Portadown Archives - JSR Chartered Accountants https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/category/portadown Chartered Accountants and business advisers. Portadown & Kilkeel Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:52:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.9 2012 Autumn Statement https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/2012-autumn-statement Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:18:11 +0000 http://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/?p=864   George Osborne delivered his 2012 Autumn Statement yesterday and we have summarised the key points below: INDIVIDUALS The Personal Allowance is to increase from £8,105 to £9,440 from April 2013 for those aged under 65. This is part of a plan to ultimately increase the Personal Allowance to £10,000. The band of income tax rate …

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]]> Possibly a little more “something for nothing” -Enhanced Capital Allowances on Energy Saving Equipment https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/possibly-a-little-more-something-for-nothing-enhanced-capital-allowances-on-energy-saving-equipment Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:55:16 +0000 http://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/?p=756 Previously I pointed out the potential savings that can be made and the finance available from The Carbon Trust for replacing current lighting, heating, cooling equipment etc with an energy efficient equivalent. In that article I mentioned that the cash flow savings delivered through reduced payments to your utility supplier can finance the loan repayments. …

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]]> Something for nothing? … https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/something-for-nothing Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:24:41 +0000 http://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/?p=733 Fossil fuels, energy efficient equipment and The Carbon Trust   Having recently been involved in a review of utility expenses with some of our SME clients I came to challenge the notion that “you can’t get something for nothing in this life”.  Well, on the basis of some number crunching, a lot of meetings and …

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]]> LinkedIn Passwords Leaked by Hackers https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/linkedin-passwords-leaked-by-hackers Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:21:33 +0000 http://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/?p=725 LinkedIn has confirmed the rumors that some of its user passwords have been compromised. Some six million passwords have been said to be compromised, according to news sources this morning. LinkedIn confirmed that some passwords have been compromised and said it would contact affected users with details on how to change their password. Hackers posted a file …

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]]> The Husband & wife business partnership and a healthy work life balance. Can we have both?? https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/the-husband-wife-business-partnership-and-a-healthy-work-life-balance-can-we-have-both Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:09:43 +0000 http://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/?p=687   When we got married we were both studying our professional exams and training to become accountants. We were attending university together on a Saturday, studying together and living and breathing the same text books for three solid years. It seemed to work OK, however there was one fundamental difference, we were not working in the same firm. Perhaps …

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]]> The Modern Accountant ???? https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/the-modern-accountant Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:56:39 +0000 http://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/?p=667 But Accountants DO NOT blog……   This may well be true, yet here we are, accountants, and we are trying our hand at blogging!!   It has become a general consensus that accountants are not known for trying out new ideas, and as for social media and blogging well, they simply ‘do not have the …

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]]> Budget 2012: Key Points https://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/budget-2012-key-points Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:09:38 +0000 http://jsrcharteredaccountants.com/?p=656 George Osborne says his 2012 Budget will “reward work”, support working families and ‘unashamedly backs business’ but warns of need to continue his austerity drive in face of sluggish growth. Budget 2012 Key Points: Automatic review of state pension age to ensure it keeps pace with increasing lifespans. New single-tier state pension for future pensioners …

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