{"id":1849,"date":"2026-06-22T13:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:49:36","slug":"less-obvious-but-common-mistakes-made-by-self-employed-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/less-obvious-but-common-mistakes-made-by-self-employed-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Obvious but Common Mistakes Made by Self-Employed in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many self-employed individuals incorrectly assume that any partially business-related expense can be claimed in full. In reality, HMRC only allows the business proportion of mixed-use costs. This commonly applies to mobile phones, internet bills, vehicles, and working-from-home expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another overlooked mistake is failing to set aside tax throughout the year. Since tax is not deducted at source, many self-employed individuals treat all incoming revenue as personal income and later face unexpected tax bills when Self Assessment is due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A further common issue is misunderstanding \u201cPayments on Account\u201d. If your tax bill exceeds a certain threshold, HMRC may require advance payments towards the next tax year. Many self-employed people are caught off guard by this, as it can significantly increase the amount due in the first year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our team helps self-employed individuals plan their tax obligations in advance, correctly apportion expenses, and avoid unexpected liabilities with HMRC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many self-employed individuals incorrectly assume that any partially business-related expense can be claimed in full. In reality, HMRC only allows the business proportion of mixed-use costs. This commonly applies to mobile phones, internet bills, vehicles, and working-from-home expenses. Another overlooked mistake is failing to set aside tax throughout the year. Since tax is not deducted&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/less-obvious-but-common-mistakes-made-by-self-employed-in-the-uk\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}