HMRC Investigation Support · East Midlands
HMRC investigation support in Retford
If HMRC has opened a compliance check, an enquiry or a Code of Practice 9 investigation into your affairs in Retford, you need someone who has handled them before and will tell you the truth about your position. We do both for clients across East Midlands, from first response to closure, at fixed fees per stage.
from £299 · fixed, per stage
Next deadlines
- VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
- VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
- Company tax return (CT600) due 12 months after your year end (a 31 December year end files by 31 December)
- VAT return and payment for the quarter that ended last month
Who this is for
HMRC Investigation Support for Retford
Anyone in Retford who has received an HMRC letter: sole traders and landlords with a Self Assessment compliance check, companies with a Corporation Tax or VAT enquiry, employers facing a PAYE review, people who have received a nudge letter about offshore income, crypto or property, and those who know their past returns were wrong and want to disclose before HMRC finds out.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Review of HMRC's letter and the return or period under check, with a frank assessment of exposure before you commit
- Agent authorisation so that HMRC deals with us directly and deadlines are managed on your behalf
- A controlled first response: what HMRC is entitled to, what it is not, and the information actually required
- Meetings and correspondence handled, with you briefed before and after every exchange
- Voluntary disclosures prepared and negotiated where tax has been underpaid, minimising penalties
- Penalty mitigation, suspension requests, statutory reviews and tribunal appeals where the facts support them
How it works
HMRC Investigation Support from Retford, step by step
Tell us your situation
A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.
Fixed fee in writing
You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.
Send records, review the draft
Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.
We file, you get the receipts
Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.
Why IGI
The IGI way of working, in Retford
The price for hmrc investigation support is published on this page and is what a client in Retford pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.
Deadline-first: the dates that matter for hmrc investigation support are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every Retford client and chased before they arrive.
Online only, UK based. There is no office in Retford 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.
Continuity matters in hmrc investigation support: the person who prepared last year's work for your Retford business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.
The output for Retford clients is never just a form. It is the form, a one-page summary of what it says, and a note of the decisions it points to for hmrc investigation support.
Approval before filing is a rule, not a courtesy. For hmrc investigation support in Retford, every submission to HMRC or Companies House follows your written go-ahead.
Local facts
About Retford
Retford is in East Midlands, in the DN22 postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| East Retford | 0.3 mi | N |
| Retford, East | 0.3 mi | N |
| Retford, West | 0.3 mi | W |
| West Retford | 0.3 mi | W |
| Hallcroft Road | 0.4 mi | NW |
| Balk Field | 0.4 mi | E |
| Retford, South | 0.4 mi | S |
| South Retford | 0.4 mi | S |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Late filing penalties
Penalties are the clearest reason to work to deadlines. A Self Assessment return one day late costs £100 regardless of whether any tax is due; three months late adds £10 a day. Late company accounts start at £150 and reach £1,500, and double if the previous year was also late. None of this is negotiable afterwards except through a narrow reasonable-excuse appeal.
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.
The Self Assessment calendar
Self Assessment runs on a fixed annual cycle. Registration by 5 October following the tax year, online filing and payment by 31 January, and a second instalment on 31 July for those making payments on account. The penalties for lateness are automatic and escalate monthly, which is why we file early and chase approvals well before the window closes.
Payments on account
A common surprise in Self Assessment is the January payment that is far larger than expected. That is the balancing payment for the year just ended plus the first payment on account for the year ahead, which HMRC sets at half of the bill just calculated. We put the figure in your hands months ahead and tell you how to adjust it legitimately when circumstances change.
Salary versus dividends
Directors of their own companies usually take a salary at or just above the National Insurance thresholds, which keeps the year qualifying for State Pension and is deductible for Corporation Tax, with further income as dividends. Dividends above the £500 allowance are taxed at 10.75%, 35.75% and 39.35% by band and can only be paid from distributable profits after tax, with a minute and voucher each time.
Director's loan accounts
Money taken from a company has to be something: salary, dividend, expense reimbursement or loan. If it is a loan and remains outstanding nine months after the year end, the company pays tax at the dividend higher rate on it until it is repaid. Clearing the balance with a properly declared dividend before the deadline, where reserves allow, is routine year-end work.
The VAT registration threshold
The £90,000 VAT threshold is measured over any twelve consecutive months, which is why a strong quarter can tip a business over unexpectedly. Registration must follow within thirty days of the end of the month the threshold was crossed. Below the threshold, voluntary registration is worth considering when customers are VAT-registered businesses and costs carry VAT.
Questions
HMRC Investigation Support questions from Retford
What if I disagree with HMRC's conclusion?
You can request a statutory review by an officer not involved in the case, which overturns or varies around a third of decisions, and you can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal within 30 days. We advise on the merits honestly and handle both routes; the £249 penalty appeal fee covers a review request or appeal against a penalty decision.
Will my previous accountant's errors be held against me?
The law holds you responsible for your return, but relying on a competent adviser and giving them full information is a reasonable excuse for many penalties. We establish what happened and present it to HMRC. If the adviser was negligent you may have a claim against them, which we help you document.
Can HMRC go back more than one year?
The normal time limit is four years from the end of the tax year, extended to six for careless behaviour and twenty for deliberate behaviour or failure to notify. If HMRC finds an error in one year it will usually ask about others. Part of our job is holding HMRC to the correct time limit for the behaviour actually shown.
Do I have to attend a meeting with HMRC?
No. You are not obliged to attend a meeting and we often recommend written correspondence instead, which gives considered answers rather than off-the-cuff ones. Where a meeting is useful we attend with you or on your behalf, agree the agenda in advance and take our own notes of what was said.
What penalties can HMRC charge?
For an inaccurate return, 0% to 30% of the extra tax for careless errors, 20% to 70% for deliberate ones and 30% to 100% for deliberate and concealed, with higher ranges for offshore matters. Within each range the penalty depends on whether the disclosure was prompted and how much you help. We work to secure the lowest point in the applicable range and suspension where available.
What is a voluntary disclosure and should I make one?
Telling HMRC about an error before it asks. Unprompted disclosures attract much lower penalties, often nil for careless errors, and are the right course when you know a return was wrong. The Digital Disclosure Service, Let Property Campaign and Worldwide Disclosure Facility are the main routes. Our fee from £599 covers preparing and negotiating the disclosure.
Do you have an office in Retford?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Retford 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 hmrc investigation support is the same in Retford as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is hmrc investigation support in Retford really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Retford pays and what a client in any other part of England 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.
Ready to fix your fee in Retford?
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.