Case Studies

10-Oct	A tax problem solved A small retail service client, with a very poor compliance record – last 4 years accounts not submitted and determined tax assessments being demanded for payment, plus a poor VAT compliance record which meant a cycle of surcharges, interest, bailiffs cal...

7-Oct	Consultancy Services A renowned figure in the City and the fashion business with many interests including a joint venture with a major supermarket chain and a catalogue company, was suffering from inadequacies in their finance department and the catalogue business was losing...

7-Oct	Direct Creditors Arrangement A new pet food wholesale business owned by our client suffered a bad debt of some Ł10,000. The client operated on tight funding - mainly because, in spite of advice, he expanded too quickly. As a result of the debt, he had to cease trading. He was left ...

7-Oct	Inland Revenue Inquiry A wholesale soft drinks proprietorship business had specific inquiries on certain expenses in the accounts, particularly, vehicle expenses….with the Inland Revenue asking for detailed information including original vouchers. The case was carried on for t...

7-Oct	Joint Shadow Economy Team Inquiry A Beauty Salon was under inquiry, at first by undercover observations from August 2001 by the Joint Shadow Economy Team (JOSET), who amassed substantial observational evidence. They raided the premises in November 2001 and took further evidence by interv...

7-Oct	Inland Revenue Investigation A car mechanic with a grocery off-licence business run by his wife, had amassed nearly Ł250,000 held in bank/building society. Unfortunately, he could not prove the source of the majority of this. The allegation was that he had been moonlighting or not d...