Business
In this article, “Five Top Tips for Starting a Business”, you’ll pick up some great tips to guide you on your way. A Question for You What made you want to start out on your own, if indeed you have? Perhaps, after a long career with a so-called “proper job”,...
How Cloud-Based Bookkeeping Is Changing Business Management
Are you thinking of hiring us for your cloud-based bookkeeping services? Find out how our cloud software can make your financial management (including payroll) simpler, better, and easier in this guide.
Five Signs That Tell You It’s Time to Hire a Bookkeeper
Our blog this month, “Five signs you need to hire a bookkeeper” is about spotting those tell-tale milestones; the time-to-notice moments that lead to the crucial penny-dropping moment. You know the one: When you realise that now is the time to get more organised, feel...
How to Prepare For Your Self-Assessment
It’s almost the tax year-end, and that means it’s time to get your accounts in order. Find out how to prepare for your self-assessment with tips from our Sussex bookkeepers.
Five Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Bookkeeper
Thinking of hiring a reliable financial expert to “do the books” for you? Then this article, “Five Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Bookkeeper,” is a must-read. The Angel Bookkeeping team has put our heads together and come up with the key queries we think you need...
What Can I Claim Back VAT On?
If you’re newly registered for VAT, or a little confused about it, this article, “What can I claim back VAT on?” will set everything out in straightforward, jargon-free terms. An Unmarked Milestone of Confusion Did you know that April 1st 2023 marked the 50th...
What Does a Bookkeeper Do All Day?
Ever wondered, “What does a bookkeeper do all day?” In this month’s blog, we’ll take you through a typical day in the life of a busy bookkeeper, including their primary duties and responsibilities. Bookkeepers work with many types of clients, so the role is demanding...
Can I Do My Own Accounts?
“Can I do my own accounts?”. As bookkeepers, perhaps you’d expect Angel Bookkeeping to say, “No”. But, we’ll qualify that answer honestly: It’s best not to. Legally, yes – you can. But, there are compelling reasons to outsource this critical task, which we’ve...
The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Payroll
What are the Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Payroll? When it comes to the pros and cons of outsourcing payroll, we’ll need to come clean: we’re not entirely neutral. As you would expect. More Pros than Cons As an experienced bookkeeping business, in our opinion,...
Your Guide to Successful Payroll Outsourcing. How to Avoid the Pitfalls
With this month’s blog, “Your Guide to Successful Payroll Outsourcing”, we’re focusing on one of the most critical aspects of your business: paying your staff correctly and on time via an outsourced payroll solution. Is now the right time for you to outsource?...
Five Ways a Bookkeeper Can Save You Money
Five Ways a Bookkeeper Can Save You Money Here at Angel Bookkeeping, we think this month’s blog is timely. It’s about saving money. When we think about it, there are many more than five ways a bookkeeper can save you money – directly and indirectly. But, these are the...
Don’t Overlook Bookkeeping Services: Why Small Businesses Need Them
Don't Overlook Bookkeeping Services: Why Small Businesses Need Them Introduction: Managing a business is undoubtedly challenging. As an entrepreneur, you face numerous pressures that demand your complete dedication, hard work, and attention to even the smallest...
Your Ultimate Guide to the Construction Industry Scheme
We’ve put together this blog, “your ultimate guide to the Construction Industry Scheme” for all you builders and professional tradespeople out there. It explains what it is, how to register for it, and your tax position. Let’s start with some positive news. Throughout...
The Importance of Record Keeping for the Self-Employed
This month’s blog, “The Importance of Record Keeping for the Self-Employed” is all about getting organised. And, staying organised. Knowing that all your financial records are in order is a great feeling. It makes you feel in control. Which, in turn, gives you good,...
How to Engage a Bookkeeper
This month’s blog, “How to engage a bookkeeper” assumes that you’ve agreed to take the plunge and outsource the time-consuming task of managing your books (and/or payroll) to an expert. We’ll talk you through how to do it. First of all, this is good news. In our...
5 Great Reasons to Outsource Your Bookkeeping
Our latest blog, “5 great reasons to outsource your bookkeeping” could be that little nudge you need. You’ve been thinking about it for some time now, and now you’re on our website. So, do get in touch with the team here at Angel Bookkeeping. As we said,...
Are YOU our Dream Client? How To Work with a Bookkeeper
In this month’s blog, “How to Work with a Bookkeeper," we’re offering you some wise advice regarding the two-way street that is, or should be, your relationship with your bookkeeper. The clue is in the first sentence: For the connection to work well, we’d like to...
Making Tax Digital Has Been Delayed
Welcome to January’s blog. Big news. The title (almost) says it all, but there are some important takeaways for you to be aware of. In this piece, “Making Tax Digital Has Been Delayed”, we’ve broken down all the critical facts into easy-to-read sections to make things...
