Ward Goodman help The Botanical Candle Co. keep its flame burning bright

Ward Goodman, the Dorset based firm of Chartered Accountants and Independent Financial Advisers, are delighted to count The Botanical Candle Co. amongst their Shaftesbury based clients. The company, which started making hand-poured soy wax candles in 2014 in a bid to produce more ecologically sound alternatives to burning paraffin candles, recently expanded by moving into […]

Ward Goodman issue advice to landlords on changes to tax rules

Ward Goodman, the Dorset based firm of Chartered Accountants and Independent Financial Advisers, has issued advice to residential landlords on the new rules regarding the taxation of residential buy-to-lets interest relief. From 6 April 2020, when the new rules will be fully in place, interest paid will no longer be deductible as an expense when […]

HMRC withdraws pensions calculator after issues for high-earners

HMRC has been forced to withdraw a pensions calculator after it was discovered to be giving incorrect information. The online service was designed to advise people how much they can save into their pension within tax relief limits. Royal London discovered that the calculator was giving incorrect results for people looking at their carry forward […]

Are you late filing your 2017 Tax return?

Tax filing

New statistics obtained under a Freedom of Information request have revealed that HMRC cancelled over a third of the late-filing penalties levied in 2014 and 2015. These figures arrive as HMRC send out the first of their annual reminders to prepare and submit your annual tax return. HMRC statistics show that 750,000 people (6.5%) missed […]

Ward Goodman to host seventh annual Dorset Charities Conference with an agenda to inspire collaborative thinking

Ward Goodman to host seventh annual Dorset Charities Conference

Ward Goodman, the Dorset based firm of Chartered Accountants and Independent Financial Advisers, will be hosting their annual Dorset Charities Conference on Thursday 5th July at Queen Elizabeth School, Wimborne.  Now in its seventh year, the event, supported by Teachers Building Society and CAF Bank, will see trade stands, presentations and networking opportunities bring together […]

The Ward Goodman Summer Newsletter

WG newsletter - summer 2018

We hope you find the latest edittion of our Newsletter of interest. Please contact us if you need any assistance. Ward Goodman Summer 2018 Newsletter

Ward Goodman’s Spring Newsletter

Ward-Goodman-summer-newsletter

We are delighted to enclose our Spring Newsletter. We hope you find the articles of interest. If you have anything you would like to discuss with our team, please do get in touch. Link to Spring Newsletter

SMEs fail to insure against loss of key staff

charity services

Only a quarter of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) insure their key staff. This is despite three out of ten companies in the sector admitting to having lost the services of a crucial employee for three months or more due to a serious illness. These are the findings from the latest research carried out by […]

Blackmore Vale award winners, Octopus Personnel, count on Ward Goodman for business success

Dorset based Chartered Accountants and Independent Financial Advisers, Ward Goodman, is delighted to count Blackmore Vale award winners, Octopus Personnel, as one of its valued clients; having provided the Gillingham based company with its professional services for over 8 years. Fresh from celebrating winning best small business at the Blackmore Vale Business Awards, Sandra Smart, […]

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