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Yet another sorry tale of taking advice from a mate down the pub

It seems like every few days that I hear of someone taking dodgy advice from a mate down the pub,

David Jones

2 Jul 2026

Comments on Global News, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Payroll Services, Pension, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized

Do you have enough pension income for a comfortable retirement?

Today’s Blog is the third and final instalment of my in-depth look at pensions in the UK, following on from

David Jones

25 Jun 2026

Comments on Global News, Pension, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Tax News, Uncategorized

Millions of workers have inadequate pension provisions

As promised, today’s Blog continues my look into the UK pensions and follows up last week’s Blog, “Can we still

David Jones

18 Jun 2026

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Tax Accountant’s 6 Step Guide To: Managing Debt

If you are totally honest with yourself, you most certainly have had a debt problem in the past. Historically, you

David Jones

8 Mar 2019

Self Assessment

Tax Accountant Eats Hat

As the many readers of this Blog will testify, I am not the biggest fan of HMRC; indeed a fair

David Jones

1 Mar 2019

Self Assessment

National Minimum Wage Employer Deductions

Today I’m reporting on a hard fought battle between HMRC and Middlesbrough Football Club. The game started two years ago

David Jones

22 Feb 2019

Self Assessment

HMRC changes its mind on Director Tax Return

For years, accountants and directors alike have been irritated by HMRC insisting that all directors must register for self-assessment, even

David Jones

14 Feb 2019

VAT

VAT on Food: Are Brownies, cakes or confectionery?

In 1991 a landmark tax ruling deemed that McVitie’s famous Jaffa cake were actually cakes and not biscuits as assessed

David Jones

7 Feb 2019

Self Assessment

Tax Return Trouble

To paraphrase Shakespeare’s ‘Song of the Witches’ from Macbeth, one taxpayer used “My mother-in-law is a witch and put a

David Jones

1 Feb 2019

Business Tax, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment

Tales from the Tax Return Season

Any accountant who has endured the onslaught of the self-assessment tax season has that one year that stands out in

David Jones

25 Jan 2019

Personal Tax Planning

World’s oldest person tax scam

In the news recently was a report that researchers have uncovered evidence which suggests that the woman registered as the

David Jones

18 Jan 2019

Personal Finance

Schrödinger’s Trustees

I’m looking at the implication of a Tax Tribunal in which the question was posed; can trustees simultaneously exist and

David Jones

11 Jan 2019

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