Blog & Events
Our blogs and events can be found below, keeping you informed about what’s going on at Harold Sharp and in the business world.
Have you considered adding a Holding Company to your Operating Company?
Tax Tuesday regularly encounters business owners who are not yet aware of the significant commercial protection which can be achieved through having a holding company (Holdco) put on top of their operating company (Opco). This week we look at how you could apply this...
Electing early to bring your share exchange into CGT charge?
Taxpayers, who have undertaken a share exchange in relation to their trading company and may benefit from an election to crystallise the tax now, should read on. With only a month before the forthcoming Budget on 3 March, owners are braced for potentially significant...
Grandparents’ Trusts and Settlements
In this week’s Tax Tuesday, we explore the features and benefits of "The Grandparents' Settlement" which often proves to be an ideal solution when looking at setting up ‘some form of fund’ for grandchildren. Please note, when reading the foregoing, that the words...
7 ways to improve productivity with cloud accounting software
Your cloud accounting platform is like your smart phone. On its own it takes care of all the basic functionality you need. But by adding apps, such as banking, news, messaging, emails etc. it becomes a much more powerful and reliable tool. By maximising your cloud...
What can a payment service do for your business?
On average, you lose two working days per month chasing late payments. That’s according to a recent survey of small businesses, which found that business owners spent 10% of their time chasing late payments from customers. Choosing the right payment service provider...
What is causing the tax gap?
The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax owed to the tax man and the amount collected in real terms. In 2018/19 the UK Exchequer collected circa £628bn of tax. By the estimates of HMRC, this involved a gap of missing tax of about £31bn (or 4.7%). This...
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