by William Bailey-O'Neill | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog
Just a matter of weeks into his role as Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt delivered his first Autumn Statement to deal with the fallout of the controversial mini-budget by his predecessor, Kwasi Kwarteng. To address the £55 billion gap in public spending, the Chancellor took...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | Aug 10, 2022 | Accounting, Business, Tax
Many of our clients in the automotive sector are petrolheads by instinct, in love with the beautiful roar of the internal combustion engine. But you can’t let the heart overrule the head in business, and, increasingly, the savviest are taking an interest in EV as they...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | Jul 22, 2022 | Business, Cloud accounting
Contactless has become the norm for millions of consumers in the last few years. Over 13 billion contactless payments were made in the UK last year, accounting for 69% of all debit transactions in December. With the raising of the contactless limit last October, the...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | Jun 9, 2022 | Business
Pubs and bars have always struggled with low-level fraud and petty theft. It’s inevitable, given the high turnover of staff and the opportunities some staff see. Whether it’s putting through singles but charging for doubles (or vice versa), or sneaking stock from the...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | May 30, 2022 | Accounting, Business, Cloud accounting
Payroll and payments workflows are a headache for small businesses and their accountants. The act of calculating payroll has always been separate from the act of settling the payroll, until payments platforms came along. Modern platforms are taking the pain out of...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | May 17, 2022 | Accounting, Business, Cloud accounting
When it comes to getting Amazon transaction data into Xero, we’ve tried almost every solution on the market. A2X comes close to being an effective out-of-the-box solution but for really reliable figures, some manual intervention is still required. When set up...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | Apr 21, 2022 | Business, Cloud accounting
It may come as a surprise, but the automotive industry is remarkably reluctant to digitalise paperwork. Despite being no stranger to drastic changes, many of our clients still prefer to use hard copy reports wherever possible. But whether you prefer the old-fashioned...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | Mar 18, 2022 | HMRC, Tax
The VAT reverse charge is one of the more complex changes to UK tax law in recent years. Originally intended to come into force on 1 October 2019, it was delayed twice: once because businesses were unprepared and again because of the pandemic. The new law finally...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | Feb 15, 2022 | Business
One of the strings to our bow here at Atreus involves supporting people who sell products on the internet with most aspects of their business. As well as handling your accounting functions, the e-commerce firms we work with are always looking for the perfect delivery...
by William Bailey-O'Neill | Jan 21, 2022 | Business, Personal, Tax
Here at Atreus, we’re unsurprisingly in the thick of self-assessment season ahead of the deadline on or before midnight on 31 January 2022. A big part of what we’re doing is unpicking mistakes people have made as a result of taking advice from the proverbial “bloke...
