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3 Minutes with Beth Jackson

Accounting Insight

Payroll and tax expert Beth Jackson is not only one half of 2 Sisters Accounting, but a new business specialist, who has worked with hundreds of small businesses. From there I worked in small accounting practices and learnt everything on the job. What motivated you to start 2 Sisters Accounting? Completely by accident!

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Autumn Budget 2024 Commentary: Retail

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. The Chancellor has announced several policy changes and tax increases that will impact retail. Implementing a modest tax on e-commerce could have facilitated more robust assistance for Business Rates, allowing the retention of the 75% relief.

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Budget Addresses Key Changes to Agricultural Property Relief

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. New Tax Rules for Larger Farms The changes introduced mean that agricultural relief allowing land or pasture to be used to grow crops, or to rear animals, will be scrapped for farms worth more than 1m.

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Trading allowance

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. The trading allowance is a tax-free allowance of up to 1,000 per year for any trading or casual income sources. For example: Jessie did some handy work for her neighbours and in exchange received a total of 600 in the 2024/25 tax year. What is the trading allowance?

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Autumn Budget 2024

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. In this podcast, Menzies look at the Autumn Budget Breakdown 2024, with speakers Jonathan Bass, Partner, Business Recovery, Matt Watkins, Tax Disputes & Disclosures Director, Helen Cuthbert, Partner, Private Client and Stephen Hemmings, Partner, Business Tax.

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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

CPA Practice

Kaarin Kontio Evens (Minnesota), a graduate of Macalester College with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Master of Science in chemistry from University of Wisconsin, Madison (with additional business coursework at Augsburg University), is employed with Lottsa Tax and Accounting Services in Minneapolis, MN.

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Autumn Budget 2024 Commentary: Manufacturing

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Tax reliefs for the UK’s world-leading creative industries, which will provide £15 billion of support over the next 5 years. A key theme of today’s budget was “Invest, Invest, Invest!” with the intention of driving economic growth.