The JD Accountancy Brief

Practical tax and accounting guidance for your small business.

A fortnightly email from Joey Davies covering tax deadlines, HMRC changes, and the accounting decisions that actually affect contractors, sole traders, landlords, and small limited companies. Written in plain English — no jargon, no filler.

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What you get

Useful content, not marketing

Each issue covers something concrete — a tax rule, a deadline, a decision you may need to make, or a common mistake worth avoiding.

Tax deadline and rule changes

Clear, timely summaries of what HMRC has changed and what it means for your specific situation as a sole trader, contractor, or Ltd company director.

CIS, VAT, and payroll breakdowns

Practical walkthroughs of how specific schemes work — written for the business owner handling the admin, not an accountant reading a textbook.

Decisions most clients get wrong

Real patterns from client work — the salary-dividend split questions, the VAT registration threshold decisions, the expenses that get disallowed — explained with context.

Self-assessment and year-end prep

Seasonal guidance on what to pull together, what to check, and how to avoid a last-minute scramble before the January and July payment deadlines.

Joey was super helpful, took care of everything and saved me money on my Self Assessment. Communicated everything throughout. I will be using his services again. Would definitely recommend.

Aaron Swindley Verified Google Review, XLR8 Fitness

Is this for you?

Written for people who run their own business

The brief is most useful if one or more of these apply to you.

You are a sole trader, contractor, or CIS subcontractor managing your own tax affairs.
You run a small limited company and want to understand what your accountant is actually doing.
You are a landlord or property investor with income to declare and allowances to track.
You are self-employed and find HMRC communications confusing or easy to miss until it is too late.

Behind the brief

Written by Joey Davies

Joey Davies is the founder of JD Accountancy, a Wrexham-based practice working with contractors, sole traders, landlords, and small limited companies across North Wales and the rest of the UK. He writes the newsletter himself — the same way he handles client work: directly, without passing it off to anyone else.

Joey started in accountancy at 16 in 2017, progressed through practice, and set up JD Accountancy in 2022. He holds a Xero Certified Advisor qualification and carries a client retention rate of around 90 percent. The practice handles self-assessment, limited company accounts, VAT, CIS, payroll, and bookkeeping for clients across Wrexham, Chester, North Wales, and remotely across the UK.

Joey Davies Founder, JD Accountancy

Quick answers

Common questions

Straightforward answers — no small print.

How often does the newsletter go out?+

Fortnightly — every two weeks. It lands on a Tuesday morning and takes around three to five minutes to read.

What kind of content does it cover?+

Tax rules, HMRC deadlines, accounting decisions relevant to sole traders, contractors, landlords, and small Ltd companies — written in plain English with no filler. It is not a sales email.

Does it cost anything?+

No. It is free to subscribe and always will be.

How do I unsubscribe?+

One click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email. No confirmation steps, no questions asked.

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