Taking paid surveys, like most choices you can make to earn money, comes with both benefits and drawbacks. This post is intended to shine a light on these advantages and disadvantages and teach you more about earning money by completing paid surveys at home. Taking Paid Online Surveys: The Benefits 1) No Stress Or … Read more
30-day free trial From $15/month Sign up at quickbooks.com What is Quickbooks? Quickbooks has been around for a long time, first as a desktop version and now as online accounting software. Quickbooks have heavily invested in their AI and automation features to help you quickly tag and categorise your invoices and expenses so you can see what … Read more
Working Freelance – Some Points to Consider These notes are intended to give a general overview of some of the main issues associated with freelance work. As each person’s circumstances are different, thorough investigation is necessary, which might include professional advice e.g. on legal and taxation matters. What is freelance work? You are carrying out … Read more
One of the main questions you may have as a freelancer is "what sort of expenses can you claim?" Well, a ‘business expense’ is an expense which is wholly and exclusively for business purposes. In this article, we’ll be covering such topics as business travel, subsistence, entertainment, use of home, pensions, fixed assets and other … Read more
If you’re working as a freelancer or a contractor through your own limited company you’ve probably heard people talking about IR35 legislation. They’ve probably spoken about it in hushed tones, like IR35 is this big scary thing to be feared. IR35 is a piece of legislation that you need to know about, but it’s not … Read more
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Completing a Self Assessment tax return can be a daunting prospect. That’s why we’ve put together the ultimate guide to completing your Self Assessment. Here’s the outline of what we’ll cover in this guide: Registering with HMRC for Self Assessment. The first step to is to make sure you need to submit a return, and … Read more
Our freelance accounting glossary has handy definitions of accounting and bookkeeping jargon – from accruals and aged creditors, to retained profit and written down value. If you’re new to freelancing or running a business, you may hear a lot of words and phrases that are unfamiliar to you. Our freelance accounting glossary will explain some … Read more
The thing about freelance writing is that most of the time you have only yourself to count on. There is no office with a dozen other employees to whom you can run to when you encounter a problem. Thankfully, technology has given us something else besides an easier way to hunt writing jobs. It has … Read more
Completing a Self Assessment tax return can be a daunting prospect. That’s why we’ve put together the ultimate guide to completing your Self Assessment. Here’s the outline of what we’ll cover in this guide: Registering with HMRC for Self Assessment. The first step to is to make sure you need to submit a return, and … Read more