#didyouknow Every year since 1935 a team of accountants has spent an average of 1700 hours prior to Oscar night counting the Academy Award ballots by hand? #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #Oscars afraccountancy.co.uk

World Autism Acceptance Week starts today. Did you know one in 100 people are on the autism spectrum and there are around 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #AutismAcceptanceWeek #DidYouKnow afraccountancy.co.uk

A company can provide a tax-free benefit (Trivial Benefit) to its employees if it costs less than £50, it isn’t cash or a cash voucher or a reward and it isn’t in the terms of their contract. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #TaxTip afraccountancy.co.uk

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandi #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #Motivation afraccountancy.co.uk

"Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it." - Gertrude B. Elion #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #Motivation afraccountancy.co.uk

Don't forget: April 5th is the last day of the tax year and the deadline for claiming tax refunds. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #TaxYearEnd afraccountancy.co.uk

The Bank of England introduced thin metal strips into banknotes on this day March 29th 1940 as an anti-forgery device. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #Money #onthisday afraccountancy.co.uk

Did you know that orange squash, petrol, ice cream, and poodle food are rated as “luxuries” and are taxable, while labrador food, lap dances, and caviar are not? #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #didyouknow #AccountingTrivia afraccountancy.co.uk

Don't forget: On April 6th most classes of National Insurance and dividend tax to rise by 1.25 percentage points. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #NationalInsurance afraccountancy.co.uk

Make your marketing messaging about your customers, not just about what you do or offer. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #MarketingTip afraccountancy.co.uk

Today is when Corporation tax returns must be filed by companies with 31 March 2022 year end. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #FilingDate #tax afraccountancy.co.uk

“I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail, than to attempt nothing and succeed.” – Robert H. Schuller #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #Motivation afraccountancy.co.uk

Welcome April - we are well and truly into Spring! #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #April afraccountancy.co.uk

Stress Awareness Month starts today. 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. Source: Mental health Foundation #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #StressAwarenessMonth afraccountancy.co.uk

Don't forget: National Living and National Minimum Wage rates increase today. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #LivingWage #MinimumWage afraccountancy.co.uk

“Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” - A.A. Milne #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #InternationalChildrensBookDay afraccountancy.co.uk

The new financial year began this month. Did you know that VAT was originally designed by French tax expert Maurice Lauré in the postwar years and first levied in the UK on April Fools’ Day 1973? #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #didyouknow afraccountancy.co.uk

“If you hear a voice in your head that says “you cannot paint”, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #Motivation afraccountancy.co.uk

It's National Chocolate Mousse Day. Did you know the first known recipe for chocolate mousse was documented in Menon's book 'La Science du Maître d’Hôtel cuisinier' in 1750. #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #didyouknow #ChocolateMousseDay afraccountancy.co.uk

“If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.” – Tom Rath #beyourownboss #Startup #WomenInBusiness #Derby #Motivation afraccountancy.co.uk