Fellow freelancers: What software are you using for Making Tax Digital? I am going to have to change software from April but there are so many options that I have no idea where to start. The only one someone has mentioned is Xero but that seems geared towards larger businesses - I am a sole trader, not registered for VAT, raising 3-6 invoices a month.

(I want to know what people are *using*, not what they've heard of or have a referral code for)

#freelancing #MakingTaxDigital

Fellow freelancers: What software are you using for Making Tax Digital? I am going to have to change software from April but there are so many options that I have no idea where to start. The only one someone has mentioned is Xero but that seems geared towards larger businesses - I am a sole trader, not registered for VAT, raising 3-6 invoices a month.

(I want to know what people are *using*, not what they've heard of or have a referral code for)

#freelancing #MakingTaxDigital

Following on from my personal review of the year (public but not widely advertised), I have also written my business review of the year.

https://www.phpdeveloper.org.uk/2025-review-of-the-year/

#business #freelance #freelancing

Following on from my personal review of the year (public but not widely advertised), I have also written my business review of the year.

https://www.phpdeveloper.org.uk/2025-review-of-the-year/

#business #freelance #freelancing

@danfaulknor
> I didn’t, customer ended up going offshore

Dang, what a missed opportunity. Wish I'd seen it at the time, I can think of a couple of people who might have been keen on this.

This incident demonstrates the potential benefit of organising a pod of kiwi freelancers, maybe discoverable through SEPHEO;

https://sepheo.co/

Which is something I'm thinking about as a post-Bridge Seat project for next year.

#freelancing #SEOHEO

Was about to register for an Upwork account but they rejected my lastname for having accented characters.

No biggie, just removed the accents, but I wonder if others from different cultures would be able to bypass it that easily.

#upwork #freelancing #accessibility

This week's business blog post explains why I make most of my resources (writing, open source software etc.) available for free. There are lots of reasons, but it boils down to low value payments across countries being a faff and I'm more likely to generate income from referrals / marketing (more people use my resources if they're free).

Of course, there is the risk that free resources aren't considered to have a value...

https://www.phpdeveloper.org.uk/why-i-make-my-resources-available-for-free/

#business #freelance #freelancing

This week's business blog post explains why I make most of my resources (writing, open source software etc.) available for free. There are lots of reasons, but it boils down to low value payments across countries being a faff and I'm more likely to generate income from referrals / marketing (more people use my resources if they're free).

Of course, there is the risk that free resources aren't considered to have a value...

https://www.phpdeveloper.org.uk/why-i-make-my-resources-available-for-free/

#business #freelance #freelancing

"... stands for "Self-Employed People Helping Each Other"…​ that’s the basic idea. We are a society run by freelancers for freelancers, providing a platform for skills exchange.

We are self-funded and organise democratically and accountably using co-operative principles. Our founding inspiration is the solidarity economy. Our vision is to support collaboration with and creation of aligned organisations."

https://sepheo.co/

#Sepheo #freelancing#SolidarityEconomy

"... stands for "Self-Employed People Helping Each Other"…​ that’s the basic idea. We are a society run by freelancers for freelancers, providing a platform for skills exchange.

We are self-funded and organise democratically and accountably using co-operative principles. Our founding inspiration is the solidarity economy. Our vision is to support collaboration with and creation of aligned organisations."

https://sepheo.co/

#Sepheo #freelancing#SolidarityEconomy