Spec me an accountant

drakioned

drakioned

drakioned

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I almost certainly messed up a self assessment last year and would like some professional help to fix it and not to stuff it up this year.

Anybody have a good accountant for self assessment that don't want to charge £500+VAT?

Cheers in advance
 
booyaka said:
Not sure how you mess up Self Assessment - it's pretty straight forward and there plenty of guides from HMRC to help out.
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Pension taper problems.

But also, two different accountants have told me to find somebody else, and the one that is confident they can help want £500+VAT...
 
it would be better if the pension companies just talked to the government directly and just deduct whatever. All of this stuff is submitted to HMRC anyway.
 
Hellsmk2 said:
I've done my own self assessment for the past decade, but this year I used an accountant recommended to me from a colleague.

They went through my past couple of years of details and ended up claiming for a few things I didn't know about. I ended up getting a decent amount back from HMRC. I won't be doing my own again as it was stress free.

Contact: [email protected]
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how much did they cost?
 
ilc72 said:
If it’s pension related you may be better with a tax specialist, but if it’s a PAYE from an employer it should be handled at source. The only area if you are drawing a pension already and limitations of future contributions. Pensions are not just the preserve of accountants, a good independent financial adviser.

If it’s your own business, then you have a lot of flexibility especially if you haven’t used full contributions in previous years. Even if you are employed, then speak to pensions to see if you can make increased contributions as a one-off or monthly. Finally, good advice could well be worth £500+VAT.
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It's dumber than that.

I paid too much money into my pension and I have to pay tax on the excess, but I want someone who knows what they're doing to help me calculate the excess and correct the return.
 
ilc72 said:
Have you used up your entire allowance in any of the past three years? Also if you are Ltd company owner then there is always the option to pay it as an employer contribution.

Ignyou haven’t used full allowance that is how I would do it, tax returns can be adjusted retroactively. Depending on the amount due, if it significant, then a good tax adviser would ve able to go!!
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Allowances used up from previous years already, unfortunately, but thank you.
 
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