Paying yourself with dividends – imminent tax raid?

Paying yourself with dividends – imminent tax raid?

7 Nov, 2022

Most small companies (thought to be six million) pay their owner-managers a basic salary through PAYE and a chunk of the profit by way of a dividend. Accountants, including my company, usually advised their clients to remunerate themselves this way over the last...

Breakfast Seminar for Hospitality Industry – Belfast

17 Mar, 2015

THIS EVENT HAS NOW ENDED We’re very pleased to be hosting another seminar for local businesses, this time discussing the various tips and tricks we’ve learned to make running restaurants, bars and cafes a little easier.   Baxterworld has been...
Lunch Seminar – Charity Record-Keeping – 24th Feb

Lunch Seminar – Charity Record-Keeping – 24th Feb

2 Feb, 2015

THIS EVENT HAS NOW ENDED Baxterworld are very pleased to be leading a seminar, specifically for Charities, highlighting emerging software and technology that can make daily administration easier. We work with many charities around Northern Ireland and understand how...
New stamp duty rates for house purchases

New stamp duty rates for house purchases

11 Dec, 2014

The Chancellor announced a major reform to Stamp Duty Land Tax in the Autumn statement. He abolished the “slab system” in which the tax tax rate for each price band was charged on the full value. It is replaced by a slightly more complex but progressive...
Why most Accountants fail to support Small Business

Why most Accountants fail to support Small Business

21 Jul, 2014

It’s a historical thing. Accountants over a certain age were trained to accept information once a year from their Clients in whatever form and whatever state the Client felt capable of producing. They were told by their Practise Mentors something like...
The death of the SME office?

The death of the SME office?

16 Oct, 2013

The traditional office is dying. Ways of administering a business are changing rapidly. The technology driver to the change was of course the Smart phone which gave connectivity and location independence. There was however a cultural change as well. In the 80’s and...