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Business Formation Part 1 – Sole Traders

Contrary to what many people might think, there are still significant numbers of people setting up new business ventures. For example, in the week ending March 30th, CRO statistics show that 335 Limited Companies were formed and 254 Business Names were registered. Whilst this is much less than was the case in, say 2007, it nonetheless indicates that there are many people out there who are either making the leap to self-employment or that there are self-employed people setting up new ventures.

VAT 3 Returns

All VAT Registered persons, whether they are Sole traders, Partnerships or Limited Companies and who are required to submit a VAT Return for the period 1st January 2011 to February 28th 2011 (VAT 3 Form) have until March 19th to submit this return.

Managing Your VAT to Improve Your Cash Flow

In today’s market where cash is king it’s important to have a greater control over your cash flow and to look at ways to improve it. One way to improve cash flow is to look at your system of recording and paying VAT.