With effect from 1 March 2011 new fuel advisory fuel rates for company car drivers have been announced.

For the new rates go to our website.

Holden Associates are pleased to announce the launch of a new service, online Business Insurance Quotes.

Every small business needs insurance, whether that insurance is Shop Insurance, Pub Insurance, Restaurant Insurance, Office Insurance, Landlord Insurance, Public Liability Insurance, Employer Liability Insurance, Stock Insurance cover, Professional Indemnity Insurance, Trades Insurance, Van Insurance or Tradesman and Construction Insurance, you need it.

With our new online insurance quote facility brought to you in conjunction with our own insurance brokers , Simply Business, you can now access very competitively priced insurance quotes for your business  from leading insurers.

Following on from my last posting about our new online cheap company formations service, today I want to let all those who are thinking about starting a business whether for the first time or because of necessity due to the recession, we have now updated our New Business Kit.

Our New Business Kit is full of useful guidance, information and contact details for anyone thinking about starting a business.

The New Business Kit is provided by Accountants – Holden Associates for £FREE as a download from our website.

Here at Holden Associates we are always looking for new services we can provided. Our latest is our Online UK Limited Company Formation service.

If you are forming a UK Limited Company we can now, through our online company formations webpage, offer a 3 (working) hour limited company formation service with prices starting at just £35 plus VAT.

If you want a fuller service that also deals with registering your business for VAT, Company Taxation, Payroll or if you want to become a client of Holden Associates we will also register you with the various government departments and set you up on our £FREE Online Bookkeeping Software then please feel free to contact us.

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Today our blog became 3. Yes that's right, we have now been blogging for 3 years, in those 3 years we have hopefully informed and guided many clients and non clients alike.

The blog has matured in this time, it started off as a more factual blog with our first posting being entitled ‘tax watch’, more recently we have moved towards a more informative approach.

What else have we be doing for many years that most other accountants are only just starting to catch up with?

In March 2005 we also started to offer WinWeb Cloud Accounting software to all our clients for £FREE. WinWeb has also matured in the years, now with Version 6 it is more powerful than ever, go take a look for yourself, and remember, become a client of Holden Associates and get it £FREE.

Now live on our website are the details of the new fuel rates for company car drivers effective 1 December 2009.

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Today I have loaded up our latest client fact sheet number 12 covering the latest provisions of the new Companies Act 2006.

There has been so much change with the new Act that I thought it best to provide a more easy to read summary and that is what this fact sheet does, it provides an easy to read summary of the principal changes and new legislation introduced by the Act.

Our guides are designed to be an easy read and we would therefore urge anyone who runs a Limited Company to read them as the new Act does affect you!

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Today I have loaded up our latest client fact sheets numbers 10 and 11 covering the latest provisions of the new Companies Act 2006.

These fact sheets include, amongst other things, details on the new model articles of association in fact sheet 10 and in fact sheet 11 details on how to form a limited company under the new act, changes concerning the use of company names, director’s service addresses and much more.

Our guides are designed to be an easy read and we would therefore urge anyone who runs a Limited Company to read them as the new Act does affect you!

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These new rates give about one month’s notice of the changes and apply to all journeys on or after 1 July 2009 and can be implemented immediately where employers are able and wish to do so.

Remember: Petrol hybrid cars are treated as petrol cars for this purpose.

These new rates are also updated on our main website and can be found here.

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Wednesday 22 April 2009, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, delivered his second Budget to the House of Commons, promising a Budget to speed economic recovery by protecting jobs and spreading prosperity.

It can’t be denied that Britain is facing its worst economic turmoil in decades, but will the Budget 2009 help or hinder?

Well, from April 2010, anyone earning over £150,000 will be taxed at 50% not 45% and there will be a restriction (loss) of personal allowance for those earning more than £100,000 – tax planning anyone?

From April 2011 tax relief on pension contributions for those earning over £100,000 is to be restricted and tapered down to 20%. So again, more high earners may want to consider other tax planning instead/as well as pension contributions?

Fuel duty to increase.

ISAs to increase to £10,200 from £5,100 in 2010-11, these limits are available to those aged 50 and over from 6 October 2009 and then to all in 2010-11.

Enhanced loss relief to be extended for another year i.e. the ability to carry back losses three years.

Capital allowances increasing to 40% for one year with effect from April 2009.

Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday for houses up to £175,000 extended.

Vehicle scrap scheme – scrap a car older than ten years and get £2,000 discount off new car.

Uprating to business rates can be spread over three years.

Government is topping up trade credit insurance for businesses whose insurers have reduced their cover.

Tax exemption on most foreign dividends received by UK groups and other foreign profit reforms.

A package of measures to protect tax receipts from tax evasion and avoidance (see below).

HMRC will provide a spotlight of all ‘tax planning’ schemes that they believe don’t work.

Alcohol and tobaccos duties increasing.

The above are only a small outline, but it looks like we are all going to be paying for someone else’s mistakes, for many years to come … tax planning anyone?

For our full Budget 2009 Report click here.

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