www.why not? Every creative freelance should have a website. This need not cost a fortune or involve paying someone else to build it for you. These days it is relatively simple to build a basic website of your own, using templates other people have designed that you...
Don’t be overtaxed If you work from home and you ask HMRC how much you can charge for using your home as an office, you’ll get one answer: £2 a week. That’s a little over £100 a year. Without the advice of an accountant that is all you’d be able to offset against tax....
Get an accountant Every creative freelance should hire an accountant to do their accounts and file their tax returns. Many freelances refuse to pay an accountant, preferring instead to struggle through their self-assessment form themselves. Well good luck to you, if...
Happy new year Today is the first day of the new tax year (it runs to 5 April 2013). As of today you can earn £7,440 over the next 12 months without paying any tax. But that is £7,440 after expenses. That’s after you have deducted the cost of travel, of equipment, of...
