Plain-English, dentist-specific guides to the money side of your career — written by accountants who work with dentists and nobody else, and kept current as the rules move.
Registering with HMRC, payments on account, what to set aside each month and the mistakes that cost associates real money.
Read the guideGDC fees, indemnity, courses, loupes, travel — what's genuinely allowable, what isn't, and the folklore to ignore.
Read the guideThe corporation tax saving versus the NHS pension trade-off — when a company genuinely wins, and when it quietly costs you.
Read the guideMoving from DF1 to associate: the registrations, set-asides and habits that make year one financially painless.
Read the guideQuarterly updates are here for most associates. Who's caught, what's due when, and the setup that makes it painless.
Read the guideCareer-average benefits, annualised contribution tiers, annual allowance charges, McCloud — the scheme, made comprehensible.
Read the guideSearch to completion in one map: appraisal, offer, due diligence, funding and the points where buyers overpay.
Read the guideEBITDA multiples, % of fee income, add-backs and the factors that genuinely move a practice's price.
Read the guideExit-ready accounts, BADR, share vs asset sale and earn-outs — the preparation that turns into price.
Read the guideSetup costs, funding, the ramp-up model and the honest comparison against buying an existing practice.
Read the guideStaff %, lab %, materials, chair utilisation and profit per surgery — the ratios that tell you if 'busy' means 'good'.
Read the guideEmployed vs self-employed hygienists: the status tests, the real risks of getting it wrong, and clean ways to structure it.
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