This is a question you probably ask yourself from time to time, and it’s certainly an important one — it has implications for your future lifestyle and retirement. There are a number of circumstances that require a proper valuation of the business, including:

Selling your business
Planning or saving for your retirement
Buying out a shareholder or partner
Passing the business to your children
Divorce
Bringing a partner into the business who might eventually buy you out
Setting up an employee share ownership scheme
• Inheritance tax planning

If you think you may need a business valuation, please speak to your client manager who will arrange to have it done professionally and efficiently. The results produced will include a consideration of how the valuation might differ through the eyes of different types of buyers.

Please remember that we are here to help and support you at all times.

Another tax refund scam is now doing the rounds via e-mail.

The e-mail looks like it comes from HM Revenue and Customs and informs you that you are eligible to receive a tax refund; it then directs you to fill in a form if you wish to claim your money.  The e-mail comes from either 'HM Premier Services' or 'HM Revenue & Customs', and in an attempt to get members of the public to reveal personal information in exchange for a bogus repayment you are urged to contact them via an 'admin' e-mail address.

Under no circumstances should you access this form and enter any personal details. 

HM Revenue & Customs have confirmed that they would never communicate with you via email and ask for you to fill in any personal details - and if you are not aware of a refund being due, it is probably correct that you are not!

You can view this scam via our website or alternatively you can access further information on the HM Revenue & Customs website which has links to examples of the latest scams.

With many clients considering using Sage accounts packages we are able to offer you discounts with sage which include:

25% off when upgrading from Instant Accounts to Sage 50 Accounts on top of our usual Accountants Club discount.
• 25% off when upgrading from any competitor software on top of our usual Accountants Club discount.

If you are interested in getting an upgrade or to purchase a Sage package, contact Matthew Finch, our sage specialist at Matthew@a4gsolutions.co.uk. Matthew will also be running seminars on how to get the benefits of using Sage.

The first seminar will be on using computerised records for the first time will look at the benefits of a computerised system including:

Making it quicker to process your invoices
Helping you keep track of who owes you money and how much
Giving you a good idea of your profit/turnover figures
• Helping you reconcile the important things, like your bank account

The seminar will run on Thursday 15th October. All seminars will take place in our boardroom at our Kings Lodge office near Brands Hatch, arriving at 7.45 for an 8am start with tea / coffee and breakfast rolls provided and an aim to finish by 9am. If you would like to attend or require any further information on our seminars please email Jenny at jenny@a4gsolutions.co.uk.

Matthew will also run further seminars on using the advantages of sage. Further information of these seminars can be found at www.a4gsolutions.co.uk/weekly-seminars

Due to the huge demand for places, with the two further dates recently added already being oversubscribed; we will be running further seminars on this topic on Thursday 24th September and Tuesday 29th September. The seminars will cover:

the risks associated with the updated legislation
the paperwork, which is more important to maintain than ever before,
the ways in which the risks of enquiries against you being successful can be kept to a minimum
• how dividends can still be used as a successful tax planning tool

All seminars will take place in our boardroom at our Kings Lodge office near Brands Hatch, arriving at 7.45 for an 8am start with tea / coffee and breakfast rolls provided and an aim to finish by 9am. If you would like to attend or require any further information on our seminars please email Jenny at jenny@a4gsolutions.co.uk. We regularly update our website with the latest seminar information which can be found at www.a4gsolutions.co.uk/weekly-seminars