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3 Financial Secrets Of Working From Home

3 Financial Secrets Of Working From Home

If you’ve decided to work from home as a contractor or freelancer, you’ll be enjoying several great advantages already. You're never late for work, for one thing. Nonetheless, home working isn’t just beneficial for those who’ve previously battled traffic woes; it also...

How To Shape Up Your Earnings Model For The New Tax Year

How To Shape Up Your Earnings Model For The New Tax Year

Every freelancer and contractor is out to make as much money as possible; and scrutinising your financial success in previous years can steer you towards higher profits. April is the time of year where one tax season rolls into another, rendering it the perfect month...

Spring Clean Your Finances With These Top Tips

Spring Clean Your Finances With These Top Tips

The changeover in financial year always coincides with the changeover in seasons. As winter becomes spring, we bid goodbye to cold weather within weeks of setting up fresh accounts. It’s a hopeful time for freelancers everywhere – and the perfect point at which to...

Are Long-Term Freelance Projects Worth It?

Are Long-Term Freelance Projects Worth It?

As a freelancer, you pick your projects. It isn’t easy running your own business by any stretch of the imagination – but this is definitely one of the major perks. You decide who you want to work with and ultimately keep the lion’s share of the fee. That’s great – but...

Clever Ways To Manage Your Travel Expenses

Clever Ways To Manage Your Travel Expenses

Some freelancers spend a lot of time behind the desk. Others barely sit down. Every self-employed worker is different. And, as a result, tax liabilities are never quite the same for any two people. Those who travel frequently, for example, may be entitled to claim...

5 Mistakes That Can Sink Your Self Assessment Tax Return

5 Mistakes That Can Sink Your Self Assessment Tax Return

Remaining at the top of your game as an independent professional takes a lot of foresight and adjustment. Many of them come in the form of your Self Assessment tax form. What you declare, and how you declare it, will reinforce the financial health of your earning...

How To Stimulate Productivity This January

How To Stimulate Productivity This January

January is the month for productivity. After enjoying a lazy winter break littered with overindulgent evenings, most people return to work in the New Year adamant to be a better version of their former selves. But saying you’ll increase productivity is one thing, and...

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