When you need a human, get a good one
Most tax questions do not need an accountant. A few really do, and those few are the expensive ones to get wrong. Here is how to tell, what it should cost, and how to walk in prepared.
Do it yourself
Most years
Pay, claims, deadlines, a simple return
Get a human
Big, once
Trusts, sales, moving country, enquiries
Walk in with
A brief
Not a shoebox. It cuts the fee
The four times it is worth paying
A trust, or passing money down
Deeds get drafted once and last decades. A cheap one written badly costs far more than the fee.
Selling a business or a large asset
The saving sits in how the deal is shaped, months before it completes. Afterwards it is too late.
More than one country involved
Residence, treaties and exit rules interact. This is where guesswork gets expensive.
A letter, an enquiry or years of missing returns
Somebody who has handled it before, and can talk to the tax office for you.
What a good one gives you
- A named person, qualified and registered with a professional body you can look up.
- A fixed price for a piece of work, or a clear hourly rate before anything starts.
- Their advice in writing, with the rule it rests on. Verbal only is a warning sign.
- No promise of a specific saving before they have seen your figures.
Tell us your situation
Plain words are fine. We match you with an accountant qualified in your country for this kind of work, and send them the brief below so the first call is not spent explaining basics.
Which country taxes you?
What is it about?
No figures needed unless you want to give them. A few lines is plenty.
What you expect to spend
How should they reach you?
The brief they will read
Country: United Kingdom What I need help with: Selling a business or shares Rough size: not stated My situation: (describe it in a few lines) Budget: Not sure yet Preferred contact: email I have already run my figures through Taxmiser, so I know my current tax, the reliefs I have used and the deadlines that apply.
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Your request is kept private to your account. You can copy the brief above and use it with your own accountant instead.
Sign in or create an accountWhere this fits
Taxmiser gives you the figures, the reliefs and the deadlines. An accountant signs off the complicated ones. Going in with your plan already built is what makes their fee smaller.