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VAT
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on their VAT requirements including VAT rates and thresholds, registering for VAT, charging for VAT and submitting VAT returns.
Construction Industry Scheme
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on the Construction Industry Scheme including information for contractors and subcontractors and CIS.
Stamp and property taxes
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on stamp duty and property taxes.
Tax reliefs and allowances
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on tax reliefs and allowances.
Capital Gains Tax
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on Capital Gains Tax they may be due on business assets, property, shares and investments.
National Insurance
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on National Insurance numbers, rates and classes and how to pay your National Insurance.
Self Assessment
Guidance for the self-employed in Northern Ireland on the Self Assessment tax return including how to register, key deadlines and how to file your tax return.
Corporation Tax
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on their legal requirements for Corporation Tax if they are liable for it including how to file your company tax return, preparing accounts and payments, reliefs and refunds.
Cashflow forecast examples
How you can use cashflow forecasts to plan for borrowing and for peaks and troughs in your business cycle.
Financing from friends and family
Pros and cons of getting a loan from friends and family and your tax position on repayments.
Alternatives to bankruptcy
Other options to consider before making yourself bankrupt.
Acquire assets and borrow money tax efficiently
Tax efficient methods of borrowing and how they can apply to your business.
Calculating tax relief when acquiring an asset
How tax relief can work in different ways when borrowing or leasing to acquire an asset.
Tax relief for buying or leasing assets
Information on the tax reliefs available when buying or leasing assets, and the rules for VAT.
Assessing your cash needs: creditors and debtors
Debtor days ratios and creditor days ratios estimate how long you take to pay debts and customers take to pay you.
Assessing your cash needs: assets and liabilities
Gearing ratios, working capital ratios and quick ratios are useful tools to compare assets and liabilities.
Avoid the problems of overtrading: assets
How to solve cashflow shortfalls and bring new money into the business in a variety of ways.
Avoid the problems of overtrading: debts
Debt factoring, prompt payment discounts and regulating cashflow help reduce the risk of overtrading.
Matching sales and production cycles
Ensuring a closer match between sales and production cycles can help avoid overtrading.
What is overtrading?
How insufficient finance and resources to sustain a business’s level of trading can lead to overtrading.