October is a busy month for many businesses both in terms of the potential for a lucrative run-up to Christmas and -equally important - administrative deadlines. We hope you received the recent DNS Due Dates email aimed at helping you avoid the unnecessary angst and hefty fines that go with late filing and payments. If you have not checked the article please check on

http://www.dnsassociates.co.uk/PDF%20Documents/Important_Due_Dates.pdf

Have you read the most recent DNS Tax E-News? Please check it on  

http://www.dnsassociates.co.uk/PDF%20Documents/Tax-Newsletter-Oct2010.pdf. In it we reveal how nervous the government is about its recent handling of complaints to HMRC - so are we - and to this end we offer to make a complaint on your behalf - so long as it's justified. But with that in mind, let's remind you that with the DNS online portal you will know immediately if HMRC has made an error, for the portal not only reminds you of your due dates, it calculates income and expenditure, tells you what tax and VAT you owe, and what other payments are due and when, so that you can make provision for things such as payroll and NIC contributions. You can check the demo of the portal on http://www.dnsassociates.co.uk/demo/DNSDemo.html.

There's excellent news for new business employers in the October issue of Tax E-News: until 2013 new businesses can save a maximum of £5,000 on NIC for the first ten eligible new employees; we also have a piece on pension funds, along with some guidance on the government's Cycle to Work scheme; we also remind you to always send any correspondence you receive from HMRC to DNS immediately.

The October issue of Newswire http://www.dnsassociates.co.uk/PDF%20Documents/Client-Newsletter.pdfoffers provides sound advice on marketing your business through social and business networking sites such as Linkedin, and highlights the importance of referrals (thank you for the hundreds of referrals you have sent us) and testimonials; we also remind you that media coverage attracts new business, look at how to monitor your online popularity and suggest how to market your business on the reception TV.

Do you realise the importance of backing-up your data. Please read the full article in Newswire.

Last but not least, we reveal that although the bleak cloud of recession hangs over all UK businesses there is a silver lining as high calibre candidates are available to businesses at a lower cost.

We hope you enjoy the content of both our e-newsletters, and that you will continue to stay in touch with any comments, concerns or suggestions that may arise from them. Meanwhile we remain as ever at your disposal.

Best wishes,

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