Five Surprising Things You Can’t Set Against Your Tax Bill
As experienced bookkeepers, we're always pleased to add value by offering sound advice to our hardworking clients. So, in this blog, “Five Surprising Things You Can’t Set Against Your Tax Bill”, we've drawn from several years’ experience to pull together the five main...
The ultimate back-to-basics guide: Sole Trader vs. Limited Company. What’s the difference?
Sole Trader vs. Limited Company It's a common question and one we hear often: sole trader vs. limited company quandary. What are the main differences? Here, in this jargon-free blog are all your answers. You don’t need me to tell you how exciting and satisfying...
How does our payroll process work?
How does our payroll process work? Did you know that the average business owner spends around six hours a month on their payroll process? Just think about what else you could achieve in that time. Angel Bookkeeping run a secure, reliable, cloud-based payroll...
The benefits of cloud-based bookkeeping – 9 reasons to switch
The benefits of cloud-based bookkeeping - 9 reasons to switch Are you holding back when it comes to switching to cloud-based accounting software? Maybe you're stuck in a world of spreadsheets, receipts and paper-based invoices and haven’t had time to consider your...
What is PAYE and who is responsible for it?
What is PAYE and who is responsible for it? The PAYE, or ‘Pay As You Earn’ scheme, came into effect in 1944. It changed the tax collection system from once or twice per year to weekly or monthly. This meant taxes could be deducted from source (by the employer)...
MTD VAT – What is Making Tax Digital? Everything business owners need to know
What is Making Tax Digital VAT? Everything business owners need to know Has your business recently started to turnover more than £85k a year? Or are you considering registering for VAT voluntarily? If yes, then changes to the way the government collects VAT payments...
MTD ITSA – What is Making Tax Digital? The must-read guide for business owners
WHAT IS MAKING TAX DIGITAL? THE MUST-READ GUIDE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS When the government announced plans to make tax digital back in 2015, it seemed like a really long way off. But as the start date looms ever closer, there’s never been a better time to find out what...
Do I need a bookkeeper or an accountant?
Do I need a bookkeeper or an accountant? Are you confused about whether you need a bookkeeper or an accountant to help you with your business finances? If so, you’re not alone. The truth is, most people don’t understand the difference between the two roles and have...
Making Tax Digital for Self Assessment (MTD ITSA)
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD ITSA) is part of the UK government’s agenda to make tax accounting simpler for businesses and individuals such as sole traders.It was announced on 23 September 2021 that MTD ITSA would be postponed yet...
5 reasons outsourcing your payroll will benefit your business
Making sure your staff are paid on time is one of the most important jobs you have to do as an employer. Why? Because, when your team is happy, they’ll reward you with hard work and loyalty. But handling the monthly payroll can be a time-consuming and stressful job....
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment delayed for a year
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment delayed for a year. The introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) has been delayed for a year, HMRC recently announced. The delay has been implemented in...
10 Great Reasons for Outsourcing Your Payroll
Making your business payroll cost effective Cost effectiveness Big business and corporations can afford to maintain payroll departments or integrate them with HR or other office departments. For small SME’s businesses however, an in-house payroll service is just not...
Angel bookkeeping guide to getting more customers for your business.
10 Proven ways to Get New Customers Attracting new customers is the life blood of any business. There is a natural lifecycle when it comes to your clients don’t assume just because you have 30 regular customers today, they will still be there tomorrow....
Angel Bookkeeping reminds you about 4th Self Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant available now
SEISS Grant The online service for applications for the fourth Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant is now open for claims.The fourth grant is 80% of three months' average trading profits, and can be claimed from late April...
Stunning country walks in beautiful Sussex
Racton Monument Over the past year with everything being closed due to lockdown, people have been very limited in activities outside the home. But what many people have discovered is a love for the countryside that surrounds them, many business owners who have had to...
HMRC’s VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme to close in June
Be aware about closing date for VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme Businesses that deferred VAT payments last year have not much time left to join online and pay in monthly instalments under the VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme, HMRC has...
Bounce back loan repayments are due
Bounce Back Loan repayments due for many small businesses Many small businesses are now required to begin repaying loans taken out under the government's Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS).The BBLS helped to support businesses during the...
HMRC publishes guidance on the fifth SEISS grant
HMRC publishes guidance on the fifth SEISS grant Full details of the fifth Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant, including a new turnover test which determines the level of the grant, were recently published by HMRC.The key...
Transformed hybrid working has changed payroll forever
Transformed hybrid working has changed payroll forever. The way we work has changed significantly since the start of the Virus and these changes can be viewed across almost every business discipline. Payroll has evolved and has embraced new...