What does it mean to "close" your books?  Why is it important?  What are the benefits?

What are the various taxes that contractors pay and how to stay on top.

Pricing has a huge impact on startup success.  A look at a few useful ways we've found to optimise pricing, hopefully upwards!

A nuts and bolts look at the simplest and easiest way to pay shareholding founders in startups.  

What does a Subscription Business Model mean, and how can it impact your startup?  We look at recurring revenue, having a ongoing customer base and growing a bigger business through the Subscription model.

Although accounts are prepared after the financial year is finished, there are still a few items to tick off before that date rolls around.  For any help with the above please contact us

New tax changes now incorporate agencies so if you're a contractor with an agency, and you're sent an IR330c, please fill this in to avoid tax being withheld at 45%.

We're big fans of dashboards as a way to present financial information.  Power BI adds some great functionality and usability, which makes it easy to recommend.

We recommend startups try out the Lean Canvas model in order to document their assumptions and build their business model.  The information generated is highly valuable when it comes to prepare a financial model to include in your business plan.

View / Download the Tax Calendar for 2017 here