Taxation
Alps offers a comprehensive compliance and planning tax service to our corporate and personal tax clients.
Corporate
Under corporation tax self-assessment the onus is firmly on businesses to ensure that taxation due is correctly calculated and paid on time.
At Alps, we recognise that the increasingly complex taxation framework under which we operate is placing more and more pressure on businesses and their owners.
We can provide a comprehensive compliance service to ensure that disclosure is accurate and complete and that returns and computations are properly prepared and submitted on time.
Our specialist corporate tax team is also able to provide advice and assistance in a number of other areas to ensure that all aspects of taxation are properly considered:
- • Group structure whether restructuring or starting out for the first time, the structure of the business needs to be established in a tax efficient way that is flexible enough to grow as the business grows.
- • Tax planning on corporate acquisitions and disposals our involvement at an early stage in the transaction process ensures client wealth is maximised through the proper structuring of the deal in a tax efficient manner.
- • Tax investigations an increasing number of businesses are coming under HMRC scrutiny and we appreciate that this can be stressful, disruptive and costly. We can handle tax investigations, enquiries or disputes, dealing directly with HMRC on behalf of our clients to negotiate the best possible outcome.
- • Employer related issues we can provide assistance with registering new businesses with HMRC and provide advice on benefits in kind, car purchase policy and other employer related issues.
- • Profit extraction we can provide pre year end advice to ensure that appropriate and tax efficient methods of profit extraction are employed. We consider the tax position of the company but also the tax position of those to be remunerated (as these are often key stakeholders in the business) to ensure that the best overall tax position is achieved.
Personal
At Alps, our objective is to ensure that our clients pay the minimum amount of tax required by law. Our specialist personal tax team works closely with our clients to ensure that self-assessment returns are completed accurately and on time through our on-line filing service and that the risk of enquiry by HMRC is minimised.
We will let you know what to pay and when to pay it and in the event that an enquiry is opened, we will provide expert advice and support and liaise with HMRC to achieve the best possible outcome. Our tax services for individuals dont stop at routine form filling. We provide year round advice on all areas of personal taxation.
Alps can:
- • Help our clients minimise capital gains tax liabilities that could arise when certain assets are sold or transferred
- • Offer inheritance tax planning and advice on wills
- • Advise on tax efficient structures when buying or selling a business to ensure that current and • future tax liabilities are reduced wherever possible appropriate tax clearances are obtained from HMRC.
- • Provide advice on using trusts as a vehicle for protecting wealth.
We recognise that taxation planning needs to be flexible and that what works today may not always be appropriate in the future. We regularly review and monitor the tax position of our clients so that we can react quickly to changes in circumstances or legislation.
We can also help to guide you through self-assessment, providing clear, helpful advice at every step to help you cut through legal jargon and red tape.
