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Trading with overseas businesses? Are you ready for the changes to the Cross-border VAT rules? 1 January 2010 is VAT day, VAT part 3

The third instalment of the Accountancy Services Direct VAT update sheets deals with overseas trading.
If you supply goods or services to overseas businesses, other EU countries or you reclaim VAT incurred in another EU country then you need to know about the changes to Cross-border trading VAT rules which take effect from 1 January 2010.
The [...]

Are you ready for the VAT changes? 1 January is coming fast!

There is one main thing happening on 1 January 2010 and that is VAT!
VAT is having an update and we are going to look at a few key areas.
This part will deal with the rate changes.
The VAT rate is reverting back to 17.5% from 1 January 2010.
There are some anti-avoidance rules to be aware of, [...]

Article on possible tax reform that addresses wealth inequality

Interesting article that could have implications on both accountancy services and our clients. We are monitoring this so that we can ensure get the right accountancy services t ensure they are as tax efficient as possible. Read the full story here.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/08/tax-system-reform-weath-inequality
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at Accountancy Services Direct o [...]

HMRC online

We at Accountancy Services direct are really pleased to see the the HMRC is moving forward and using many if the online social media services to get their message ‘out there’.
Check out the story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8337699.stm from the accountancy services news section of the BBC website.
And of course if you are interested in social media, [...]

‘Don’t increase tax on small firms’, FSB says

Interesting article discussing the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) thoughts on the the effect of an increase on tax to small business. The aim of most accountancy services is to save their client money, whether that be by creating accurate financial statements to allow the business owner to make informed decisions or making the company [...]