Capital Gains Tax on Residential Property in the UK: Essential Guide for the 2025/26 Tax Year
Why I’m Writing This Now – November 2025
I’ve been advising on capital gains tax for over twenty years, and I can tell you honestly – the last twelve months have been some of the busiest I’ve ever known for property-related CGT enquiries. The rate changes that came in on...
Can a Self-Employed Tax Accountant Help with Tax Audits in the UK?
Yes — and in my experience over the last twenty-plus years, a good self-employed tax accountant is often the single best weapon you can have when HMRC comes knocking.
I’ve sat across the table from HMRC inspectors more times than I can count, and I’ve watched the difference between clients who tried to handle...
The Phone Call I Get Most Often in Milton Keynes
I’ve been a VAT specialist in Buckinghamshire for over twenty years, and the conversation almost always starts the same way: “I’ve just had a letter from HMRC and I don’t know what it means.” Sometimes it’s a penalty notice, sometimes an invitation to a compliance check, and occasionally it’s just a brown...
Understanding the Reality Behind “Obtaining an Accountant Certificate” in the UK
Over the last twenty-odd years I’ve had hundreds of clients – sole traders, limited company directors, landlords, even a few Premier League footballers – ask me some version of “how do I get an accountant certificate?” or “my son/daughter wants to become properly...
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