Changing your accountant should be a clear and well-managed decision. A professional changeover helps protect continuity, preserve important records, and ensure that your HMRC authorisations, tax deadlines, and outstanding work are reviewed properly.
Switching to us provides structured support from the first consultation through to the final handover. The process includes reviewing your current position, agreeing the services required, transferring relevant records, setting up HMRC authorisation, and identifying urgent filing or payment obligations.
Your accountant should provide more than basic annual compliance. The right adviser should understand your circumstances, communicate clearly, maintain accurate records, meet important deadlines, and provide practical guidance when your financial or tax position changes.
You may consider changing your accountant if:
Prompt responses, straightforward answers, and regular communication that keeps you informed about your accounts and important financial matters.
Practical tax planning and timely advice to help you identify opportunities, manage liabilities, and make better-informed financial decisions.
Clear and competitive pricing with no unnecessary surprises, giving you confidence that you are receiving genuine value from your accountant.
Accounting and financial support that adapts as your business expands, becomes more complex, or develops new reporting and compliance requirements.
Professional support with VAT, PAYE, payroll, Corporation Tax, Self Assessment, Making Tax Digital, and other important compliance obligations.
Dependable accounting support when your existing accountant retires, closes their practice, or can no longer provide the services you require.
Accurate bookkeeping, modern accounting software, organised digital records, and clearer reports that provide better visibility over your business finances.
Experienced assistance with HMRC correspondence, compliance checks, penalties, repayment claims, queries, and other tax-related matters affecting your business.
Straightforward explanations without unnecessary jargon, helping you better understand your accounts, taxes, responsibilities, and available financial options.
An accessible accounting team that understands your business and is available when you need advice, answers, or professional financial support.
Structured management of accounting records, filing deadlines, tax payments, documentation, and financial information to keep everything organised and up to date.
Professional guidance when forming a limited company, restructuring an existing business, or deciding on a more suitable structure for future growth.
Choose an accounting partner focused on making your finances, tax obligations, and ongoing compliance easier to manage. We provide practical, responsive support for individuals, sole traders, landlords, partnerships, employers, and limited companies.
Benefit from cost-effective accountancy services with transparent fees designed to deliver professional support, dependable quality, and excellent value for your business.
You can get a professionally designed company website at no additional cost, helping establish a credible and professional online presence for their business.
Strengthen your professional image with business email accounts using your company domain, provided at no additional cost for eligible accountancy service clients.
Submit questions and documents through convenient communication channels, with responsive assistance available whenever accounting or tax matters arise.
Clear and competitive pricing based on the services you require, with straightforward costs and no unnecessary complexity or unexpected surprises.
A structured onboarding process with clear guidance, organised record transfers, and practical support to make changing accountants straightforward and hassle-free.
Communicate directly with professionals who understand your circumstances and can provide practical guidance whenever you need professional support.
Your financial records, tax information, and personal data are handled carefully through appropriate processes designed to maintain security and confidentiality.
Stay on top of important filing dates, tax payments, HMRC notices, submissions, and outstanding actions with organised and timely ongoing support.
Receive accounting and tax support shaped around your circumstances, business structure, financial position, compliance requirements, and longer-term business objectives.
Understand your accounts and tax responsibilities through plain-English explanations of financial information, HMRC correspondence, compliance requirements, and actions you need to take.
Keep accounts, invoices, payroll information, VAT records, supporting documents, and other important financial information and documentation properly structured, maintained, and easier to access.
Before the agent can deal with HMRC on your behalf, you must appoint and authorise the agent using the correct HMRC procedure. Depending on the tax service, authorisation may be completed through Online Agent Authorisation, a digital handshake, your Personal Tax Account, your Business Tax Account, form 64-8 where applicable, written authority for a limited matter, or COMP1a for certain HMRC compliance checks.
You must approve the authorisation yourself. Government Gateway usernames, passwords, and HMRC sign-in credentials must never be shared with an accountant or agent. A new authorisation normally replaces the previous authority for the relevant tax service, although some former authorisations may need to be removed separately.
The exact documents depend on your tax affairs, business structure, and the services being transferred. These records help the new accountant understand your current position, identify unfinished work, and continue your accounting and tax obligations accurately.
No. Changing accountants does not extend HMRC filing or payment deadlines. You remain responsible for meeting the relevant deadlines.
It is advisable to notify the previous accountant and request the records needed for the handover. HMRC authorisation is separate from the commercial relationship with the former accountant.
A new authorisation normally replaces the previous agent for the relevant tax service. Check each tax service and remove the former agent separately where required.
Yes. The outstanding work, responsibilities, deadlines, records, and submitted returns should be reviewed during the handover.
No. Authorisation is generally specific to the relevant tax service. Separate authority may be required for VAT, PAYE, Corporation Tax, Self Assessment, MTD, or other HMRC services.
No. Requirements depend on the tax services and work being transferred. The list is a practical handover guide, and HMRC may request additional information.
Yes. You can continue using your Business Tax Account and view relevant tax services and information after appointing an agent.
An authorised agent may prepare and submit returns within the authority granted. You remain responsible for providing complete and accurate information and should review the return before submission.
No. Government Gateway passwords and HMRC sign-in details must not be shared with an agent. Use the official HMRC authorisation process.
The enquiry should be identified during the handover. Separate or temporary authorisation may be required before the new accountant can deal with HMRC about it.
Support can be provided with reviewing liabilities, payment deadlines, and payment procedures. HMRC liabilities should be paid through the official Government/HMRC Business Tax Account portal.
The authorised tax services, outstanding work, required documents, next deadlines, and start date for regular support will be confirmed in writing.