How long should you keep accounting records (2026 Guide)
How long should you keep accounting records? Somewhere in a filing cabinet, loft, or long-forgotten Dropbox folder sits the answer most business owners get slightly wrong. Sole traders and partnerships must keep their accounting records for at least five years after the 31 January Self Assessment deadline. Limited companies need six years from the end […]
Can I Use a Personal Account for Business Expenses?
Let me start with a confession. The first time I asked myself can I use a personal account for business expenses, I’d already been doing it for months. When I set up my first side hustle years ago, I paid for everything — stock, a dodgy laptop, an embarrassing number of late-night takeaways I tried […]
What Expenses Can a Limited Company Claim?
Ask any new company director what keeps them awake at three in the morning and you’ll get a fairly predictable shortlist. Cashflow. That weird email from HMRC. And — sooner or later — the slightly panicked question of what expenses can a limited company claim before this year’s corporation tax bill lands like a brick […]
What Records Do I Need for a Tax Return? Here’s the Stuff HMRC Actually Wants
Right, let’s be honest for a second. Nobody wakes up excited about their tax return. Nobody. If you do, please write to me — I’d love to know your secret (and possibly borrow some of whatever you’re drinking in the morning). But here’s the thing. The dread most people feel about Self Assessment isn’t really […]
