Guides
Short, practical guides for UK sole traders and small company directors, each with numbered steps, the current figures in a table and the tool that does the sums. Written for the 2026/27 tax year and dated so you can see when they were last checked.
- How to invoice as a sole trader
A step by step guide to writing, numbering, sending and chasing invoices as a UK sole trader, with a worked example.
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- What must a UK invoice legally include?
The details every UK invoice must show, the extra items a VAT invoice needs, and what sole traders and limited companies must add.
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- VAT registration threshold: when you must register
The current UK VAT threshold, how the rolling 12 month test works, what happens when you go over it and whether voluntary registration pays.
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- When should a sole trader become a limited company?
The profit level where a limited company starts to save tax, the extra admin it brings and the non-tax reasons people incorporate.
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- How to chase late payments
A tested sequence for chasing an overdue invoice, from the friendly reminder to statutory interest, a letter before action and small claims.
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