‘Tax Doesn’t Have To Be Taxing’… but unfortunately it still is, and it’s becoming increasingly taxing thanks to an ever more complex system. But there is a better way.

Self Assessment can be a time-consuming and confusing business for busy individuals, so why not let the experts handle your tax return this year? When you have an accountant’s help to complete your tax return you’ll save your valuable time and also potentially save yourself from over-paying tax.

Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers are penalised by HMRC each year for simple mistakes such as missed deadlines, incorrect tax returns, and missing records.

At Feathermen Consulting we work to spare you all these headaches and free up your valuable time by offering a comprehensive Individual Self Assessment Tax Return service, including the following:

• Liaising with your bank, building society, stockbrokers etc, to gather the relevant data for your annual returns
• Calculating your tax liability
• Completing and filing your tax return on your behalf
• Advising you when various payments are due and how much to pay
• Advising on appropriate record retention
• Introducing you to any relevant tax saving ideas
• Representing you in the event of your being selected for investigation by HMRC

It goes without saying that a key objective in our role as advisers to our clients is to minimise tax in whatever planning we undertake. There are many opportunities to reduce your exposure to a wide variety of taxes. All can be achieved with a combination of foresight and the right professional advice.

Effective planning begins with establishing a desire to reduce a potential liability and taking one or a series of steps. This can often be as simple as ensuring appropriate tax allowances are utilised, or ensuring timing is considered and actions are accelerated or delayed as appropriate.

Where investments are being undertaken, whatever they may be, it is crucial to effective tax planning that regardless of what the underlying investment is, careful consideration is given to the most appropriate investment wrapper. Clearly the effectiveness of such should not only be assessed based upon a current tax position but also with thought to that position in the future, when the investment will likely be realised.

Our advice is tailored specifically to individual circumstances, so why not book a free consultation to see how we might be able to assist you in your tax planning?

Many people leave estate planning to their later years, but it really is wise to have your estate administration solution in place as early as possible as nobody knows what the future will hold. Our estate planning accountants work with individuals and families to ensure that hard-earned lifetime savings are as tax efficient as possible when the time comes to pass them on to loved ones.

Sadly, Inheritance Tax is having an increasingly severe effect on more and more families, taking 40% of anything you leave to loved ones that falls above the £325,000 threshold. This is mostly due to the rise in house prices and the fact that Inheritance Tax is far overdue for an overhaul. So it’s important to work with an estate planning accountant to ensure that your Inheritance Tax liability is reduced wherever possible.

There are many ways we can help you achieve a healthy tax picture, and we’ll recommend a solution tailored personally to your financial situation in plain English. You don’t need to be an expert in tax matters when you work with our estate planning and estate administration accountants.

The key to capital gains and inheritance tax accounting lies in knowing and understanding all the details. This allows you set a plan in motion to balance the available taxes and reliefs. For this, you often need advice from an accountant specialising in capital gains and inheritance tax.

We work with a team of highly experienced accountants with their finger on the pulse of taxes and reliefs. We ensure our clients minimise tax exposure and maximise their tax efficiency. This is an extremely important part of the work we do – we’re here to help you make the most of your money.

Our experience and advice will help you better manage your money, whether you’re just starting out with tax planning or you’re thinking to the future and need assistance with estate planning or trusts. We’ll keep things in plain English, so you’re always in control.

If you’re a high net worth individual, you’ll need specialist, personalised and discreet accounting services to help you manage and enhance your wealth. Our partners will work tirelessly to protect your assets and ensure that you are fully tax compliant – whilst also maximising your income and overall worth.

They continuously monitor the latest developments in legislation and offer proactive tax advice so that you can take a step back and relax, knowing that your financial affairs are being looked after by an expert.

Whether you’re a high earner, building up wealth for the future, or you’ve accumulated or inherited high value assets, we can offer strategic tax planning services so that your investments are well managed and your tax obligations are at a minimum. 

The details around pensions can be very confusing. Take advantage of our FCA Regulated partners and their experience and expert insight to ensure that you’re managing your affairs in the most tax-efficient way.

Whether you’re decades away from retirement or over 55 and thinking about next steps, we can refer you to the right people to help you create more opportunities for your retirement. 

Feathermen Consultancy's  company formation services are designed to give you peace of mind when starting a new company. Whether this is your first company formation or your tenth, the process isn’t always completely straightforward. Getting it right from the start is vital, and the forms to complete for Companies House aren’t necessarily a simple task.

At Feathermen Consulting our company formation agents are available to speak with you if you need any help or have any questions regarding setting up your new company, to ensure you get started off on the right foot. We can also help with the registration of your new company with HMRC for Corporation Tax, setting up a PAYE scheme or registering for VAT (where relevant), and choosing the accounting system best suited for your business.

At Feathermen Consulting we are accustomed to managing bookkeeping for a variety of businesses, and are familiar with various cloud and desktop accounting software packages.

That’s why it’s a great idea to save your valuable time for what you and your co-workers do best, and outsource your bookkeeping to a team of professionals who can complete your records quickly, efficiently and accurately.

Our bookkeeping support is very flexible, and by using cloud-based technology we can help as much or as little you need. It might be that you want to outsource your entire bookkeeping to us, or just need bookkeeping advice or support. Whatever your need, the team at Feathermen Consulting can help.

Accounts and tax can understandably be one of the most complex areas for business owners to handle. The likelihood is, you’re not a business tax specialist, and being such an important part of running a business, you want your accounts and business tax in safe hands.

That’s where Feathermen Consulting step in. We can provide business accounting and tax advice to small, medium and large businesses in the UK who are looking for professional assistance. Our team have decades of experience in the complex world of business accounting, and can help your business operate in a tax efficient and compliant manner.

Outsourcing your payroll and auto enrolment requirements can streamline your business’ processes by removing the complex task of keeping on top of taxation and employment legislative changes as well as the actual administrative task of paying your employees. In addition, protecting your business from possible penalties for non-compliance makes sound business sense, so why not outsource this important requirement to a team of professionals?

Feathermen Consulting's payroll services cover businesses ranging from one employee up to large workforces, so whether you’re looking for contractor payroll advice or small business payroll services, we can help you.

In addition, our auto enrolment services have grown sharply in popularity over the recent years due to the newer changes in legislation requiring all workplaces to participate in auto enrolment pensions. Many smaller businesses who did not contribute to company pensions have now found themselves in need of expert help from an auto enrolment accountant.

Corporate tax planning is an essential activity to undertake regularly to ensure that your business is operating in the most tax-efficient way possible. The business tax planning picture is becoming ever more complex, with various reliefs and opportunities to take advantage of, updated policies and penalties to worry about, and the growing obligations that come with operating a company.

The team at Feathermen Consulting have the passion and the experience to help you plan ahead. So you’ll get a truly tax-efficient business tax plan, designed and driven by corporate tax planning accountants and assisted by our team of experts.

There are many ways you can structure your tax affairs to ensure you minimise the tax your company pays. Contact us now to find out more.

For some businesses, VAT can be a fairly simple task, especially thanks to digital bookkeeping services. For others it is a complex, time-consuming task, and that’s where our accountants can really make the difference.

Our extensive experience and knowledge of the VAT environment ideally positions us help small businesses of all types to achieve VAT-efficiency. We offer straight-forward advice in plain English and complete your VAT returns in an accurate, timely manor, leaving you to focus on what you do best.