Should you de-register for VAT?

One of my clients asked me last week if they still needed to be VAT registered. Their business has changed now they no longer have an employee to help them. So I took some time this morning to calculate whether they would be better off de-registering for VAT. 
 
 There are a number of factors to take into account when doing this

A Day in the Life ......................

Being a bookkeeper and a business owner means my day rarely runs to plan. A full day of bookkeeping only happens when I visit clients because there are no telephone calls, emails, visitors, staff or other priorities requiring my attention. When I am in the office for the day I often leave feeling I haven't achieved anything that I wanted to. Today was one of those days so I thought for my blog this week I would look back at today and see what I really did achieve.So, this was today in the life of a bookkeeper and business owner .................

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