Resources

 Podcast

16th Apr 2025

Episode 72: Tackling the rise in Employers' National Insurance: what businesses need to know

In this episode of The Streets Sessions, host James Pinchbeck is joined by Michael Greene, Partner at Streets, and Anita Wynne, Managing Director of BestStart Human Resources. Together they unpack one of the most talked-about measures from the Autumn Budget 2024 — the rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions.With the changes now ...

  Articles

15th Apr 2025

Changes to inheritance tax and business property relief for businesses 

There has been much coverage in the press about the changes made in the Autumn 2024 Budget for farmers and potential loss of Agricultural ...

  Articles

15th Apr 2025

Don’t get caught out by ATED penalties if your company owns residential property

The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) was introduced in 2013 to eliminate any tax advantages from holding high-value homes in a corporate structure. In ...

  Articles

15th Apr 2025

P11D season is upon us

With the 2024/2025 tax year having now come to a close, our tax department are turning their attention to the completion of P11Ds. If you ...

Resources

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Inheritance Tax

Inheritance Tax (IHT) - This factsheet covers IHT reliefs, Main Residence Nil-rate band, giving assets away, wills, trusts, living abroad and double taxation treaties.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Extracting Company Profits

Extracting Company Profits - This factsheet covers the best way to extract funds from a company, taking a salary, tax-free benefits, dividends, interest on monies loaned, receiving rents for personal assets and the best overall extraction strategy.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Corporation Tax

Corporation Tax - This factsheet covers who pays Corporation Tax, filing tax returns, calculating your CT bill, rates of CT payable, what accounting records do you need to keep and for how long, CT reliefs available, submitting late returns and unpaid loans to directors/shareholders.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Annual Investment Allowance

Annual Investment Allowance - This factsheet covers what AIA is, claiming AIA and selling the underlying asset, reducing your AIA claim, when is AIA not available, investment decisions and other issues to consider.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Cash basis accounting for tax

Cash basis accounting for tax - This factsheet covers when the cash basis may not be suitable for your business, who can and can't use the cash basis, recording income and expenses, VAT registered businesses and micro-sized businesses.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Basic tax planning

Basic tax planning - This factsheet covers why tax planning is adviseable, what does it involve and who will benefit, why one size to fit all does not work and planning to save tax.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Business Structure

Business Structure - This factsheet covers business risks, sole traders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, companies limited by guarantee and limited companies.

 Podcast

2nd Feb 2024

Episode 57: More than pedal power for start-up loans

In this episode of The Streets Sessions, we talk to Michelle Stewart, Director of Operations for NWES enterprise agency, about the British Business Bank’s Start-Up Loan Scheme. We also find out more about how the scheme can and has supported start up and early years businesses. In particular how it has helped ...

 Podcast

17th Jan 2024

Episode 56: Patch and the Colchester Business Awards

In this episode of The Streets Sessions, we talk to Jenna Saiz Abo Henriksen and Jordan Sidwell, founders of Patch, a plant led café and winner of the Colchester Business Awards 2023 - New Business of the Year. We find out more about this innovative and inspiring young ...