Pension Tax in the UK: What You Need to Know Before Taking Your Pension

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22 September 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – The Accounting Hub Pensions are usually built up over many years, but the tax consequences can become important very quickly when you start taking the money. You may have a State Pension, one or more workplace pensions, a personal pension or even a pension from …

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Trading With Customers Abroad? The Tax Problems UK Businesses Can Easily Miss

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13 September 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – The Accounting Hub International business does not always look particularly international anymore. You might run a consultancy from home and have a customer in Dubai. Your small software company might use developers in Pakistan and sell to businesses in India. Perhaps you buy products from …

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Your Child Is Coming to Study in the UK: Money, Tax and the Questions Families Often Miss

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11 September 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – The Accounting Hub Parents paying university fees, sending money from abroad or thinking about buying a UK property? Most arrangements are perfectly manageable, but there are a few UK tax questions worth asking earlier. Sending a son or daughter to university in the UK is …

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When Tax Gets Complicated: The Obvious Answer Can Be Wrong

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27 August 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – Blog Tax often looks relatively simple until you start asking what actually happened behind the numbers. You move abroad, so you assume you are no longer UK tax resident. You have already paid tax overseas, so surely there cannot be UK tax …

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A New Prime Minister?

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What It Could Mean for UK Businesses by Steffen Kemmerzehl, MAAT, AATQB – Friendly Assist Accountancy The resignation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer has naturally created uncertainty across the business community. Small business owners, contractors, landlords, charities and company directors are all asking the same question: What happens next? For now, the most important thing …

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Is It Time to Review Your Accounting Arrangements?

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by Steffen Kemmerzehl – The Accounting Hub A lot of business owners stick with the same accountant for years without really thinking about it. Others manage everything themselves because that’s what they’ve always done. Neither is automatically wrong. But things change over time, and it’s worth occasionally asking a simple question: Is this still working …

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Small Companies Must File Profit & Loss Accounts: What You Need to Know

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by Steffen Kemmerzehl – The Accounting Hub The government has now confirmed that significant Companies House accounts filing reforms will take effect from 1 April 2028, following the implementation of measures contained within the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Act 2023. While many business owners were expecting these changes to arrive in 2027, the …

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Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) Explained: What Contractors and Subcontractors Need to Know

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by Steffen Kemmerzehl, MAAT, AATQB – The Accounting Hub Many UK contractors and subcontractors working in construction are already within the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), but still aren’t fully clear on how it actually works in day-to-day practice. A small building company paying subcontracted electricians. A self-employed plasterer working across multiple sites. A scaffolder moving …

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