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The AML monitoring visit that found reviews years out of date
An illustrative scenario: a practice’s AML supervisor visits, samples client files, and finds customer due diligence that was done once at engagement and never refreshed.
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A landlord’s first MTD quarter: the update that was never sent
An illustrative scenario: a landlord with rental income over £50,000 joins Making Tax Digital for Income Tax in April 2026, and the first quarterly update due in August is missed because nobody was tracking quarters.
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The confirmation statement that led to a strike-off warning
An illustrative scenario: a dormant holding company’s confirmation statement goes unfiled, a director’s identity is not verified in time, and the first strike-off notice arrives in the Gazette.
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When a team member leaves, their VAT clients’ quarters go quiet
An illustrative scenario: a bookkeeper hands in her notice, her VAT clients are never formally reassigned, and two late returns push a client to the penalty points threshold.
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The year-end change nobody diarised
An illustrative scenario: a client’s director shortens the accounting period online without telling the practice. The accounts deadline moves forward, the Corporation Tax payment is missed, and interest starts to run.
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The £375 surprise: how a new company’s first accounts slipped through
An illustrative scenario: a newly incorporated client, a first accounting period of more than 12 months, and a deadline nobody had diarised. What went wrong, what it cost, and how a single register would have caught it.
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AML client reviews: how often accountants should refresh customer due diligence
What the Money Laundering Regulations require on ongoing monitoring, how to set a risk-based review cycle for each client, the triggers that mean a review is due early, and how to evidence it for your supervisor.
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Auto-enrolment re-enrolment and re-declaration of compliance: the three-year deadline
Why every employer must re-enrol staff and re-declare to The Pensions Regulator every three years, how the re-enrolment date and the 5-month declaration deadline work, and the penalties for missing it.
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Charity Commission annual return deadline: what charities must file and when
The 10-month deadline for charity annual returns, accounts and trustees’ reports, the income thresholds that decide what is filed, and how charitable companies have two sets of deadlines.
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Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: quarterly update deadlines for sole traders and landlords
Who is in MTD for Income Tax from April 2026, the standard and calendar quarter dates, when each quarterly update is due, and how practices can keep on top of four extra deadlines per client.