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P11D form on a desk surrounded by company car keys, a gym card and a medical insurance letter, representing common benefits in kind.

July 15, 2026Business

P11D Guide: What Employers Need to Report 2026

Somewhere between “we gave the sales team gym memberships” and “HMRC wants a form about it,” most business owners lose the plot entirely. That’s the P11D for you. Quietly unglamorous, easy to forget, and expensive to get wrong. Did your company hand out anything beyond straight salary this tax year? A car, private medical cover, […]

A UK company director at a desk at dawn, staring at a CT600 form with a large figure circled in red pen. Calculator beside the papers, cold tea to the side. Quiet dread. Placed at the very top of the article.

May 29, 2026Business

Why is my corporation tax so high? Common reasons UK companies get caught out

You open your tax computation, scan down to the bottom line — and your face does something involuntary. The number looks wrong. Too big. Possibly a typo. Every year, thousands of limited company directors ask exactly the same question: why is my corporation tax so high? The answer is rarely one thing. It is almost […]

Limited company director sorting business expenses on a laptop at home with receipts and HMRC paperwork

May 13, 2026Business

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 […]