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Small businesses can record income and expenses when money is actually paid rather than when they've invoiced or received
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Tax and reporting rules for employers who meet or reimburse an employee's expenses - scale rate payments round sum allowances (RSA)
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BIS spending data for March 2014.
Find out how the new Customs Declaration Service cash account works, when it can be used and what type of customs charges you can pay.
Centrally approved spending for property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.
You must declare £10,000 or more in cash, or the equivalent in another currency, if you take it between Great Britain and any other country.
How to pay into or top up your cash account if you're making a frontier declaration.
Using a registered lasting power of attorney (LPA) - attorney duties, starting to act, gifting, ending, revoking an attorney.
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