
Contractor Advice UK website is an information-packed resource for contractors, freelancers, and interim professionals in all sorts of industries. Much of the contractor accountancy advice in the blog also applies to UK business owners in general. The website has now been live for a couple of years and aims to bring you the best free advice as a UK contractor or small business owner.
Within the blog, there are plenty of articles covering all sorts of aspects including contractor accountancy services, tax saving ideas, business travel, salaries, dividends, tax returns, tax year dates, starting a company, closing a company and many more.
Some of the more complicated articles cover Companies House, HMRC and the various taxes that apply to UK small business.
Besides the blog, there is also a contractor forum where you can join discussions and introduce yourself and also a members’ area and contractor and business finances page.
Please enjoy your stay and feel free to register as a member and sign up for the newsletters.
Expenses Guides
Allowable HMRC professional subscriptions
Introduction Can you claim for professional subscriptions as a genuine business expense? These fees are ...
Business phone and broadband -what is tax deductible
Introduction When you run your own company, is there a tax-efficient way to claim for ...
Business gifts -learn when they are tax deductible
Are business gifts tax deductible? Are business gifts to clients tax-deductible? Many business owners, including ...
Small business website design for UK business
Introduction When you set up your own company or, you have been running your own ...
Tax Saving Guides
Relevant Life Insurance for Directors & Contractors
Life insurance for directors Relevant Life Insurance policies provide ...
Dividend allowance -how this works
Introduction The annual tax-free dividend allowance was introduced in ...
Most tax efficient way to pay yourself
Introduction What is the most tax efficient way to ...
Business expenses guide for contractors
Contractor expenses guide -introduction This is the official contractor ...
Financials
Relevant Life Insurance for Directors & Contractors
Life insurance for directors Relevant Life Insurance policies provide ...
UK Professional Indemnity Insurance – Contractor Advice UK
Protect your company against claims of professional negligence Most ...
Best Contractor Mortgages – Contractor Advice UK
Contractor mortgage broker If you are working as a contractor ...
UK Critical Illness Cover – Contractor Advice UK
Introduction -Critical Illness Cover UK UK critical illness cover ...
Other Guides
Company bank account for contractor banking
Introduction When you start your own company for the first time, besides finding work for ...
File Confirmation Statement form
The Annual Confirmation Statement -an annual filing requirement If you are ...
Electric & hybrid cars for limited company directors
Introduction Today, electric and hybrid cars are fairly new on the ...
Change my contractor accountant -how to do this
Introduction As a contractor or small business owner, you may have ...
Some Key Articles
Director loan account -what is this?
Introduction -what is a director’s loan? ...
Contractor accountant -learn what to look for
Contractor accountant / small business accountant ...
Personal Incidental Expenses -how these work
Introduction -incidental expenses Personal Incidental Expenses ...
Trivial benefits for UK contractors
Introduction Trivial benefits are an exemption ...
Company Xmas party allowance
Introduction As a UK business owner, ...
Why Contractor Advice?
UK business owners come to the site to educate themselves on a wide number of areas. As well as general accounting advice there are also many tips on how to become tax-efficient and save money when running your own UK business.