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Daniel Mepham

Dan, managing director of SG Accounting and SG Umbrella is a chartered certified accountant with stacks of experience as a director of large national accountancy firms.

Apart from a few years spent auditing he has spent all of his career focusing on contractors and small businesses and is a regular commentator on contractor websites.

Passionate about supporting the UK self-employed workforce, Dan is proud of the reputation that SG Accounting and SG Umbrella have built for themselves.

Author Content

An IT contractor who joined the dark side gets a refresher on BADR requirements, ahead of extracting £300k before winding-up.

12th September, 2024 | MVL

Any sort of trading history precludes dormant accounts, meaning micro-entity accounts must continue to be filed.

4th September, 2024 | Limited Companies

Top eight steps to tot up the off-payroll rules’ deemed payment, plus who calculates it and when.

22nd August, 2024 | IR35

A guide to claiming a handy £5,000 a year off your National Insurance bill, potentially.

14th August, 2024 | Money

What every director of a PSC needs to know about sick pay.

1st May, 2024 | Limited Companies

SG Accounting tots up how much thresholds would need to rise to make the government’s tax cut make work pay (in real-terms).

Trucks popular with the self-employed will stay as they are, with even new legislation to keep DCPUs in the tax-friendly lane.

Overview for contractors of dividend considerations for the new tax year, starting April 6th.

9th February, 2024 | Limited Companies

Key considerations on paying yourself as a PSC whether you’re new to contracting, experienced, or having to change things up.

7th March, 2023 | Limited Companies

Contractors can look to their accountants for redress if there’s a penalty, but HMRC won’t help.

9th September, 2021 | Limited Companies

Why that covid-19 cash injection your company got could have rendered your dividend illegal.

With such a big year ahead for contracting, now's the best time to set your figures at the optimum level for tax-efficiency.

14th January, 2021 | Limited Companies

If the employer obliges, one early covid victim will be both furloughed and freelance.

9th June, 2020 | Coronavirus

A contractor accountant crunches the key cut-off numbers so you don’t have to.

6th September, 2019 | Money