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wealdroam

hpuse wrote: »

For those self employed , income someone generate can cross over financial years. For e.g you quote a work in Feb, you raise an invoice in March and got partial payment and had to re work in april and re-work in May (incurring additional costs) and get paid in the end in June.
So as you say, it is not really 'ease' working out the tax you owe, it varies year by year ..And FYI, that's what accountants do !

Your last sentence really is significant.

Here it is again:

hpuse wrote: »

And FYI, that's what accountants do !

And of course accountants charge for doing that work.

Are you suggesting that the accountants running the website in question should do their work for nothing?

Or are you saying that they can charge fees?

Hpuse, I'm not sure which side of the fence you are now sitting on.

dodger1

hpuse wrote: »

For those self employed , income someone generate can cross over financial years. For e.g you quote a work in Feb, you raise an invoice in March and got partial payment and had to re work in april and re-work in May (incurring additional costs) and get paid in the end in June.
So as you say, it is not really 'ease' working out the tax you owe, it varies year by year ..And FYI, that's what accountants do !

Yes of course it varies each year but it's still easy to do. Yes accountants do it but it's still not difficult for a sole trader. Why use an accountant when there is no need. Use one for the first year by all means just to see how it all works and what can be claimed for then do it yourself.