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Self Assessment Tax Returns · South West

Self Assessment tax returns in Gaunt's Earthcott

If HMRC has asked you for a tax return, the quickest way to get it done from Gaunt's Earthcott is to hand it over. You upload what you have, we tell you what is missing, and the finished SA100 comes back for approval with the tax owed explained line by line. One fixed fee for Gaunt's Earthcott residents, agreed in writing, no hourly rate.

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 Gaunt's Earthcott

Anyone in Gaunt's Earthcott 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 Gaunt's Earthcott, 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

The IGI way of working, in Gaunt's Earthcott

No hourly rate and no surprise invoice. Gaunt's Earthcott 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 Gaunt's Earthcott client and chased before they arrive.

Online only, UK based. There is no office in Gaunt's Earthcott to pay for, which is why the fee is the same here as anywhere in England; the work is done by people in the UK who answer the same day.

You get one contact for self assessment tax returns, not a queue. Gaunt's Earthcott clients message the same person throughout and get an answer in working hours, usually within a few hours.

Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Gaunt's Earthcott comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.

Approval before filing is a rule, not a courtesy. For self assessment tax returns in Gaunt's Earthcott, every submission to HMRC or Companies House follows your written go-ahead.

Local facts

About Gaunt's Earthcott

Gaunt's Earthcott is in South West, England. For businesses in England the tax rules are those set by the UK Parliament: the 20/40/45% income tax bands, Class 4 National Insurance for the self-employed at 6% and 2%, Corporation Tax at 19% to 25%, and Stamp Duty Land Tax on property. Business rates are set locally by the council.

Nearby places we also serve for self assessment tax returns
PlaceDistanceDirection
Earthcott Green1 miNE
Woodhouse Down1 miNW
Woodlands, South Gloucestershire1 miSW
Frampton Cotterell1 miSE
North Corner, South Gloucestershire2 miSE
Latteridge2 miE
Bradley Stoke2 miSW
Hazel, Lower2 miN

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Dormant companies

A dormant company is one with no significant accounting transactions in the year, where the only permitted entries are the payment for shares on incorporation, Companies House fees and penalties. It still files a confirmation statement and simplified dormant accounts every year. A bank charge or an accountant's fee paid from the company ends dormancy and requires full accounts.

The 60-day property CGT return

The 60-day Capital Gains Tax return on residential property is the deadline landlords most often miss, because it falls outside the Self Assessment cycle and runs from completion, not exchange. Private residence relief for periods you lived in the property, plus the final nine months, reduces the gain. Penalties for a late return mirror Self Assessment, starting at £100.

Crypto records and reporting

Most crypto holders have taxable events they do not recognise, because every swap is a disposal even when no pounds change hands. The computation requires the complete transaction history from every exchange and wallet, pooled by asset with HMRC's matching rules applied. Exchange-generated tax reports are frequently wrong because they cannot see transfers between a user's own wallets.

Allowable expenses

Expense claims are where a return is won or lost in an enquiry. The test is wholly and exclusively for the trade; where a cost is mixed, the business proportion can be claimed if it can be identified. Capital items such as equipment and vans are relieved through capital allowances rather than as expenses, except under the cash basis where they are simply deducted when paid.

Record keeping

Good records are the difference between a quick enquiry and a long one. For the self-employed, five years after the filing deadline; for companies, six years from the year end; for VAT, six years. Photographs of receipts, PDF statements and software exports all count. The requirement is to keep records, not paper, and a well-organised cloud folder satisfies it.

Closing a company

Voluntary strike-off is available only to solvent companies. One that owes money it cannot pay needs a creditors' voluntary liquidation through a licensed insolvency practitioner, and directors who dissolve an insolvent company face personal consequences. For a solvent company the process takes three to four months from filing the DS01, with notice to creditors and shareholders within seven days.

Switching accountants

The main reasons people switch accountant are surprise invoices, missed deadlines and not understanding what they are being told. Switching involves a clearance letter between the firms, a transfer of records and agent authorisations, and a short handover of the current position. It takes about two weeks and should cost nothing extra.

Questions

Self Assessment Tax Returns questions from Gaunt's Earthcott

What if my return is late?

We file late returns at the £179 rescue fee, which includes drafting a reasonable-excuse appeal where the facts support one. The £100 automatic penalty is HMRC's, not ours, and we tell you honestly whether an appeal has a realistic chance before you pay for it.

I have never filed before. Do I need a UTR first?

Yes. If you have not registered we handle the registration as part of the job and HMRC posts your Unique Taxpayer Reference within about ten working days. Start early if your first deadline is close, because HMRC will not accept a return without it.

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.

What does the £129 return cover?

A full SA100 with the supplementary pages for one income source, prepared, checked and filed online. Rental income, capital gains or several income sources move you to the £169 or £199 package, and we tell you which applies before we start, never on the invoice.

Which expenses can I claim as a sole trader?

Costs that are wholly and exclusively for the business: materials, business travel other than ordinary commuting, a proportion of home running costs, software, insurance, professional fees and bank charges. If your expenses are under £1,000 the trading allowance may be better, and we check both.

How do payments on account work?

If your bill is over £1,000 and less than 80% of your tax is collected at source, HMRC asks for two advance payments towards next year, due 31 January and 31 July, each half of this year's bill. We calculate both and show you how to reduce them if your income is falling.

How do I get started from Gaunt's Earthcott?

Message us on WhatsApp or email with a sentence about your business and what you need. We reply in working hours with any questions and a fixed fee for self assessment tax returns. Once you confirm, we tell you exactly which records to send and the work begins. Most Gaunt's Earthcott clients are set up within a day.

Which deadlines matter most for self assessment tax returns?

The next four dates that apply to self assessment tax returns are shown at the top of this page, calculated from today. For Gaunt's Earthcott clients we diarise every one of them from the day you join and send reminders before each, so the work is done in good time rather than in the last week before a penalty.

Start the conversation from Gaunt's Earthcott

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

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