Driving Instructor Accountants, Harrogate, Yorkshire
ATT Licensed Accountant Xero Certified Advisor

What we Offer...

Firstly we do not just offer that year end accounts and tax return.

  1. Using paperless office scenario we use technology to offer a higher level of service.  We do not employee secretarial staff .  Our telephone lines are answered by qualified accountants not a machine, who have access (via technology) instantly to your affairs, giving a response immediately.
  2. We prompt and remind you at key points of the year so deadlines are always adhered to.  Simple things to us are forecasting of tax payments beyond the next 12 months!!!
  3. Our fees are simple.  Set at the outset !  No Increased once joined !No hidden charges, including not being charged if you have a tax investigation !  Ask your current advisor what he is planning to do to stop tax investigations and what charges are involved if you are picked up!
  4. A full dedicated telephone support(office hours) and email (outside office hours) support with advisers who are experts in your field.
  5. An interactive client portal with lots of general information included, including direct access 24 hours a day to your own data, accounts, tax forecasts, job status and plenty of Manuals and Video guides.
  6. More importantly we are business advisors.  Most accountants may take a few minutes out to speak with you regarding your business and then go onto signing accounts and tax returns.  Business and tax advice and planning is our major concern with tax returns secondary.
  7. Book keeping books, bespoke driving instructor diary or alternatives of spreadsheets and/or cloud based apps
  8. In year packs as follows

Pack 1 - Registration and signing up

  • Dedicated drivers instructors book keeping book
  • Dedicated 365+ page diary (2 different designs to suit you)
  • Unique book keeping system that eliminates book keeping on a night !!
  • For those not wanting manual book keeping books a fully integrated cloud based system including an app for your smart phone. 
  • Full manuals and videos on all aspects of your business
  • Tic Tacs **
  • Free calculator
  • Laminated flow chart (explained later)
  • Baby wipes **
  • HM Revenue and Customs (Tax and National Insurance) registration all completed on your behalf
  • Access to our dedicted Client Portal

** Gain access to our services and you will see why we have sent these items !

Pack 2 - Previous History and introduction to tax investigations

  • Full review into your past history.
    • Were you an employee, was your tax correct ?
    • Were you self employed. Was your last tax return correct ?
  • Our 15 page guide to avoiding tax investigations

Pack 3 - Following up with tax investigations

  • An in depth look into your tax affairs and putting in place steps to avoid a tax investiagtion
    • Is your private mileage being recorded properly
    • Are you claiming properly for your own home
    • Are you using bank accounts properly
    • many other areas...

Further Packs

Year End

  • Not just a tax return and set of accounts but a full pack with lots of different items included
    • Business review, what have you spent.. too much, too little ?
    • Working tax and childrens tax credit details
    • Tax planning for the future
    • Fuel consumption improvements suggestions

Pre Year Planning Pack

  • Dedicated guide to why do my accounts early
  • How to decrease your chances of being investigated by up to 75% !!!

And the above is just year one, from when you join us to the following 5th April !!!

Year 2 and beyond!

  • Will planning advice if required
  • Personal debt planning (have you a credit card or overdraft)
  • Business guides
  • Advertising - how to gain clients !
  • Safety issues and the driving instructor
  • Frequently Asked Questions and their answers
  • Tax planning (how to reduce your tax bills)
  • What happens if I cant afford my tax bills)
  • much much more!!!!
Get in Touch
The Old Coach House, Rear of Eastville Terrace, Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 3HJ. Tel: 01423 561732
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