Forgive us if you feel you’ve heard this all before, but freelancers working unpaid is squarely back in the news. The Creative Industries Federation reports that 8 out of 10 freelancers admit that working for free is “the norm”, with many feeling they have to do it to bolster their reputation and their portfolio. The […]
With the summer slowly drawing to a close, we thought it’d be a good time to make sure you’re aware of all the important tax deadlines remaining between now and the end of January, 2018. MAF customers will, of course, be notified in good time and we’ll be helping you to fill out all the […]
Of the many things that new freelancers and contractors have to get their heads around, insurance is often very low on the list. It just seems so fiddly and expensive, doesn’t it? But imagine falling sick for any serious length of time and not having freelance insurance. Imagine being charged with negligence (it could happen!) or theft […]
The quarterly IPSE Confidence Index was published yesterday, and while glimpses of positivity shone through, the general feeling was one of unease. IPSE (Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) compiled their report from the responses of 691 IPSE members, focusing on questions pertaining to business confidence, perceived demand for freelance work, and the factors […]
Week in, week out, we turn up in your inbox on a Friday morning offering you friendly advice on things you ought to do to be a successful, shining example of self-employedness. What we rarely do is give you guidance on what to avoid. So, this week, we sat down with My Accountant Friend main […]
A few weeks ago we looked at the more basic questions: why hire an accountant? Why not do it yourself? This week we’re being a bit more future-facing and asking what the benefits are in hiring an online accountant. As you’ll see, they’re many and varied. It’s personal… The first thing to say is that not […]
Back in the days when this blogger attended university, typical student jobs were fairly restricted to bar-keeping, shelf stocking, envelope stuffing and occasional unpaid shifts at the student union (where you’d get in to events for free and they might let you snaffle a beer). Scroll forward a couple of decades and things have changed considerably. […]
If we’re about nothing else here at My Accountant Friend, we’re about trying to be useful and helpful. One of the most commonly asked questions we hear is, simply: why hire an accountant? Why shouldn’t I just do it myself? We understand this very well. Many of our clients are self-employed startups, freelancers or independent […]
At any given get-together of freelancers or self-employed people, one question will inevitably rise: what is it about the freelance life that you find difficult? A recent survey by Aldermore suggests that what people expect to be stressed out by before they go freelance, and what they’re actually stressed out by once they’re on that road differs […]