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How to file your Self Assessment tax return without an accountant

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What is the Personal Allowance?

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What are the VAT tax rates?

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What is National Insurance?

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What is income tax?

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How to keep yourself safe from fake security researchers

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A beginner's guide to small business bookkeeping

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Different types of business ownership explained

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Surviving your first year as a contractor

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How to file your Self Assessment tax return without an accountant

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Surviving your first year as a contractor

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A limited company contractor’s guide to getting paid your worth and negotiating your day rate

4 min read

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How to avoid the most common limited company contractor pitfalls

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A beginner’s guide to business VAT

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How to get your construction business ready for a great tax year

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What you need to know about tax as a Limited Company

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What is VAT exemption and who does it apply to?

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Business taxes you need to know about as a freelancer

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How to keep yourself safe from fake security researchers

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A beginner's guide to small business bookkeeping

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Different types of business ownership explained

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A limited company contractor’s guide to getting paid your worth and negotiating your day rate

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Boost your business performance with insights from these 5 key reports

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How to get your overdue invoices paid

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A beginner’s guide to small business metrics

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9 mistakes small businesses make (and how to avoid them)

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How to register as a limited company in the UK

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Automate your business savings with Pots

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Mettle on the web is here!

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Mettle’s guide to using FreeAgent

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How to upload PDF receipts in the Mettle app

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Building a data-driven organisation

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Get your accounting done on the go with Mettle and FreeAgent

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Introducing Mettle Money Pots

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Categorise your spending with Mettle

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How to keep yourself safe from scammers

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5 tips to protect your business from phishing attacks

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