Latest posts
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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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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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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 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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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The AML monitoring visit that found reviews years out of date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.