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Has hiring freelancers seemed like the best option for scaling your business or do you wonder if it’d be more cost effective to employ people in-house?

The answer isn’t as straightforward as money in/money out, so it’s worth explaining the difference in how we manage this tax.

Taking a strategic approach can go a long way to getting the things you want out of your creative business.

If your creative business is making a good turnover, at some point you’ll need to think about registering for VAT.

You owe it to yourself and to your creative agency to stay on top of costs – but how do you square that with finding and keeping the best people?

Corporation Tax is the tax charged on the profits made by a corporate entity (a limited company).

IR35 is the most important, and controversial, piece of legislation to affect limited company contractors.

Photography, more so than many other businesses, can have real peaks and troughs in the flow of work. For wedding photographers, for example, summer is usually hectic with more clients than can be handled, while winter can be a dead zone. Those who depend on pitching for photoshoots for corporate clients will be aware of.

The sheer range of accounting software on the market these days is amazing but, as is the Alchemy way, we like to cut through the fog and give a clear answer. So, here it is: If you’re an individual working as a freelancer, contractor or operating a one-person SME, FreeAgent is best. But if your ...