by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Compliance
Many directors have started to get the below email from Companies House asking them to verify their ID. ID Verification Methods There are two main methods to do this: The free method – via the gov.uk website using a biometric passport. This is my...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Medical
Managing travel, food and coffee expenses is a minefield: It’s the most common type of expense You must keep track of the paperwork It’s easy to get the tax deduction wrong or miss out on it. This can cover VAT, corporation tax (limited companies) or income tax and...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Startups
I’m an ordinary accountant by training. I fell into project management by accident. During one of my contracts, the CFO (Chief Finance Officer) found out that that I had experience with a finance system that was being implemented called Workday Financials. Workday is...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Tax
Yes I can! The NHS pension is lucrative but complex. Lucrative because it is one of the few defined benefit (DB) salary schemes left. Complex because DB schemes are hard to understand, have unintuitive tax implications and there have been three different schemes over...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Tax Planning
I was grateful that my baby son could receive subsidised childcare support from the government last September. He was much better entertained by trained professionals with more energy. He has learnt words and skills that we didn’t teach him – like...
by Alongside Accounting | May 2, 2026 | Blog, Tax Planning
Business owners put a lot of drive, passion and purpose behind their companies. They’ve traded the security of employment for a better life. But at the end of the day, you still need to pay the bills. This blog post briefly looks at the options for a business...
