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Self Assessment Tax Return 2025/26: Deadlines, Expenses and How to File
Who has to file for 2025 to 2026, the deadlines that apply, what you can claim, how payments on account are worked out and the errors we see most often.
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What Expenses Can Barbers Claim on Their Tax Return?
Kit, products, chair rent, laundry and training, what goes through capital allowances instead, and the claims HMRC turns down.
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Self Employed Beautician Tax Guide 2026/27
Registering with HMRC, what to record, which costs are consumables and which are capital, home and mobile working, and when VAT and Making Tax Digital arrive.
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Shopify Accounting UK: VAT, Fees and Bookkeeping Explained
Why your payout is never your sales figure, how to record fees and refunds, how the VAT threshold is measured and what to do about stock.
13 October 2026Read more
Amazon and eBay Sellers: Accounting and VAT Guide
How to read a settlement report, which fees are deductible, when the marketplace accounts for the VAT instead of you, and how to handle stock you cannot see.
13 October 2026Read more
Taxi and Private Hire Driver Tax Returns: Allowable Expenses Explained
Why your turnover is the fare and not the payout, how to choose between mileage and actual costs, and the licensing and insurance costs you can claim.
13 October 2026Read more
Delivery Rider and Courier Tax Returns: Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat and Amazon Flex
Platform income across several apps, how bicycles, mopeds and vans are each treated, the equipment you can claim and what HMRC already knows.
13 October 2026Read more
Convenience Store Accounting: VAT, Stock, Cash and Payroll
The daily reconciliation routine, choosing a VAT retail scheme, coding a mixed rated product file, and the two percentages that tell you how the shop is doing.
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CIS Subcontractor Tax Return 2025/26: Complete Guide
The whole return for the year to 5 April 2026, from reconciling your statements to the deadline, the penalties and where a repayment comes from.
13 October 2026Read more
Making Tax Digital from April 2027: What Sole Traders and Landlords Need to Know
The £30,000 threshold is tested on the return you file this January. Who has to comply, what quarterly updates actually involve and a checklist to get ready.
12 October 2026Read more
Making Tax Digital for Landlords: Complete UK Guide
Which landlords are caught, how rental income is measured, what jointly owned property means in practice, and what the quarterly cycle looks like for a property business.
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Self Assessment Allowable Expenses for Sole Traders
Category by category, what a sole trader can deduct, where the flat rates beat the real figures, and the costs HMRC will not accept however they are described.
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CIS Tax Refunds: How Subcontractors Can Claim
How the 20% deduction becomes a repayment, the statements you need, the expenses that change the figure, and the mistakes that leave money with HMRC.
12 October 2026Read more
Self Assessment Deadline 31 January 2027: What Happens If You File Late?
What the 31 January 2027 deadline covers, what late filing and late payment actually cost, what to do if you cannot pay, and how to correct a return you have already filed.
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