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What is IR35?
by Calum Morrison
Knowledge
A selection of great tools, business guides and articles to help make your business a success
Managing your money
Everyone wants to make sure they're bringing home as much of their pay as they can - whether you need money-management tips to tax guidance, we can help.
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Limited company business expenses
by Calum Morrison and Laura Hughes
Self Assessment
by Calum Morrison and Nick Chowdrey
Free tools and resources to help the self-employed via Crunch Chorus
When you join Crunch Chorus you’ll get access to free business guides, self-employed meetups, an invoice generator, late payment letter templates and more.
The effect of workplace status on travel and expense claims
HMRC set rules which will determine whether you have the right to claim travel and subsistence expenses whilst you work - check out our guide.
Crunch Mortgages succeeds where other brokers failed
Many freelancers, contractors, and small business owners feel unfairly penalised simply due to not taking home a regular 9-to-5 salary. We're here to help.
Professional Indemnity Insurance – What is it and do I need it?
Professional Indemnity insurance should be considered by any self-employed worker who is providing design, advice or specifications.
Has your contractor insurance really got you covered?
This handy checklist will help you understand what to look out for when arranging insurance cover as a contractor.
Simple Assessment set to end tax returns for millions
Starting this month, HMRC is introducing a new way of collecting personal tax, called Simple Assessment. Here's what the self-employed need to know.
Business Expenses Webinar and Q&As
We recently hosted a live business expenses webinar and we had some great questions from our attendees.
New Enterprise Allowance – What is it?
If you’ve got a feasible business plan, you might be entitled to a weekly allowance worth up to £1,274 over 26 weeks.
Direct Earnings Attachment – what micro-businesses should know
Direct Earnings Attachment policy gives the Department for Work and Pensions the power to ask you to deduct money from an employee. What can you do?
Self-employed sick pay – Here’s how it can happen
Why does self-employed sick pay need to happen? Humans who need to recover shouldn’t have to worry about finances, especially if it's a serious illness.
Helpful alternatives to cutting Corporation Tax
Corporation Tax cuts mainly benefit larger corporations and do little for start-ups that are usually loss-making in the first few years, say the RSA.
Four ways to improve Universal Credit for the self-employed
Universal Credit combines & simplifies many benefits & tax credits into a single payment - but improvements can be made to the programme.
Failing to take care of legal issues costing UK SMEs £13.6 billion per year
Jo Fortune of Lawbite explains how UK SMEs are struggling due to reluctance to get better legal cover, and how doing this can save your business money.
Business Rates – unsuitable for the digital age?
A multinational online company with an out of town warehouse can pay less in business rates than a struggling independent high street shop. Is this fair?
Should self-employed workers pay more National Insurance?
Would you pay more National Insurance to receive the same benefits as full-time employees? We explore a policy proposal from the RSA's Entreprenerial Audit.
Tools and resources
We've collated a selection of free tools and resources for you to help make running your business a breeze. With everything from software to templates you can work out your take home pay, chase that unpaid invoice and calculate your IR35.
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