Guides
Plain-English guides for people who’d rather be working
Making Tax Digital, pricing, getting paid and catching every enquiry. Written for UK sole traders, tradespeople and landlords, with tax guides checked against current HMRC guidance and dated.
Tax and admin
Making Tax Digital
Who needs MTD, when, and what to do about it. Start at the MTD hub.
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Had a letter from HMRC about Making Tax Digital? What it means and what to do
Why HMRC has written to you about Making Tax Digital, the two kinds of letter, how to check it is genuine, and the steps to take…
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Making Tax Digital for CIS subcontractors: a plain-English guide for tradespeople
MTD is based on what you invoice before the CIS deduction, so many subbies are in sooner than they think. What changes, and a simple monthly…
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Is Making Tax Digital based on turnover or profit? How to work out your qualifying income
MTD for Income Tax is based on gross turnover and rent, not profit. What counts, what does not, and five worked examples including CIS subcontractors and…
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Making Tax Digital from April 2027: what the £30,000 group needs to do
From 6 April 2027, sole traders and landlords with qualifying income over £30,000 must use MTD for Income Tax. Who is in, what Budget 2026 changed,…
Make every job pay
Quoting and pricing
Price jobs so the numbers work before you start. Try the quote margin calculator.
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Markup vs margin: the pricing mistake that quietly costs tradespeople money
Markup is profit as a share of cost, margin is profit as a share of price. A worked example, the formulas, a conversion table and how…
Invoices and late payment
Getting paid
Chase politely, know your rights, and get paid faster. Write a payment reminder.
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How to chase an unpaid invoice in the UK (with email templates and your right to interest)
A chasing timeline, three copy-and-paste reminder emails, and how statutory late payment interest and compensation work for business customers, plus what to do when the customer…
Stop losing work
Enquiries and leads
Simple ways to catch every enquiry when you can’t answer the phone. See Lead Rescue.
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Missed calls are costing you jobs: how to work out the cost and fix it
A simple way for tradespeople to put a number on missed calls, then the fixes from free to paid: voicemail, auto text-back, one-place enquiry capture and…