Longleys Accounts Insights

Financial fraud aimed at small businesses continues to rise, and it is rarely the sophisticated hacking most people picture. Here is how the most common scams actually work, and practical steps to protect your business.

Electric vehicles now make up a growing share of new company car orders, driven largely by the tax treatment. Here is why the numbers stack up so favourably, and what to consider before making the switch.

Making Tax Digital for VAT has been mandatory for years now, yet compliance gaps still show up regularly. Here is a refresher on what full compliance actually requires, and where businesses commonly fall short.

For many company directors, dividends form a significant part of their income. Here is a clear guide to how dividend tax actually works, and the record-keeping that needs to sit behind every payment.

Every business faces unexpected setbacks eventually. Here is how to think about building a genuine cash reserve, how much is actually worth aiming for, and how to build one without straining day-to-day cash flow.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax became mandatory this year for many sole traders and landlords. If you are affected, here is what the new quarterly reporting regime actually involves and how to get set up properly.

With two weeks left before the P60 deadline, here is a timely reminder for employers to check their year-end payroll process is on track, and for employees to know what to expect once their P60 arrives.

Getting employment status wrong has real tax and legal consequences for both businesses and individuals. Here is a plain guide to the difference between an employee, a worker and someone genuinely self-employed.

With two bank holidays landing in May, here is a practical guide to how bank holiday pay actually works, and the mistakes employers commonly make around holiday entitlement during a month with extra dates off.

A year on from the first mandatory wave of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, here are the practical lessons we have seen from clients who have been through their first full cycle of quarterly reporting.