Merranti Accounting Blog
Kickstart scheme
November 5, 2020Under the Kickstart scheme, the government will pay the wages and associated costs of new employees who are aged 16 to 24, and who come directly to you from claiming Universal Credit. The Kickstart grant will cover the employee’s wages at the national minimum wage rate for 25 hours per week, for six months, plus
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Residential Stamp Duty Holidays.
November 5, 2020When you buy a home, you normally have to pay stamp duty tax on the purchase price. There are three different forms of land tax that apply in the UK and each has its own starting thresholds, rates and bands. One common element of all the UK stamp duty tax is the lowest threshold has
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At Merranti Accounting, we take pride in our active approach in supporting businesses throughout their financial journey. Recognised for our exceptional business performance, customer service levels and industry knowledge, we are proud to announce that we are now a member of the Handpicked Accountants network. We understand that every business experiences its challenges and opportunities
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Merranti Accounting Completes Purchase of Accountancy Business in Brighton Merranti Accounting would like to announce their expansion into the Brighton area with the purchase of Business Heads Ltd, a Chartered Accountants based in Brighton East Sussex. Business Heads was established in 1996 by Carole Jordan as practice accountant with Tax and Business advising. The outright
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Practice Accountant Vacancy
October 9, 2018Why work for Merranti Accounting? Part of a larger group of companies that pride themselves in being dynamic and thinking different. We are looking for the latest addition to join our forward-thinking accountancy team working with the Managing Director to help us grow the business. Who are we? We are a multi-site Accountancy office (Brighton
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NetXP Exhibition September 27th 2018
October 2, 2018On Thursday 27th September, we exhibited at the NetXP event at the Ardingly Showground. This was our first B2B exhibition event of 2018, however, the second event of a busy week. Tuesday last week we were at the Crawley Careers Fair. Our stand at this event was the biggest stand of the event, and the
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We are Cyber Essentials Certified!
May 4, 2018We are Cyber Essentials Certified! We would like to announce, that we are now Cyber Essentials certified. The certification process involved an assessment of our systems and processes and was independently verified. The team at Kogo helped us achieve this certification by assisting us making our organisation secure. What is Cyber Essentials? Cyber Essentials is
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December 15, 2017Individuals and businesses are being warned to watch out for cold calls and online contact from fraudsters who are offering victims the opportunity to apply for Government grants for an advance fee. To make the grants look legitimate fraudsters have set up bogus companies and convincing looking websites that claim to be operating on behalf
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Rise in Interest Rates for the first time in 10 years
November 10, 2017Rise in Interest Rates Last Week for the first time in more than 10 years, the Bank of England has raised interest rates. The official bank rate has been lifted from 0.25% to 0.5%, the first increase since July 2007 and according to Mark Carney, the Bank of England Governor, it is likely to
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When must a business register for VAT
October 17, 2017A business should register for VAT if their ‘Taxable Supplies’ over the past 12 months have exceeded the VAT registration threshold. From April 2017, the VAT registration threshold has been £85,000. Therefore, if at the end of any month, the total value of all the taxable supplies over the previous 12 months is greater
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