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Self Assessment Tax Returns · Scotland

Self Assessment tax returns in Aird Tong

Sole traders, landlords, directors and higher earners across Scotland use us for one reason: the return is filed correctly, on time, for a price they knew in advance. From Aird Tong the process is the same as everywhere in the UK. Records in, draft out, approve, filed, receipts back to you.

from £129 · fixed, one-off

Next deadlines

  • Online Self Assessment filing deadline and balancing payment due
  • Second payment on account due
  • Register for Self Assessment if you started self-employment or new untaxed income in the last tax year
  • Paper Self Assessment return deadline

Who this is for

Self Assessment Tax Returns for Aird Tong

Anyone in Aird Tong who has been told to file a return: the self-employed, landlords with one or several properties, company directors taking dividends, people earning over £100,000 or repaying Child Benefit through the High Income charge, and those with capital gains, foreign income or untaxed savings interest to report.

What is included

Everything inside the fixed fee

  • SA100 and every supplementary page you need (self-employment, UK property, dividends, capital gains, foreign income)
  • A reconciliation against your HMRC personal tax account so nothing is missed or double counted
  • Payments on account calculated and a one-page payment schedule sent to you
  • Claims for allowable expenses, pension relief, Gift Aid and the trading allowance checked before filing
  • Reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before the 31 January deadline
  • HMRC correspondence about the return we filed handled at no extra charge

How it works

Self Assessment Tax Returns from Aird Tong, step by step

  1. Scope the job

    We find out what you need filed, when it is due and what state the records are in, and tell you which fixed-fee package applies.

  2. Agree the price

    The fee is confirmed in writing. There is no hourly billing and nothing added for questions during the work.

  3. Hand over the records

    Photographs, PDFs, software access or a spreadsheet, sent however suits you. We confirm what we have and what is missing within two working days.

  4. Approve, then we submit

    You review the draft with our explanation, sign off, and we file. Receipts, copies and the next deadlines come back to you immediately.

Why IGI

What you get in Aird Tong

No hourly rate and no surprise invoice. Aird Tong clients know the fee for self assessment tax returns before they send a single document, and it stays fixed.

Deadline-first: the dates that matter for self assessment tax returns are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every Aird Tong client and chased before they arrive.

We serve Aird Tong remotely by design: records by WhatsApp or email, drafts back for approval, filing electronic. The saving on premises is passed to you in the fee for self assessment tax returns.

Continuity matters in self assessment tax returns: the person who prepared last year's work for your Aird Tong business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.

We explain self assessment tax returns in the words Aird Tong business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.

You stay in control of self assessment tax returns: drafts go to Aird Tong clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.

Local facts

About Aird Tong

Aird Tong is in Scotland, Scotland. Tax in Scotland differs from the rest of the UK on earned income: six bands with a 21% intermediate rate and a 48% top rate, identified by an S prefix on the tax code. The interaction between Scottish rates on salary and UK rates on dividends makes the salary-and-dividend split for Scottish directors a distinct calculation, and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax replaces Stamp Duty.

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Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

CIS deductions

CIS turns construction subcontractors into advance taxpayers: a fifth of every labour payment goes to HMRC before they see it. Registering keeps the rate at 20% rather than 30%; gross payment status, for established businesses with a clean record, removes deductions altogether. The annual return is where the overpayment comes back, and filing it early brings the refund sooner.

Confirmation statements and identity verification

Every company must file a confirmation statement at least once a year, within fourteen days of its review date, with a £50 Companies House fee. Since November 2025 directors and people with significant control must also verify their identity with Companies House, and the confirmation statement is where existing officers confirm they have done so during the transition year.

Director's loan accounts

A director's loan account records money moving between a director and the company that is not salary or dividend. If the director owes the company money nine months and one day after the year end, the company pays section 455 tax at 35.75% of the balance, refundable only when the loan is repaid. Loans over £10,000 are also a benefit in kind unless interest is charged at HMRC's official rate.

Salary versus dividends

The salary-and-dividend split is the central planning decision for an owner-managed company. Salary costs employer National Insurance above £5,000 but is deductible; dividends are not deductible but attract lower personal rates and no National Insurance. The optimum changes each April with the thresholds and depends on the director's other income, so it should be set deliberately every year.

Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief

Corporation Tax is not a flat rate. Profits to £50,000 pay 19%, profits above £250,000 pay 25%, and the band between is taxed at an effective marginal rate of 26.5% through the marginal relief mechanism. Associated companies share the thresholds, which catches directors who own more than one company and is the most common cause of underpaid tax in owner-managed groups.

The VAT registration threshold

VAT registration is compulsory once taxable turnover in any rolling twelve-month period exceeds £90,000, or when you expect to exceed that in the next thirty days alone. The test is rolling, not by tax year, and includes zero-rated sales. Businesses regularly cross it without noticing, and late registration means accounting for VAT on sales where it was never charged to customers.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

MTD for Income Tax replaces one annual return with quarterly digital updates and a year-end declaration, submitted from software. The threshold is gross trading and property income, measured two years earlier, and started at £50,000 in April 2026 before falling to £30,000 in April 2027. Anyone affected needs digital record keeping in place before their start date, not after.

Questions

Self Assessment Tax Returns questions from Aird Tong

Will Making Tax Digital change my return?

From April 2026 sole traders and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000 send quarterly updates to HMRC through software, with the £30,000 threshold following in April 2027. The year-end return becomes a final declaration. We set this up through our bookkeeping service when it applies to you.

What happens after you file?

You receive HMRC's submission receipt, a PDF of the return, the tax computation and a payment schedule with HMRC's bank details and your payment reference. We diarise next year's deadlines for you and send reminders before each one.

I am employed and have a small side income. Do I need a return?

If the side income is under £1,000 a year the trading allowance covers it and no return is needed. Above that you must register and file. If the side income is the only reason for the return, the £129 package applies and we make sure your PAYE figures from the P60 are reconciled correctly.

What records should I keep, and for how long?

Invoices, bank statements, receipts, P60s and P45s, dividend vouchers and any HMRC letters. Keep them for at least five years after the 31 January filing deadline of the tax year they relate to. Photos and PDFs are acceptable to HMRC; paper is not required.

Do you handle Scottish or Welsh income tax?

Yes. Scottish taxpayers have six bands from 19% to 48% and Welsh taxpayers have Welsh rates set by the Senedd, both applied automatically from the residence HMRC holds for you. We check that address is right, because an out-of-date one is a common cause of wrong tax codes.

How quickly can you file once I send my records?

Most straightforward returns are drafted within five working days of receiving complete records and filed the day you approve. In January we prioritise by deadline risk and tell you your slot when you book, so late bookers are not left guessing.

Is self assessment tax returns in Aird Tong really the same price as elsewhere?

Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Aird Tong pays and what a client in any other part of Scotland pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.

Do you have an office in Aird Tong?

No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Aird Tong and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for self assessment tax returns is the same in Aird Tong as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.

Fixed fees, filed on time, for Aird Tong

Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

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