New Company? 10 Tax Steps Before Your First Year-End (UK)

Icons of scales, pound coins, shield, tax letter, calendar, bank and checklist representing limited company first year tasks and company formation filing deadlines in the UK.

Tips & Advice New Company? 10 Tax Steps Before Your First Year-End (UK) Published: 13 October 2025 Reading time: ~6 minutes Your First-Year Essentials At A Glance Launching a limited company is exciting, but the first twelve months set the tone for compliance, cash flow and calm. This guide gives owner-managed companies a clear roadmap…

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How A Construction VAT Reclaim Unlocked £30,000 For A UK Builder

A builder celebrates outside a new build home, symbolising a successful construction VAT reclaim with expert guidance from a VAT specialist in Birmingham, showing how zero rated VAT UK rules apply to new build construction.

Success story Construction VAT Reclaim Unlocked £30,000 For A UK Builder Reading time: ~3 minutes £30k Back, Zero Stress In August 2024, a residential home builder in Stourbridge asked us to sanity-check VAT on new-build costs. They suspected suppliers had applied the wrong VAT rate and wanted clarity before making corrections. Zero-Rated or Not? The…

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Can You Split a Business to Avoid VAT? Yes… But Here’s the Catch

Illustration of a business split into two with VAT paperwork, symbolising VAT disaggregation

Tips & Advice Can You Split a Business to Avoid VAT? Yes… But Here’s the Catch Published: 8 July 2025 Reading time: ~6 minutes What on earth is VAT disaggregation? Ever thought, “what if I split my business into two to dodge the VAT registration threshold?” That’s VAT disaggregation (or “artificial separation”) and yes, HMRC…

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