HMRC-registered accountants taking care of the whole of VAT: registration, quarterly Making Tax Digital returns, the right scheme for your business, error corrections and late registration, all from a fixed fee with no per-return charges.
Read our plain-English guide to what happens next, the deadlines, the penalties for registering late, and the scheme options for small businesses.
Read the VAT Threshold Guide →VAT Accountant, UK
VAT is one of the easiest taxes to get wrong and one of the most expensive when you do. The registration threshold is £90,000 of VAT-taxable turnover in any rolling twelve-month period, and many growing businesses cross it without noticing, then face back-dated VAT and penalties. Once registered, every business must keep digital records and file quarterly returns through Making Tax Digital software, choose the scheme that suits its margins and cash flow, and account for VAT correctly on a surprising range of edge cases: imports and exports, the construction reverse charge, partial exemption, fuel and entertaining, and more.
Your Tax Help Accountants is an HMRC-registered agent practice that takes VAT off your desk entirely. We work with sole traders approaching the threshold, VAT-registered limited companies, landlords with commercial property, and contractors caught by the domestic reverse charge, right across the UK. The workflow is simple: a free fifteen-minute call to understand your business, the right scheme selected for your figures, MTD-compliant cloud software set up with your bank feed connected, and every quarterly return reconciled and filed on time. The same accountant who scopes your VAT files your returns.
If you are close to the £90,000 threshold, or already over it and unsure whether you have registered at the right time, a quick review now can save a large back-dated bill and the penalties that come with late registration. Most businesses also find they are on the wrong scheme and paying more VAT than they need to.
What We Handle
We assess whether and when you need to register, handle the application with HMRC, and get you set up on the right scheme from the start, including voluntary registration where it works in your favour.
Every quarter reconciled and filed through Making Tax Digital software, on time, with the figures checked before submission so nothing is over or under declared.
Standard, Flat Rate, Cash Accounting, Annual Accounting and margin schemes compared for your numbers. We put you on the one that costs you the least and review it as you grow.
MTD-compliant digital records kept up to date in Xero, FreeAgent or QuickBooks, with your bank feed connected, so each return is built from clean, accurate data rather than a last-minute scramble.
VAT on goods and services across borders, postponed import VAT accounting, and the construction domestic reverse charge handled correctly, areas where mistakes are common and costly.
Past errors identified, quantified and disclosed to HMRC properly, minimising penalties. Coming forward voluntarily almost always beats waiting for an inspection.
Gone over the threshold without registering? We calculate the back-dated position, register you, account for the VAT due, and negotiate penalties down where possible.
We deal with HMRC for you: VAT inspections, queries, deregistration when you fall below the threshold, and Time to Pay arrangements if a quarter is tight.
HMRC's points-based penalty system adds a point for every late VAT return, and once you hit the threshold the £200 penalties start and keep coming. Late payment of the VAT itself brings separate, escalating penalties plus interest, and going over the £90,000 threshold without registering can mean a large back-dated bill. We bring late and unregistered businesses back into full compliance routinely, usually within a few weeks, and appeal penalties wherever there is a reasonable excuse.
Recent Client Outcome
A small design agency operating as a limited company came to us VAT registered on standard accounting, filing its own quarterly returns. Turnover had grown steadily and the directors assumed standard VAT was simply how it had to be. They incurred relatively little VAT on purchases, most of their cost was their own time, so they were handing HMRC close to a fifth of turnover each quarter with little input VAT to offset.
We compared the schemes against twelve months of their actual figures. As a low-cost service business they were a strong fit for the Flat Rate Scheme once the limited-cost-trader rule was checked, and Cash Accounting improved their cash flow because several large clients paid on long terms. We moved them across, set up MTD bookkeeping in Xero with the bank feed connected, and took over the quarterly filing.
Net VAT saving in the first year: approximately £4,300, with the added benefit of only paying VAT once clients had actually paid them. We now prepare and file every quarter under a fixed monthly fee.
Why Businesses Choose Us For VAT
VAT Questions Answered
Free fifteen-minute consultation. Fixed quote within twenty-four hours. Registration, the right scheme, MTD software and every quarterly return filed on time, under one fixed fee. Same accountant, start to finish.
Or email info@yourtaxhelp.co.uk, we typically respond within two business hours.
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