CIS suffered is tax paid on account, not a cost. Book it as an expense and a £21,600 profit shows…

Wages go out weekly and stage payments do not arrive weekly. Thirteen weeks, so you see the week you run…

The mileage rate drops after 10,000 miles, so a 12,000 mile year is £6,000 and not £6,600. Twelve months with…

The Annual Investment Allowance is a million pounds a year and almost no trade needs it. What they need is…

Applied, certified, retained and due back, across every contract. On the worked figures the certification gap is £6,700 against £5,790…

Quoted against actual on every job, with variations tracked separately. On the worked figures £4,850 of extra work was done…

A CIS return is due every tax month whether or not you paid anybody. Twelve returns, the three figures each…

You can only claim the CIS deductions you can evidence. This logs every payment against the statement that proves it,…

Marketplaces pay you net, so booking the payout as the sale leaves profit right and turnover wrong. Turnover is what…

Photography, listings, packing, messages and bookkeeping are real hours and none of them are making. This measures the gap and…