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Social club chaos - help needed
In accordance with our social club constitution, 20 members have to sign together to raise an EGM request. We gather 27 signatures and submitted an agenda to the current so called ‘committee’ to address mamangement issues. The constitution states that the committee have 7 days after submission of request to contact all…
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SEO Cashback Site
Hello you very wonderful and intelligent people that make up this forum. I sincerely hope everything is going well for you. I am going to be setting up a small cashback based site on a purchased script. Where users can complete affiliate offers for monetary pay-outs. I please wondered for SEO what are the aspects i should…
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Solicitor set up my LTD Company and its HMRC account then refused to give me access
Myself and two neighbours are in the process of acquiring the freehold to our apartment block. We have engaged a solicitors firm to do this. We used another solicitor from the same firm to set up a LTD company which will acquire the freehold. On Tuesday I received a HMRC Corp Tax activation code addressed to the Solicitor…
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Wise: sending money to other Wise Business accounts
I'm thinking of setting up a Wise Business account to pay a supplier in the Netherlands. If you have used a Wise Business account to make payments overseas, I'm hoping you can explain a few things about their fees, which are not clear from their website. 1. https://wise.com/gb/pricing/business says there’s a 0.35% fee to…
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HMRC Basic Tools 2024/25 upgrade help - Mac
I would be so grateful if anyone could advise. I run payroll using Basic Tools RTI and could not move to the new tax year without upgrading the program. Unfortunately, once I'd done this, I realised that my 2016 MacBook Pro doesn't have the required software requirements (Sonoma or Ventura) and due to its age can't upgrade…
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business bank accounts
Where are people putting their business savings money? Tide is good but gets terrible reviews...?
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Cheap Shipping USA to UK?
Hi,I started a business a board game I made it did well in UK, sent products to USA for Amazon FBA, it didnt do well and have a lot of stock I need to get back to UK. I've tried selling it at a loss but that doesnt work, I cant liqudate it because Amazon says it hasnt sold enough to give me a price. 10 Boxes - 48" x 44" x…
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Partnership - do we change name or start whole new company?
If a partnership decided to go from a small business run from home selling confectionary online to wanting to open a catering trailer selling confectionary and other food. Do we change the business name and continue or do we need to close the first one and then start a whole new partnership (would that mean registering as…
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Company Director Using My Address as His Correspondence Address
My ex-husband moved out of my home five years ago. I have continuously told him to remove my address as his correspondence address from companies house and get his address listed, but he has ignored all requests. This is his personal correspondence address and not the company registered address. Is there anything I can do?…
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trying to find link to hmrc to get utr number
Hello.... absolutely going round in circles here, hope someone can help. My son was recently made redundant and decided to work for himself. Went on HMRC site to register as self employed and came to a point where he was informed that he already had a UTR. We think this might be from years ago - its possible that he…
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Opinions of Starling Bank for a Business Account?
Since starting my ltd company, we’ve been using Santander for our business account. No major issues but I started looking round for a new bank around a year ago because the old Santander mobile banking app was so outdated and you couldn’t see full details of payments coming in/out. At the time, I opened a Starling account…
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Online Payments
Hi, Can you tell me the cheapest option or a free option to set up taking payments for a virtual business please? I would prefer to email a payment link for the customer to pay the invoice. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Business Investment for a Start Up
Hi Im looking at starting a business up, but would like some investors in with me where. other than crowdfunding is there anywhere i could meet such people of sites ? Thanks
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Self Assesment Tax Rate
I am employed and pay PAYE at higher rate tax banding. I also rent a property out via a limited company and earn £14400 per year through rental income. Is the £14400 payable at the same higher rate as my PAYE income or low rate as a separate entity? Thanks
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How many with small businesses registered as a Limited Company do their own taxes?
My husband and I set up a small business as a registered Limited Company last year. I've kept meticulous records of incoming and outgoing payments and what they are for. I have a business bank account that everything goes through. I'm confident that I can file my own accounts for the business but just wanted to gauge how…
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Is this investment worth it?
I recently wanted to take my max dividends from my small company, pay the tax (at 8.75%) and invest in stocks and shares Isas. Accountant says why bother, you pay all that tax? However, if I do nothing money sits in business account not doing much. What do people think? I appreciate stocks and shares are not a given...!!!
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Amazon FBA - Anyone use this?
Hi all. I currently sell on my own website and on eBay. I'm thinking of moving from eBay over to Amazon using the FBA option. I currently rent office space (approx £470 pm inc VAT) and pick and pack my own products, pay postage, packing, labels, ink etc etc. I know that FBA will cost more than eBay, however, my thinking is…
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ONLINE NETWORKING GROUPS
Hi Folks Can someone kindly recommend any online business networking
groups? Thanks
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Sold trader vs limited company near retirement
I’m looking for some advice about becoming a limited company. My dad is a long term sole trader, employing a number of people. He’s always loved his job, but is now well past retirement age and still working full time. He would like to retire, but it’s not going to be immediate. After a health scare, we’ve been looking…
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Getting things clear - considering self-employment
Hi all, I am just exploring self-employment alongside my PAYE job which is 4 days per week. I have not invested any money yet and want to get everything clear first and not rush into anything. I’d be grateful for any comments or recommended resources to help me look into things further. I think sole trader would be the…