Keeping accounts must also comply with your country´s legislation on VAT,
Sales Tax and other settlement.
When you are running a company you must keep annual accounts providing
information on all financial activities in your firm.
Annual accounts must be kept in such a way that it is clear to the Tax Administration how you have reached the figure for the profit of your firm.
Being a sole trader you obviously have to pay income tax on your profit.
This is how you make the annual accounts:
Total sales of the year / turnover - Less the company’s total expenses = The company’s profit, which is your wage. |
Companies are also liable to tax, although the calculation differs from that of
an ordinary taxpayer’s.
If you have proper accounts you can retrieve proper financial statements.
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