Paul Steward
SW15, London
SW15, London
Personal service. Very high professional standards. Easy to get on with. Willing to travel to see clients, eg in their home/at their business address if this is needed. Reliable. Competitive fees. Both personal tax and business taxation services plus financial accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, Will writing and Estate Planning. A good communicator and very good at listening. Caring. Sensible.
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Personal Tax
Superlative service since I have been dealing with Self-Assessment since it was introduced. Charged at £70 per hour for SA compliance. Very knowledgeable re Inheritance Tax, the UK taxation of trusts and taxation of deceased estates; experienced at the latter two. Able to advise on estate planning and write a Will to go with that.
Will writing
I use the Law Society's Will Draftsman's Handbook (10th Edition), an up-to-date book on Wills and have been on many courses re Will writing and keeping up-to-date.
I exercise great care to ensure that each Will prepared by me is appropriate to what the client wants, is concise and is also properly witnessed to ensure its validity.
Inheritance Tax planning is often provided as well. My service takes into account Succession Law, finances re Executorship and a later Grant of Probate application.
Business taxation
Corporation Tax compliance and planning for family and owner-managed companies.
Income Tax and Class 4 NIC re the self-employed.
VAT compliance and planning if needed.
Able to dovetail this service with other services, eg bookkeeping and financial accounting, to provide a one stop shop. £70 per hour plus expenses for compliance services. £90 per hour plus expenses for planning advice (Rayney's Tax Planning Guide book used).
Bookkeeping
I provide excellent bookkeeping services. I trained with a small firm of Chartered Accountants and spent my first year doing double entry bookkeeping and answering many bookkeeping queries from clients. The accounting records as prepared by me can be used by an accountant without any queries arising. I can use QuickBooks, Sage and Xero accounting software packages. I charge £30 per hour plus any travel expenses incurred.
Payroll
Am experienced re the operation of payroll for small businesses employing up to 10 people under RTI. Use The Payroll Reference Book 2021-22 to ensure I operate SSP etc and pension auto-enrolment properly. Am an expert on Income Tax and Class 1 NIC accounting (ATT qualified). Prompt service within 48 hours of receipt of details via e-mail, Dropbox or post. Competitive fees charged according to a menu system. Willing to have face-to-face meetings at my office, your office or via a Zoom link.
Financial Accounting
Am very experienced re the preparation of Financial Statements for limited companies and other entities which need to be filed at Companies House, eg FRS105 Accounts for Micro-entities. Use the CCH book by James Lole FCA for reference purposes. After the client Director has signed a paper Balance Sheet and let me have it, eg as a scanned signed item via e-mail, then I can normally go online to file them electronically at Companies House. Charge £60 per hour plus expenses.
