• Posted May 29, 2018

Pensions Re-enrolment Overview

“Re-enrolment” means putting certain staff back into a pension scheme. Here is our pensions re-enrolment overview, and this must be done 3 years after your automatic enrolment staging date. Step 1 – Choose your re-enrolment date You have a 6-month window in which to set this, starting from 3 months before the 3rd anniversary of […]


  • Posted March 12, 2018

We are Recruiting a full time Senior Accountant

Are you interested in joining our team of Accountants in Horsforth? POSITION NOW FILLED We are looking to recruit a full-time Senior Accountant for our busy Horsforth office. Ideally candidates should be either ACA or ACCA qualified,  with a minimum of 4 years experience in practice.  This is a great opportunity for someone to take that next step in their career, with the opportunity […]


  • Posted February 7, 2018

VAT Returns using Sage

HMRC have confirmed that from 14 February 2018 the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),  the current platform used to submit VAT Returns electronically, will be decommissioned and replaced with a new platform. From that date, all electronic Returns must be submitted via this new platform. Businesses that manually submit their VAT Returns using HMRC’s website and […]


  • Posted January 5, 2018

How To Pay Your Self Assessment Tax Bill

As the 31st January deadline looms, we recommend paying your self assessment tax bill early to avoid missing the deadline due to unforeseen circumstances. The payment amount due for 31st January is available on your tax computation. This is a link to the HM Revenue & Customs website which details the various ways in which […]


  • Posted August 16, 2017

1 Year at Whitesides for Adam & Tanis

The last month saw Tanis and myself, Adam, celebrate our first year anniversary working for Whitesides. It would be fair to say that it’s been quite an experience and learning curve for the both of us, both professionally and personally. Tanis – has recently completed her Level 3 Payroll Certificate (which is proudly mounted on […]


  • Posted July 19, 2017

Fairtrade at Whitesides

We are now Fairtrade at Whitesides! We decided that we will endeavour to buy as many products for the office that are Fairtrade as possible. After speaking with Linda from Fairtrade-Horsforth, who is very helpful,we decided that there is no time like the present to try and be a little better! Horsforth became a Fairtrade […]


  • Posted July 3, 2017

Accountants in Leeds Celebrating Canada Day

Canada Day Celebrations! 1st of July is one of my favourite days of the year, it is Canada’s Birthday AKA Canada Day. Our Official National Pride Day where we celebrate the day we became a Nation in our own right. This year was a particularly big number at a whole 150 years old! If you […]


  • Posted June 16, 2017

Go Home On Time

#GOHOMEONTIME Mental health at work can be one of the subjects that people are frightened to talk about, but there are many ways to get help should you need it (see some of the links below). It is estimated three in ten employees will experience a mental health problem in any one year, and as […]


  • Posted May 22, 2017

Bradford City go to Wembley

Office Manager Adam travels to London! It’s not every day that accountants from Bradford travel to London, but as Bradford City made it to the League 1 play-off final after beating Fleetwood Town in the semi-finals I made the trip down with my wife (Stacey), her uncle (Adrian), her god son (William) and Joel our […]