Have you received a bombshell from the Inland Revenue? Did you ever think how they were able to find you? I’m Robert Green of Green and Peter, Creative Chartered Accountants in North London. Let me give you an example. Somebody came to me. She was a fashion designer, and she had been trading for many […]
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In the United Kingdom, a tax on income (Income Tax) was first announced in 1798, and introduced into our lives the following year. It was introduced primarily as a way of raising monies to pay for the war Britain was fighting against the French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte. France was threatening to invade our shores,
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Welcome to our client focus! This month we’re featuring Dean Martin, a DJ and Presenter for the radio station, Capital Gold. Dean started his career as a child actor appearing in a weekly TV show on BBC and featured in several commercials. Dean has been a Radio Presenter for almost 20 years; beginning his career
Some time ago, a client had set up a film production company and he was about to produce a film that would take some 2 years to make. Therefore no income would be derived by the company for at least 2 years. I explained to him that if he registered immediately as a voluntary registration
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https://youtu.be/kjnSJM2B1QI Hi, I’m Derek Peter of Green and Peter, Creative Chartered Accountants based in North London. Let me give you an example. I recently went to see a restaurateur who was concerned about the level of the profits on his sales of wines and beverages. I looked at his systems and explained to him that
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https://youtu.be/x82xyzUr-Ic Are you a creative person and dread having an accountant? It doesn’t have to be this way. We are creative chartered accountants, and we deal with lots of creative industry, people like artists, sculptors, fashion, music, TV, film, video and photographers. As creative accountants we understand that creative people want to concentrate at what
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Accountants are boring? The world of accountancy has a somewhat undeserved reputation of being rather dull and boring. Not so when you look at some of the creative and artistic types that intended to join the profession and studied hard to do so, before following a more glamorous path! 1. Mick Jagger – Rolling Stones
The ancient city of Jericho, on the Palestinian left bank, is estimated to be at least 11,000 years old. It is widely believed that the traders and people of Jericho used a barter system until about 7,500 B.C. when simple tokens, often pebbles and clay balls (with various shapes) came to represent inventory figures for
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By its’ very definition, accounting is a method of recording and summarising financial transactions. For as long as civilization has been engaging in business and trade, systems of record keeping, accounting, and also accounting tools have been invented. Accounting has been key to important phases of history, it has been a major influence with professions
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Welcome to our client focus! This month we’re featuring Matt Patrick, a cameraman for the BBC. Matt Patrick was recently in Copenhagen for the 2014 Eurovision song contest. He was filming for BBC3 with presenters Scott Mills and Laura Whitmore. Matt filming an interview with Molly Matt spent the week with the UK’s entry, Molly