Receipts for Income and Expenses

A question received by email: I’m working as a yoga teacher, and wondering what I do about class receipts.  I’m just starting out, and the advice on HMRC is that you need invoices or receipts for all payments received/expensed, but I don’t know a...

A guide to legalities for Yoga Teachers

We’ve published some new guidance notes today: Legalities of Working as a Yoga Teacher Practical and Legal Obligations of Running a Studio Guide to General Insurance (liability, equipment etc) We hope you find these helpful, and welcome...

Filing Your Own Self Assessment Return

Although many people prefer to use an accountant to prepare their accounts and file their return, some like to do it themselves. Heres our new guide on filing your own return. If you find it daunting, we can help from £200 + vat (sole trader), and yes, we are still...

Christmas Hours 2016

Our office is closed from 3pm 22 December 2016, and reopens 9am Tuesday 3 January 2017. We wish all our clients, contacts and the Yoga community a restful break for Christmas and New Year however celebrated, and thank people for their support over this last year. Once...

A reminder about Scam Emails

If its sounds wrong, or too good to be true, it probably is. This email was received earlier this afternoon, telling me the Insolvency Service was investigating my company for “abuse”. However although it looks plausible, there are a couple of giveaways:...

Autumn Statement 2016

Last week saw the 2016 Autumn Statement which tends to be a “mini budget”. There won’t be a lot to concern Yoga Teachers in there. Possibly the most major issue was confirmation that HMRC are reporting in January 2017 on the latest plans for Making...

Getting ready for Making Tax Digital

Its quite possible you haven’t heard of Making Tax Digital yet – but you will do! Making Tax Digital will see the replacement of the annual Self Assessment Return with a Digital Tax Account (Self Assessment under another name) and an obligation on...

Welcome to YogaTax

Welcome to YogaTax. We are part of Whitefield Tax, a business that has been around for over 25 years, and has unrivalled experience in helping small businesses with accounts, tax and business advice. Our MD, Jessica Garbett, is a Yoga Teacher (2 years) as well as an...
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