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    Business electricity prices

    We are a small charity. We cannot recover input VAT as we perform exempt activities.
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    Business electricity prices

    I help to run a small community hall. We are finding electricity is v expensive. We pay commercial rates plus 20% VAT. Our usuage is about 70000Kw pa. However the standing charge is a killer. It is several pounds per day. We are being told that the reason the standing charges are so high is we...
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    Is Tea and Cake An Acceptable Business Expense?

    What about meeting a contact in a cafe to discuss business? You have to buy a coffee or get slung out.
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    Business rates on co working space

    I find myself sitting alone in a largeish open plan office, having sold my largest business. I'm thinking of moving forwards post pandemic. I quite like working here, and its near my preferred coffee shop, pub, transport hub etc. I dont however need to meet customers here. I'm therefore...
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    Technology - Am I...Old?

    Well "Billy" - you've just made me spill my coffee with your WhatsApp reference. I think the added point here is we all need solutions our clients are happy with.
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    Starting a company - can I claim expenses not purchased from company account?

    Thewre is more philosophy than accountancy on this thread.
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    Need Advice - move into a new industry.

    They are creatives. If they set up a coffee shop, they can sit around in it all day :)
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    Closing company down with bounce back loan - success

    MY taxes are paying for YOUR bounce back loan.
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    Closing company down with bounce back loan - success

    It saddens me that the king of the gods has fallen from his lofty perch on Mt Olympus to be nothing better than a parasite.
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    Estate agents business bank account!

    I think when you form the LLP you are automatically issued a UTR by HMRC - so you should be registered.
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    Opinions on the future of Retail properties.

    I'm surprised that no-one else has mentioned that landlords are now able to convert empty shops to residential use with little impediment from the planning system. This I think is very short sighted and likely to have a more profound effect on the high street than anything else. Edit: just seen...
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    Company formation in Netherlands recommendations?

    Or find an english speaking Dutch accountant to set it up maybe?
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    Accountancy fees. Reasonable?

    How many entities are we talking here? If its 3 separate companies it sounds pretty cheap to me.
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    Business Mortgage Recommendations

    TBH assuming you bank with one of the main high street lenders I would probably start there. If you fit their criteria you will probably get the best rates. I would only look at tier 2 lenders if you don't meet the criteria, as the rates will be higher.
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    Business Mortgage Recommendations

    Give us a bit more to go on. Do you have trading accounts for your business? One year, two years, etc? Do you have a deposit - 25 - 30%? If your accounts show sufficient profit to cover the mortgage then one of the high street banks will probably look at. Other than that it will be one of the...
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