Corporate Tax & Transactions

Specialist Corporate Tax

Tax and accounting support for companies, groups and business owners dealing with more complex corporate tax matters, structures and transactions.

Service overview

Specialist Corporate Tax covers company tax matters that go beyond routine Corporation Tax compliance and ordinary tax planning. These matters usually involve more complex structures, transactions or technical questions, where the commercial position, the tax position and the timing of the steps involved all need to be considered together.

It helps to separate the three levels of company tax support we provide. Corporation Tax returns and CT600 compliance is the preparation and filing of the company's Corporation Tax return, computations and supporting schedules. Corporation Tax advisory and planning is proactive work, looking ahead at reliefs, allowances, remuneration and timing before decisions are made.

Specialist Corporate Tax is the third level. It applies where a matter involves a more complex corporate structure, a reorganisation or a transaction that falls outside ordinary compliance and planning work. Examples include holding company structure reviews, corporate reorganisations, demergers and reconstructions, share buybacks, Employee Ownership Trust tax support, R&D tax support and selected cross-border UK corporate tax considerations.

At Accountant Bookkeeping Ltd, we are an AAT Licensed Accountant providing company tax and accounting support to limited companies, groups and business owners in Bournemouth, Dorset, London and across the UK. We work through the facts and the available options with you, explain our conclusions in plain English and confirm the cost of any agreed work by fixed quotation before it begins. VAT is not charged on our fees because we are not VAT registered.

Where a matter requires a level of specialism that sits outside our professional scope, we tell you at the outset rather than part-way through the work.

Pricing

Fixed Quotation

Fees for specialist corporate tax work are confirmed by fixed quotation following an initial review of the matter and the scope of the work involved, so you know the cost before any work begins. VAT is not charged on our fees because we are not VAT registered.

Who this service is for

  • Companies and groups whose tax position has become more complex than routine compliance can address.
  • Owner-managed companies considering a reorganisation, a change in share capital or a restructuring of the business.
  • Businesses reviewing a holding company structure or the way group companies are arranged.
  • Companies involved in a share buyback, demerger or reconstruction.
  • Business owners exploring Employee Ownership Trust arrangements or an R&D tax claim.
  • Companies with cross-border activity, an overseas parent or permanent establishment considerations.
  • Business owners and their existing advisers who would like a second view on a technical corporate tax question.

Specialist areas we can support

  • Company & Group Structure Tax Planning
  • Holding Company Structure Reviews
  • Corporate Reorganisations
  • Demergers & Reconstructions
  • Share Buyback Tax Support
  • Employee Ownership Trust Tax Support
  • R&D Tax Support
  • Cross-Border UK Corporate Tax Support
  • Permanent Establishment Tax Considerations

How it works

1

Initial discussion

We discuss the company or group, the matter you would like us to consider and the commercial outcome you are working towards.

2

Information review

We review the accounts, tax returns, computations, structure information and transaction documents relevant to the matter.

3

Technical review and options

We work through the corporate tax position, the available options and the tax and accounting consequences of each, explaining the position in plain English.

4

Recommendations and next steps

We set out our recommendations and the steps involved, with a fixed quotation for any agreed further work.

Information we may need

  • Latest company accounts and accounting records.
  • Corporation Tax returns and computations for the relevant periods, including any losses brought forward.
  • A structure chart showing the company, any group companies and shareholdings.
  • Details of the proposed transaction, reorganisation or restructure, including any draft documents.
  • Share capital information, including share classes and shareholder details.
  • Details of any loans to or from directors, shareholders or group companies.
  • Details of any overseas activity, overseas companies or permanent establishment considerations.
  • Relevant correspondence with HMRC.

Frequently asked questions

Scope

Complex or highly specialised matters may involve appropriately qualified specialist tax, legal or other professional advisers.

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