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Terry Cartwright's Articles in Business

  • A Revenue Budget Is An Essential Management Information Tool
    The revenue budget is an essential business management accounting tool monitoring actual financial performance against the approved financial targets. Fixing a budget produces few tangible improvements in financial performance unless it is structured to reflect the financial performance of individual activity areas and management responsibility within the business.
  • Annual Return And Accounting Rules For A UK Dormant Company
    Rules apply to dormant companies in the UK with regard to accounting documents and submission of information to companies house that needs attention even if the company has not traded during its financial year. Dormant companies risked being fined if these rules are ignored.
  • Get Early Warning Signals From Accounting Software before They Become Critical
    Running a business and ignoring or having inadequate accounting software is like building a house on top of a bonfire and not bothering to fit a fire alarm. Many small businesses run into difficulties sooner or later, it is a fact of business life. Timing and how those crises are dealt with are critical to both the success and in some cases survival of the business.
  • How To Set A Sales Price For Your Product Or Service
    Setting the selling price at which a business sells its products or services is one of the most crucial decisions a business must make. Setting a selling price too low throws money away while setting a price too high loses sales volume and inhibits growth.
  • Not Knowing The Rules Governing Employee Or Self Employed Status Could Cost Thousands
    An employer who has doubt over status of a worker being an employee or self employed may face potential serious penalties if the status is changed
  • Producing a Successful Business Plan To Start A New Business
    Every new business start up has a business plan that varies in sophistication from a few brief thoughts, an idea or aspiration to a formal written document setting out all major elements. Preparing a business plan is essential if grants are to be applied for or money is being borrowed to fund the start up. The strong message being that potential lenders regard a business plan as essential.
  • Self Assessment Tax Return Form And Capital Tax Allowances
    The capital allowances section of the self assessment tax return form is the most difficult for people who are self employed and not conversant with at least a minimum knowledge of accounting and the tax system. Completing the self assessment tax return requires the self employed businessman to understand the tax system as applied to capital allowances that can be claimed against fixed assets.
  • Self Employment Registration And The Self Assessment Tax Return Form
    Everyone who starts a business in the UK is required to register that business within three months of starting up the new business or receive a penalty fine for non registration. Having registered as self employed the trader will be required to complete the Inland Revenue self assessment tax return form each year.
  • Simple Bookkeeping Spreadsheets Can Save Small Business Money
    Every business is required to keep a set of financial records to enable those accounts to be submitted and the tax payable calculated. Bookkeeping is the prime stage in keeping those books and at its most basic level does not require high levels of accounting knowledge and experience and accountant fees can be saved.
  • Small Business Accounting Software Can Improve Business Performance
    A talented entrepreneur may have all the skills in the world but only achieves the desired level of financial performance by paying acute attention to the profitability of the business. Small business accounting software is a vital management tool to broaden the management function to include accounting and finance and improve business performance.
  • UK Accounting Reference Dates For Private Limited Companies
    All companies and self employed businesses including dormant non trading companies have a legal requirement to keep a set of annual financial accounts for tax purposes. There are rules governing the accounting year end date at which the set of accounts is made up which have advantages and disadvantages to the business.
  • What To Include In The Financial Section Of A Successful Business Plan
    Preparing the financial section of a business plan is more than scribbling some pleasing numbers on a sheet of paper. The end result of every business plan is not how great the business start up will be or the tremendous skills to be employed in the business but the bottom line.
  • What You Need To Have To Be A Successful Entrepreneur
    The success of every small business and especially a new start up business is dependent upon the personal qualities and abilities of the small business owner. Some skills and abilities are more important than others to an entrepreneur but rarely are all qualities are required and invariably some are essential to start your own business and make it a success.

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