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    What Can You Claim Against Theatre Tax Relief?

    Published On: October 11th, 20264.1 min read

    Once you have allocated your costs across each production, the next question is how much of that spending qualifies for Theatre Tax Relief. The answer: only your core expenditure, the money spent producing and closing a show. Get that right and the relief is generous, with permanent rates of 40% for non-touring and 45% [...]

  • Theatre accountants

    How to Allocate Costs Across Theatre Productions

    Published On: September 29th, 20264.7 min read

    When you are staging more than one show, your costs stop belonging to a single production. Rehearsal space, a technical manager's time, software and admin all get shared across shows, and unless you split them fairly, your accounts blur and you cannot tell which productions actually pay their way. Sound theatre production financial management [...]

  • R&D Tax Relief for SaaS Startups: What Founders Need to Know in 2026

    Published On: September 22nd, 20265.5 min read

    If you are building genuinely novel software, R&D tax relief can still put real cash back into your business. But the rules changed significantly in April 2024, and the amount you get now depends heavily on how much of your spend goes on R&D. The rules introduced in April 2024 continue to apply in 2026…In [...]

  • Atek Partners with bbodance bringing Clarity to the Dance Community

    Published On: July 9th, 20262.3 min read

    We’re delighted to announce a new partnership between Atek Accounting and bbodance, one of the UK’s longest-established dance education organisations, offering teaching qualifications, examinations and membership to dance teachers across the UK and beyond. At Atek, our roots in the Performing Arts run deep. We know the realities of running a dance school – [...]

  • Atek at the UK Theatre Conference 2026 – Southbank Centre, London

    Published On: June 22nd, 20262.6 min read

    We're delighted to announce that Atek will be exhibiting at this year's UK Theatre Conference on Tuesday 30th June 2026 at the iconic Southbank Centre in London. If you're heading along, please come and find us at our stand - we'd love to meet you and talk about how we support organisations across the [...]

  • HMRC Mileage Rates Increased for the First Time in 15 Years

    Published On: June 8th, 20263.2 min read

    In a significant change that will benefit millions of employees and self-employed individuals across the UK, the government has announced an increase to the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates, backdated to 6 April 2026. This is the first uprating of these rates in fifteen years and represents a meaningful boost for anyone who [...]

  • Sole Traders Issued Urgent MTD Reminder: Are You Compliant?

    Published On: May 27th, 20264.6 min read

    HMRC has issued an urgent warning to over 860,000 sole traders and landlords across the UK: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is now live, and if you earn above £50,000 from self-employment or property, you are legally required to comply. The HMRC warning has been issues across various national media channels this week. [...]

  • Theatre Tax Relief: What Theatre Companies Need to Know in 2026

    Published On: May 19th, 20264.1 min read

    If you run or finance a theatrical production in the UK, there has never been a better time to ensure you are claiming every penny of tax relief available to you. Theatre Tax Relief (TTR) is one of the most generous — and most underutilised — incentives in the UK tax system. At Atek, [...]

  • Reflections from the Stage’s Future of Theatre Conference 2026

    Published On: May 11th, 20263 min read

    28th April 2026 | Soho Theatre Walthamstow Last month the Atek directors had the pleasure of attending the Stage's Future of Theatre Conference 2026, held at the stunning Soho Theatre Walthamstow — a venue that felt like exactly the right setting for a conversation about where theatre goes next. As accountants who works exclusively [...]

  • The Clock Is Ticking on Benefits in Kind

    Published On: April 20th, 20264 min read

    Mandatory payrolling arrives in April 2027 — and most employers aren't ready What you need to know There is now less than a year to go before all employers must tax benefits-in-kind via the payroll, the Chartered Institute of Taxation has warned. Benefits-in-kind are non-cash benefits provided by employers to employees or directors. Common [...]

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2 years ago
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3 years ago
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