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If you run a limited company, you’ve probably heard the phrase “company secretarial” (or “CoSec”) and thought: sounds official… and probably expensive… and definitely boring. Fair enough. But here’s the thing: CoSec isn’t just “paperwork”. It’s the behind-the-scenes compliance that keeps your company legal, tidy, and stress-free. And it’s very easy to overlook until something […]

Let’s be honest: when most people think about "accounting," they picture a dusty office, stacks of paper, and a stressed-out person in a suit frantically punching numbers into a calculator as a tax deadline looms. But if you’ve stepped into the world of business recently, you’ll know that the landscape is shifting, fast. The "old

If you spend your days on a building site, in a workshop, or managing a crew, the last thing you want to do when you get home is stare at a pile of receipts and a complicated government website. We get it. At Makes Sense Accountants, we talk to sub-contractors every single day who feel

If you’ve recently ditched the 9-to-5 to become your own boss, first of all: high five! There’s nothing quite like the freedom of being a sole trader. You choose your hours, you choose your clients, and you finally get to decide which brand of coffee goes in the office kitchen. But then, the "T-word" starts

Let’s be honest for a second: most business owners view Corporation Tax as a bit of a necessary evil. It’s that looming deadline once a year where you look back at everything you’ve achieved, only to realize you owe a chunk of it to HMRC. It’s often a "look-back" exercise: calculating what happened months ago

Let’s be honest: when most landlords hear the words "Making Tax Digital" (MTD), their first instinct is to hide under a pile of old receipts and hope it all goes away. But here we are in March 2026, and the big shift is just weeks away. If you’re a landlord, the way you report your

If you spend your days on a building site, in a workshop, or managing a crew, the last thing you want to do when you get home is stare at a pile of receipts and a complicated government website. We get it. At Makes Sense Accountants, we talk to sub-contractors every single day who feel

If you’ve recently ditched the 9-to-5 to become your own boss, first of all: high five! There’s nothing quite like the freedom of being a sole trader. You choose your hours, you choose your clients, and you finally get to decide which brand of coffee goes in the office kitchen. But then, the "T-word" starts

Hey there! I’m Tim Hammond, the Managing Partner here at Makes Sense Accountants. It’s Thursday, the 19th of March, and if you’re a small business owner, I can probably guess what’s on your mind. With the April tax year-end looming just around the corner, that pile of receipts or that “I’ll do it later” spreadsheet

After a taxpayer successfully appealed a £182.40 penalty, is the cost to HMRC of administering the HICBC tax barnacle in danger of outweighing the benefits? Michael Barrett, the appellant in this first tier tribunal (FTT) case, was liable to pay the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) for the tax year 2018/19. However, he did