SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
PERSONAL TAX – INDIVIDUALS, SOLE TRADERS AND COUPLES
Recurring compliance work
- We will prepare your self assessment tax returns together with any supplementary pages
required from the information and explanations that you provide to us. After obtaining your
approval and signature, we will submit your returns to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
- We will prepare your business accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting
practice from the books, accounting records and other information and explanations provided
to us on your behalf.
- We will calculate your income tax, national insurance contributions (NIC) and any capital
gains tax liabilities and tell you how much you should pay and when. We will advise on the
interest, penalty and surcharge implications if tax or NIC is paid late. We will also check
HMRC’s calculation of your tax and NIC liabilities and initiate repayment claims if tax or
NIC has been overpaid.
- Other than as regards tax credits (see below) we will advise you as to possible tax return
related claims and elections arising from information supplied by you. Where instructed by
you, we will make such claims and elections in the form and manner required by HMRC.
- We will review PAYE notices of coding provided to us and advise accordingly.
- Our work will not be an audit of the accounts in accordance with International Standards on
Auditing (UK and Ireland). Accordingly we shall not seek any independent evidence to support
the entries in the accounting records, or to prove the existence, ownership or valuation of
assets or completeness of income, liabilities or disclosure in the accounts. Nor shall we
assess the reasonableness of any estimates or judgements made in the preparation of the
accounts. Consequently our work will not provide any assurance that the accounting records
are free from material misstatement, irregularities or error.
- As part of our normal procedures we may request you to provide written confirmation of any
oral information and explanations given to us during the course of our work.
Ad hoc and advisory work
- Where you have instructed us to do so, we will also provide such other ad hoc taxation and
advisory services as may be agreed between us from time to time. These may be the subject of
a separate engagement letter at our option. Where appropriate we will discuss and agree an
additional fee for such work when it is commissioned by you. Examples of such work include:
- Advising on ad hoc transactions, preparing additional supplementary pages to your tax return
and calculating any related liabilities;.
- Dealing with any enquiry opened into your tax return by HMRC.
- Preparing any amended returns which may be required and corresponding with HMRC as
necessary.
- Advising on the rules relating to and assisting with VAT registration.
- Where specialist advice is required on occasions, we may need to seek this from or refer you
to appropriate specialists.
Tax Credits
- If we agree to advise you on tax credits we will issue a separate letter of engagement or
schedule to cover this area. Tax credits are, in effect, a social security benefit. Your
entitlement or otherwise will depend not only on your own circumstances but also those of
your household and we would require all relevant information to advise in this regard.
Changes in the law
- We will not accept responsibility if you act on advice given by us on an earlier occasion
without first confirming with us that the advice is still valid in the light of any change
in the law or your circumstances.
- We will accept no liability for losses arising from changes in the law or the interpretation
thereof that are first published after the date on which the advice is given.
Your responsibilities
- You are legally responsible for:
- Ensuring that your self-assessment tax returns are correct and complete.
- Filing any returns by the due date.
- Making payment of tax on time.
- Maintaining records of all receipts and payments of cash
- Maintaining records of invoices issued and received
- Reconciling balances monthly/annually with the bank statements
- Preparing details of the following at the year end: stocks and work in progress; fixed
assets; amounts owing to suppliers; amounts owing by customers; and accruals and
prepayments.
Failure to do this may lead to automatic penalties, surcharges and/or interest.
Taxpayers who sign their returns cannot delegate this legal responsibility to others. You agree
to check that returns that we have prepared for you are complete before you approve and sign
them.
- To enable us to carry out our work you agree:
- That all returns are to be made on the basis of full disclosure of all sources of income,
charges, allowances and capital transactions.
- To provide full information necessary for dealing with your affairs: we will rely on the
information and documents being true, correct and complete and will not audit the
information or those documents.
- To authorise us to approach such third parties as may be appropriate for information that we
consider necessary to deal with your affairs.
- To provide us with information in sufficient time for your tax return to be completed and
submitted by the [due date]/[selected date] following the end of the tax year. In order that
we can do this, we need to receive all relevant information by enter date. Where feasible we
may agree to complete your return within a shorter period but may charge an additional fee
of £value for so doing.
- Once we have completed the tax return and submitted to you for review and your
authorisation. Then it is your responsibility to reply to us with your confirmation in
reasonable time before the due date for filing so we can file/submit it on your behalf. We
will not file the tax return without your written or electronic authorisation/confirmation.
- If the tax return was not filed in time because of our negligence or error then Lanop will
only pay a fine of £100 late filing penalty. It is your responsibility to inform us of late
filing penalty of £100 before it is further increased, so we can take appropriate action and
submit the tax return.
- You will keep us informed of material changes in your circumstances that could affect your
tax liability. If you are unsure whether the change is material or not please let us know so
that we can assess its significance.
- You will forward to us HMRC statements of account, copies of notices of assessment, letters
and other communications received from HMRC in time to enable us to deal with them as may be
necessary within the statutory time limits. Although HMRC have the authority to communicate
with us when form 64-8 has been signed and submitted it is essential that you let us have
copies of any correspondence received because HMRC are not obliged to send us copies of all
communications issued to you.
- You are responsible for monitoring your monthly turnover to establish whether you are liable
to register for VAT. If you do not understand what you need to do, please ask us. If you
exceed the VAT registration threshold, and wish us to assist you in notifying HMRC of your
liability to be VAT registered, we will be pleased to assist you in the VAT registration
process. You should notify us of your instructions to assist in your VAT registration in
good time to enable a VAT registration form to be submitted within the time limit of one
month following the month in which you exceed the VAT registration threshold in force at
that time. We will not be responsible if you fail to notify us in time and incur a late
registration penalty as a result.
- Our services as set out above are subject to the limitations on our liability set out in the
engagement letter and in paragraph 18 of our standard terms and conditions of business.
These are important provisions that you should read and consider carefully.
You and your spouse/partner
- We shall advise you and your [spouse/partner] on the basis that you are a family unit. You
both agree that in all matters relating to your or your [spouse’s/partner’s] tax and
financial affairs, we may deal directly with either of you and we may discuss with either of
you the tax liabilities and/or financial affairs of the other. If you wish to make any
change to these arrangements at any time, please let us know.
- In order for us to act for you as a couple in respect of a joint claim, you undertake that
all instructions, information or explanations either of you gives us will be on behalf of
both of you, unless you specifically tell us otherwise. Similarly, if one of you signs a
document, it will be on behalf of you both unless you instruct us to the contrary. If a
conflict of interest should arise between you in relation to any matter to do with your
joint claim or entitlement, we reserve the right to cease acting for both of you, or to
advise one or other of you to obtain independent advice.
Our Fee
- All Our fee is payable in advance, our fee is quoted to you in the invitation/Welcome email
but in case your tax return require more work then we will email you an updated quote as
soon we receive complete information from you.
- We will raise invoice once we have received all of the information and request you to make
the payment.
