H&S Accounting Ltd

🐾 FUN DOG SHOW AT HADLEIGH SUMMER FAYRE! 🐾

I’m really excited to be organising and sponsoring this year’s Fun Dog Show at the Hadleigh Community Summer Fayre on Sunday 6th September! 🐶🏆

We’ve got some brilliant categories for your four-legged family members:

🐾 Best Dog
🐾 Best Bitch
🐾 Most Obedient Dog
🐾 Dog the Judges Would Most Like to Take Home
🏆 Followed by Best in Show!

It’s just £2.50 per entry, with registration open behind the main arena throughout the day. The show kicks off at 4pm, so make sure you’re registered beforehand!

And best of all, it’s for two fantastic local causes. 💜

50% of the proceeds will be donated to Tilly’s Angels, with the other 50% going to the Hadleigh Community Fund.

So bring your pooch along, have some fun, show them off and help us raise some money at the same time! 🐕🐾

📅 Sunday 6th September 2026
⏰ Dog Show starts at 4pm
📍 John Burrows Playing Fields
💷 £2.50 per entry

Please share and tag anyone whose dog deserves their moment in the spotlight! 🏆🐶💜

🚨 A major change to the way Income Tax could be paid is being considered... and hardly anyone is talking about it.

HMRC is currently consulting on proposals that could see self-employed individuals and landlords paying Income Tax much closer to when they earn it, rather than under the current Self Assessment payment system.

This isn't Making Tax Digital. It's about when you pay your tax.

Some of the ideas being considered include more frequent tax payments based on estimated profits.

As accountants, we have a number of concerns, including:

💷 Increased pressure on cash flow for small businesses.
📈 Paying tax on estimated profits that may never actually materialise.
🌾 The impact on seasonal businesses with fluctuating income.
📋 More administration, more adjustments and more uncertainty.

Perhaps the biggest concern of all is that many taxpayers don't even know this consultation exists.

Whether you support these proposals or oppose them, HMRC needs to hear from the people who'll actually be affected.

⏳ The consultation closes on 4 August 2026, so if you're self-employed, a landlord, or work with those who are, please take a few minutes to have your say.

💬 I'd genuinely love to know your thoughts.
Would paying Income Tax throughout the year help you budget, or would it place even more pressure on small businesses?
👇 Let me know in the comments.

💜

Are anyone else's brains 🧠 not braining today 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

💜 HMRC has announced a temporary reduction in VAT from 20% to 5% on certain children's meals and family leisure activities between 25 June and 1 September 2026.

If you run a café, restaurant, cinema, theatre, soft play centre, adventure attraction or similar leisure business, it's worth checking whether your supplies qualify.

The rules aren't always straightforward, particularly where bundled packages and mixed supplies are involved, so please don't assume everything automatically falls within the reduced rate.

If you're one of our affected clients, we'll be happy to help you understand what this means for your business and ensure your VAT treatment is correct before making any changes.

As always, we're here to help you navigate the small print, so you don't have to. 💜

Today's office update...

☎️ Called HMRC
☎️ Put on hold
☎️ Transferred
☎️ Explained everything
☎️ Transferred again
☎️ Explained everything again
☎️ Disconnected

All for the privilege of paying tax. 🤷‍♀️

People often think an accountant's day is spent crunching numbers. In reality, a fair chunk of it is spent sitting on hold trying to sort things out for clients.

The good news? While I'm stuck listening to HMRC's hold music, you can get on with running your business. 💜

📧 A little favour to ask... 💜

We've recently been having some issues with our emails deciding that clients' junk folders are the place to be 🙈

Please could you take a moment to add our email address to your contacts and mark us as a ⭐ VIP/Important sender. This helps tell your email provider that our messages are safe and should land in your inbox where they belong.

We are working hard behind the scenes to resolve this from our end, but unfortunately it also needs a little help from you too.

If you're waiting for a reply, a document for signature, a reminder, or anything else from us, please do check your junk or spam folders just in case.

Thank you so much for your patience and support. We really do appreciate it 💜

New tax year, clean slate… let’s not repeat last year’s chaos 💜

If January had you stressed, chasing paperwork, and questioning your life choices… this is your sign to do things differently this time.

Start early. Stay organised. Make it easy for yourself.

Your future self (and your accountant) will thank you 🙃

If you want this year to feel calm instead of chaotic, you know where I am 💜

Happy Easter 💜

Whether you’re spending it with family, friends, or just enjoying some well-earned downtime… I hope it’s filled with good food, a bit of sunshine, and plenty of chocolate 🐣

And if you’re anything like my clients…
tax can wait until Tuesday 😌

If only it worked like that 😅💜

No forms
No deadlines
No HMRC letters
No stress

Just money landing in your account… for existing

Sadly not quite the reality 😭

BUT what is real… is getting your tax return done early, knowing exactly what you owe, and avoiding the January panic!

Don’t be the April fool waiting until the last minute 💜

It’s Tax Question Tuesday 💜

No judgement, no jargon, no “I should probably know this already…”

If you’ve got a tax question sitting in the back of your mind…

this is your sign to ask it 👀

Whether it’s something small or something you’ve been putting off for months, Pop it in the comments or send me a message 💜

I’ll break it down in plain English
so it actually makes sense 😅