{"id":1334,"date":"2020-02-18T16:41:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aysgarthaccountants.co.uk\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T16:19:26","slug":"small-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aysgarthaccountants.co.uk\/small-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WHAT IS A SMALL COMPANY?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the United Kingdom a small company is one that meets 2 of the following 3 criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is important for the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accounting standards<\/strong> Audit<\/strong> A company must also have an audit if at any time in the financial year it has been:<\/p>\n\n\n\n IR35<\/strong> Aysgarth Chartered Accountants is based in Leeds, in the city centre at LS1. If you wish to discuss further the benefits of having a small or micro company then please get\u00a0in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHAT IS A SMALL COMPANY? In the United Kingdom a small company is one that meets 2 of the following 3 criteria: an annual turnover of no more than \u00a310.2 million assets worth no more than \u00a35.1 million 50 or fewer employees on average This is important for the following reasons: It defines which accounting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,63,67,68],"tags":[47,48,55,54,50],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Small companies may use the accounting standard FRS102 Section 1A and if they are very small, a\u00a0micro-sized company, the accounting standard FRS105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Certain companies require an audit even if they meet the above definition of small. An audit must take place if the company\u2019s Articles of Association say it must have one or if 10% of shareholders request one. Charities that are companies have different rules, this article only covers limited companies that are not a charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the Top Client is small then all the\u00a0IR35 risks and responsibilities\u00a0stay with the contracting company, the personal services company. This does not mean the PSC is automatically excluded from the off-payroll rules, it just means that the responsibility to decide if the rules apply and to account for the tax and national insurance rests with the PSC and not with the small-sized Top Client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n