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Have you prepared for new tipping laws that came into force on 1st October 2024?

Have you prepared for new tipping laws that came into force on 1st October 2024?

October 18, 2024

Jackie Hemus

As of 1st October, new laws are in place to ensure that workers keep 100% of the tips, gratuities, and service charges they earn. This is a major development for employees in sectors such as hospitality, where tipping plays a significant role in take-home pay, and for employers, who will need to ensure they comply…

Saint & Co celebrates 140 years with a Victorian event

Saint & Co celebrates 140 years with a Victorian event

October 3, 2024

Jane Maclachlan

Saint & Co founded when Queen Victoria was on the throne and a pint of beer cost ha’penny is celebrating a landmark anniversary and is marking 140 years of supporting businesses and individuals across Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway. The company, founded in Carlisle in 1884, has grown into one of the county’s leading accountancy firms,…

Why is it important to have correct pay dates on RTI Submissions when paying your employees?

Why is it important to have correct pay dates on RTI Submissions when paying your employees?

September 26, 2024

Jackie Hemus

We have come across a few cases of incorrect pay dates causing problems to employees. Employers need to be aware of what HMRC want when making FPS/RTI Submissions. When paying employees, whatever period weekly or monthly you need to be aware of reporting dates for FPS (Full Payment Submission) HMRC use this information for any…

Saint & Co's specialist tax advice helps embroidery specialists unveil UK-first machinery following £60,000 investment

Saint & Co’s specialist tax advice helps embroidery specialists unveil UK-first machinery following £60,000 investment

September 18, 2024

Jane Maclachlan

A GROWING embroidery company has invested £60,000 in UK-first machinery which improves productivity levels by 20 per cent to meet increased demand for its services. Wigton-based Stitch & Print is the first in the UK to introduce four high-tech Happy Japan HCU2 Embroidery Machines into its business to facilitate a sharp rise in orders from…

Matthew Law, Penrith Office

Trainee’s ‘unconventional’ route into accountancy the ‘best decision he’s ever made’

September 5, 2024

Jane Maclachlan

A TRAINEE accountant is flourishing in his new profession despite admitting he entered the industry via an ‘unconventional way’. Matthew Law, 24, is embarking on a career in accountancy with Cumbrian firm Saint & Co as he works towards his Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Level 3 qualification. While claiming that his route into the…

What constitutes inheritance tax on gifts?

What constitutes inheritance tax on gifts?

August 22, 2024

Katy North

HMRC’S DEFINITION OF INHERITANCE TAX “Inheritance Tax is a tax on the estate (the property, money and possessions) of someone who has died”. WHAT IS A ‘GIFT’ The following are considered ‘gifts’ which could be subject to Inheritance Tax: Money Household goods such as furniture and antiques Jewellery Property (a house, land or buildings) Stocks…

Keeping your accountancy fees down - why your Xero needs to be up to date and accurate

Keeping your accountancy fees down – why your Xero needs to be up to date and accurate

Michelle Ruddick

When a client goes onto an accounting software such as Xero, we are often asked why our fees have not reduced as much as expected, considering the client is doing more work themselves. The most common reason for this is that the Xero records are simply not up to date and not accurate. So, what…

Saint & Co develops training opportunities following appointment

Saint & Co develops training opportunities following appointment

Jane Maclachlan

A LEADING Cumbrian accountancy firm is widening the opportunities available to students following the appointment of a new Student Training Partner. Sophie Graham has worked with Saint & Co Chartered Accountants for more than 20 years and will oversee the training pathways of the company’s trainees and apprentices in her new role. Since the appointment,…

What does a change in Government mean for farmers?

What does a change in Government mean for farmers?

William Robinson

4th July ……. Independence Day “across the pond”! For us back home, it ended up being a changing of the guard in Westminster, Blue to Red, with a hint of Yellow. From a farming perspective, blue sky to red, shepherds delight or shepherds warning – only time will tell. Will the green turn brown when…

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